Tractors and wood! Show your pics

[Doughknob]

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[Yogi05]

I used a scissors jack out of an old Caprice for a long time, before I got my toe boards...

I sat it on a cement block and lifted one end of the logs, it didn't need anything else to work just fine...

SR

My logical mind says a scissor jack from a car will work fine.
My "see hazards before they are hazards" mind says a scissor jack is narrow and can fall easily.
Logical mind wins out here because even if a raised log falls it's going to fall an inch, my hazard mind will keep my fingers out
from under it and the blade away from it all during setup.
I can cut a couple stumps to put a jack on for now.
A lot depends on whether I end up owning this machine or not.

I'm back to work now so I'm down to 2 days milling if I forego everything else I have to do on my days off.
(friggin job gets in the way of the fun)

 

[Alan W.]

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I see you are using lifting weights on your tractor. I have been wanting to do this for awhile now since there is no weights to fit my 20” rims.
Do you have any pics of the install and what size are your wheels.

 

[MadMartin]

Yes that log has been bucked split and stacked the next day.

 

[Doughknob]

I see you are using lifting weights on your tractor. I have been wanting to do this for awhile now since there is no weights to fit my 20” rims.
Do you have any pics of the install and what size are your wheels.

Too lazy to look it up, but i did post pics of inner wheel side. I drilled holes in my wheels, drilled and tapped the 150lb JD cast weights (behind weider weight in pic), bolted on JD weight, drilled holes in weider weights, bolted them to existing holes in JD weights. Oh, i bolted a pipe flange to the backside of that weider weight so the pipe goes in and i can hang more weider weights on if wanted.

Sorry, no pics during all this.

 

[Yogi05]

Productive day today, by my standards anyway.
Couldn't find my bottle jack to level logs so I was back to wood shims to set the pith.
That slowed me down a bit.
I give thanks to The Influencer for inspiring me to move my mill location. So much more room to
work and stack.
I also changed my methods a bit. I'm not sure if that was a conscious decision but I'll take the credit for
the idea.
I stockpiled some logs to be milled so there was no running around dragging them out of the bush, getting
them to the mill, setup then cut.
It was plop on mill, cut.
Something as small as placing the logs on the mill from the best side made a difference, Forks on the telehandler
is a huge difference especially since I found a workaround for hydraulic issues with fork positions.

I was at it for 6 hours today, and I'll say an hour of that was bringing remaining logs from the old location to the new one,
and hauling slabs away at the end of the day. I did end up with one that was so out of dimension it was embarrassing, but I've
never been shy about sharing my embarrassing moments.
In this case I don't know what I did wrong, but I think I forgot the pith measurement on my second cut so one end was in a very
different line than it should have been. It was an easy fix with two good sides though.
I have 2 days a week for this now if I don't do any other chores, but I'm running out of time for the 80 logs I need by mid October
and the snow likely starts. 68 more to go LOL
I'm going to fell trees and stockpile one day then mill the other day.

So all in all, from log on the ground to cut piece in a stack to dry, 6 logs in 5 hours.
Maybe less, there was trip for lunch in there too.

Is that a good rate? Considering the antique, nameless mill I'm using?

 

[Jstpssng]

^^^^
It sounds like you’re getting a feel for what you’re doing.

 

[hunt4570]

There's two on my mill, one for each end of the log, they are fairly easily moved along the bed,

It's nice to be able to raise the whole log, and if needed to re-position the log with the rollers.

SR

So they are not hydraulic, they are bottle jacks..

 

[hunt4570]

Dang, it's so... shiny! Not used to seeing that here.
Seriously, nice setup SR.

I'm guessing that's an old picture when the saw was new, if not I'd like to know how to keep it that clean and shiny

 

[hunt4570]

Productive day today, by my standards anyway.
Couldn't find my bottle jack to level logs so I was back to wood shims to set the pith.
That slowed me down a bit.
I give thanks to The Influencer for inspiring me to move my mill location. So much more room to
work and stack.
I also changed my methods a bit. I'm not sure if that was a conscious decision but I'll take the credit for
the idea.
I stockpiled some logs to be milled so there was no running around dragging them out of the bush, getting
them to the mill, setup then cut.
It was plop on mill, cut.
Something as small as placing the logs on the mill from the best side made a difference, Forks on the telehandler
is a huge difference especially since I found a workaround for hydraulic issues with fork positions.

I was at it for 6 hours today, and I'll say an hour of that was bringing remaining logs from the old location to the new one,
and hauling slabs away at the end of the day. I did end up with one that was so out of dimension it was embarrassing, but I've
never been shy about sharing my embarrassing moments.
In this case I don't know what I did wrong, but I think I forgot the pith measurement on my second cut so one end was in a very
different line than it should have been. It was an easy fix with two good sides though.
I have 2 days a week for this now if I don't do any other chores, but I'm running out of time for the 80 logs I need by mid October
and the snow likely starts. 68 more to go LOL
I'm going to fell trees and stockpile one day then mill the other day.

So all in all, from log on the ground to cut piece in a stack to dry, 6 logs in 5 hours.
Maybe less, there was trip for lunch in there too.

Is that a good rate? Considering the antique, nameless mill I'm using?

So you are cutting those logs into 6x6 only, or also other dimensional lumber? and what length? And maybe I missed it, what are you building with it?