Tractors and wood! Show your pics

[John_Mc]

These pictures are from this afternoon, I don't think I put my felling notch in deep enough and the tree fell a little off from were I was aiming and hung up in a big maple. I ended up hooking my winch cable up to it and using a snatch block and got it down after 20 minutes of "creative winching". It ended up breaking a few limbs off the maple tree , but the maple was girdled years ago when the property was last logged but it is still alive.

A good rule of thumb is to make your notch deep enough so the length of the hinge is at least 80% of the tree's DBH (diameter at breast height). You'll also need to change your aiming point to compensate for side lean compensate for any side lean.

 

[rt014]

Here is my tractor and my wood

 

[Rustyiron]

Very nice, you're ready to go!:thumbsup:

 

[Mikejeakins]

Nice setup Rto14

 

[Snobdds]

Here is a little video I made on how to use a regular chain as a choker chain.

Nice video.

I have a cabin up in the mountains with some neighbors that need to watch this. I try and help them out and end up doing all the work. A good choker man is not that hard, but they pull it off well.

 

[ProjectKing]

These pictures are from this afternoon, I don't think I put my felling notch in deep enough and the tree fell a little off from were I was aiming and hung up in a big maple. I ended up hooking my winch cable up to it and using a snatch block and got it down after 20 minutes of "creative winching". It ended up breaking a few limbs off the maple tree , but the maple was girdled years ago when the property was last logged but it is still alive.

That's a good looking loggin' tractor you have made there. How is the John Deere holding up?

 

[plowhog]

A few oak tree limbs came down in a recent storm. I finally got around to picking them up, using my little workhorse Massey GC1710!!

 

[94BULLITT]

Nice video.

I have a cabin up in the mountains with some neighbors that need to watch this. I try and help them out and end up doing all the work. A good choker man is not that hard, but they pull it off well.

Thank you.

 

[94BULLITT]

Here is my tractor and my wood

Nice woods stash.

How do your chains ride, primarily the fronts with out the studs?

 

[dragoneggs]

Well finally above freezing and not raining. So... here is my tractor and wood pic... yeah it's only the xmas tree going down to the burn pile. Hope this counts!