Tractors and wood! Show your pics

[Rustyiron]

The wife gave me an ultimatum .............

I thought that you mentioned "parring" down your collection when I last saw a photo, hence my "if you still have them all" :thumbsup:
She's prolly right eh?

 

[Rustyiron]

I like that logic....

Factory reconditioned Poulan Pro PP4218A: 0.75 cord of wood to get return on investment! :laughing:

Yeah but after 0.75 cord it's ready to be "reconditioned" again.:laughing:

 

[Jstpssng]

hmmmm......Echo chainsaws....I mean "donuts". I owned the old ones when they were white. I hope they improved speed wise.

I bought one in 2008 when about all that I was cutting was a few cords of firewood. It was a great saw for 5 years... the problem is that I kept it for 7.

Granted it was a little heavy; but that came in handy when I needed ballast to help out in snow. And rather than finding the chain speed to be an issue, it was handy to be able to sharpen it while I was cutting.

 

[Jstpssng]

Yeah but after 0.75 cord it's ready to be "reconditioned" again.:laughing:

The good thing for me though, is that I can leave it in the back of the truck and nobody will steal it. I lost my best two axes that way once; I parked and jumped in with someone else, when we got back at the end of the day they were gone.

 

[4570Man]

I’ve thought about having some Poulan wild thing stickers made for my 372xp. I think it would be funny and theft would be less likely.

 

[MossRoad]

Yeah but after 0.75 cord it's ready to be "reconditioned" again.:laughing:

Yeah, you'd think so. I'd have thought so, too. However, over the last 10 years, I'm 60 cords into it at my house. That's 4-500 telephone pole-size trees, 80% of which are locust, the rest cherry and sassafras. Locus is some hard stuff. Plus some side jobs for friends and relatives and a couple "free" 36"+ maples (that I'll never do again). I'm on my third bar and have maybe 7 chains that I sharpen on a Harbor Freight $29 sharpener. Only repairs so far were about 20 cents of fuel line and a $50 coil after shipping. So I'm in it for about $100 for the saw, maybe $75 for chains, $50 for the coil, and $30 for the sharpener, so that's what? $255 total for about 65 cords of wood over 10 years. So about $3.45 per cord in equipment costs. Who'd a thunk it? :laughing:

Of course, I didn't put a value on my time, and that's gotta be a lot more than using a larger saw, but heck! It works for me in my timeframe and budget.

 

[MossRoad]

I’ve thought about having some Poulan wild thing stickers made for my 372xp. I think it would be funny and theft would be less likely.

Back in high school I knew a guy that put Chevy 250 fender badges on his 396 70's Nova.... not too many people fell for it once he hit the key.

 

[Oldpath05]

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[Jstpssng]

Those are some nice looking logs. I was in Auburn yesterday, and couldn't believe how little snow there is compared to what is up here.

 

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A skidder 's got nuthin on you Old P. I put chains on the fronts of one of my tractors. Improved traction by 30%. Then again I had ladders all around instead of the "Talon" type chains.. Love your "forwarder".