Tractors and wood! Show your pics

[groundcover]

Just chip trashy, punky stuff that big as a rule, firewood the rest . But a good bit of cord wood has gone through her as well !

 

[John_Mc]

Looks as though I picked the wrong time to break my tractor. It has stalled my work on the crop tree release I'm working on in the far corner of my property.

I brought it in to the dealer a week ago. The service guy said they were "not too busy" and should be able to look in to it within a day or so of getting it in. Turns out, the guy was brought in to cover from another of the dealership's locations and was not too familiar with this location. When I stopped in Tuesday to check on the status, they had not yet looked at my tractor. Turns out a couple of their techs are out sick. Most of the rest are on vacation - it seems the middle of deer season is not the ideal time to send a tractor in for repairs.

 

[groundcover]

And for the ones too big for the chipper .

 

[plowhog]

I want to cut a few "cookies" off the butt end of the log with the blue stain. For tables, etc. I've never done that before.

How do you get a good square cut? Seems I should start by squaring up the open/butt end of the log. I'm terrible at that with a chainsaw-- the saw wanders around as I proceed down through the cut.

I have a bandsaw mill-- is that a better option? Cut maybe a foot off the end, then place it on the mill so the log is vertical? Then use the bandsaw for the cuts?

 

[plowhog]

And for the ones too big for the chipper .

I could keep that DitchWitch 752 with grapple busy for about a year ....

 

[Skeans1]

I want to cut a few "cookies" off the butt end of the log with the blue stain. For tables, etc. I've never done that before.

How do you get a good square cut? Seems I should start by squaring up the open/butt end of the log. I'm terrible at that with a chainsaw-- the saw wanders around as I proceed down through the cut.

I have a bandsaw mill-- is that a better option? Cut maybe a foot off the end, then place it on the mill so the log is vertical? Then use the bandsaw for the cuts?

When you say wandering have you tried starting it in the cut then letting it go without a hand on the top handle to see if it’s you or the saw causing the wander?

 

[plowhog]

have you tried starting it in the cut then letting it go without a hand on the top handle

I will try that in the next cuts .... thanks!

 

[Billrog]

A bandsaw mill works like a charm , just anchor it vertical and start sawing.

 

[two_bit_score]

View attachment 771721Haven't used my tractor in the woods very much since I got the Witch !
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WOW! Man that thing can do some work!

 

[4570Man]

WOW! Man that thing can do some work!

Those mini skids are no joke. The bigger models can lift a ton or more.