Tractors and wood! Show your pics

TomSeller · Jul 2, 2017

Luke'sScreenName said:
I think we've been over this. Posting that kind of **** is both rude and likely a violation of TBN rules!
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No ban until he has posted a lot more

Sawyer Rob · Jul 2, 2017

Thanks guys...

I'm ahead on "stock piled" lumber, so no big rush to use any I'm milling now, but I'm betting it will be ready to use in less than two years...

I guess I could send it to a "dry kiln" and then it would be ready in weeks...

SR

aeblank · Jul 3, 2017

MossRoad said:
Cadillac Michigan city ordinances... (OK, Maybe you're not in town, but....), doesn't mention anything about trees... but you can't feed the ducks.

I don't feed the ducks, I just put my bread in my compost pile. Oh wait, those are probably illegal too.
Actually, I specifically do not live in town. Finally got around to reading those rules, and that's certainly part of why.
I'm 900' back from my seasonal road. I do what I want! haha.

4570Man · Jul 5, 2017

Here's another big one but it's too short for the mill to take it. It wasn't a very good log anyway. It's around 40".

Green Acres Homestead · Jul 8, 2017

Re: Big Tree Small Contractor...a risky business

Sorry PhysAssist for the delay in my reply. I just bought the crane at Princess Auto.... a supply chain here in Canada. It is just a crane that is meant for the back bumper of a truck so you can load heavy objects. It came with a manual winch and was $150. I had it welded on my trailer on approximate 12 inch raised mount so the top of the crane would be high enough to dump the trailer and load logs on top of the load. I then went to a local hardware store a bought a 3000 pound electric winch. The crane is only rated for $500 but the welder reinforced it a bit. The boom has a manual hydraulic jack which I can lower and raise the boom. Thats important for different application I use it for. My trail is a dump trail and it dumps a full load of firewood (about 3/4 of a cord) no problem. Thanks for watching my video and thanks for your comments. lol

PhysAssist said:
Hi GaProperty,

I was loving the viddy-yo, but then some old guy used up almost half of it playing a string-boxy thing :confused2:-

Just kidding and a little more than a little jealous- I tried to learn guitar, but was told by several instructors that I had no aptitude despite years of hard work.

Can I ask where you sourced that capstan winch/crane on your trailer? :thumbsup:

My old HF truck crane is getting old and rusty, and I might be needing a newer and [especially] better one soon.

As to birch- it might not be the best firewood, but I love the smell of it burning, and as we brought in the logs this past winter [we had a bunch of it left over from the big birch tree we cut down a couple of years ago], I peeled off as much of the loose bark as I could, and put it in out kindling/tinder box to use in starting fires for the rest of the winter- both because it worked so well to start fires and also because it made them smell so good as the stove heated up.

Green Acres Homestead · Jul 8, 2017

Re: Big Tree Small Contractor...a risky business

I am looking for an opinion what the log in the video is worth. So this maple log is 8.5 feet long 3 feet in diameter. Would it be veneer grade. What could it be used for instead of just firewood. Here is a video. Look at the first log that is pulled to the tractor using the winch. This is the log I would like an opinion on as to what it can be used for other than firewood.

Capabilities of a logging winch - YouTube

Sawyer Rob · Jul 8, 2017

Doesn't look like a veneer log to me...

Maple makes great cabinet grade lumber...

SR

Green Acres Homestead · Jul 9, 2017

Thanks for your reply.
Would the stain in the middle cull it from being a veneer log? If not, what are the things you noticed that would rule it out.

Sawyer Rob said:
Doesn't look like a veneer log to me...

Maple makes great cabinet grade lumber...

SR

4570Man · Jul 9, 2017

gaproperty said:
I am looking for an opinion what the log in the video is worth. So this maple log is 8.5 feet long 3 feet in diameter. Would it be veneer grade. What could it be used for instead of just firewood. Here is a video. Look at the first log that is pulled to the tractor using the winch. This is the log I would like an opinion on as to what it can be used for other than firewood.

Capabilities of a logging winch - YouTube

Maple brings very little here at $200 for #1 per thousand feet. Assuming it's 35" at the small end there's about 480 feet in it according to my chart.