Tractors and wood! Show your pics

rocketfish · Jun 15, 2015

Very nice as always Gordon!

dragoneggs · Jun 15, 2015

I found this in the woods of my property but rather than trying to put it back into service, the wife claimed it as a planter box. 30in blade.

Sawyer Rob · Jun 16, 2015

I winch all that small stuff out, to in front of my wagon,

Then I drive into the pile with my pallet forks, grapple it and lift it over my wagon, so it's easy very to cut to length,

Then I don't have to keep bending over and picking it up.....as it can go right off the wagon to the splitter or my half cord boxes, that can be moved with my tractor...

All that bending and lifting kills my back!

SR

TomSeller · Jun 16, 2015

Visiting a friend up in Canada, I helped him cut up a tree. He had these cheese slices that he uses a lot. I have to admit they were nice and light and i could tap one in with the butt of the other to prevent pinch on the blade. They are Stihl plastic wedges and seemed to be built well. Any feedback?

square1 · Jun 16, 2015

Any feedback?

Probably a good source of protein too for those long days in the woods.

Gordon Gould · Jun 16, 2015

TomSeller said:
Visiting a friend up in Canada, I helped him cut up a tree. He had these cheese slices that he uses a lot. I have to admit they were nice and light and i could tap one in with the butt of the other to prevent pinch on the blade. They are Stihl plastic wedges and seemed to be built well. Any feedback?

I carry 3 of them, wedges or felling wedges, in my chaps pouch all the time. Two 5 inchers and an eight. They are indispensable in preventing a pinched blade and split saw logs when bucking logs under compression that you can't easily just roll over. There value is even greater as a directional felling aid.

gg

Sawyer Rob · Jun 16, 2015

There are lot's of brands of plastic wedges, anyone who cuts tree's of any size down, should be carrying and using them...

SR

Guesseral · Jun 16, 2015

Boy I 'll tell ya just looking at some of those spinning saws you guys have gives me the chills! I would be to afraid of them to use them I mean they are so big and scary looking! I would even feel safer with my 660 stihl with the 3' bar on it. It just seems like you would have so much more control with a chain saw not that they are really any safer by any means I guess that safety is all in the eye of the beholder and just those pictures chills!

TomSeller · Jun 17, 2015

Gordon Gould said:
I carry 3 of them, wedges or felling wedges, in my chaps pouch all the time. Two 5 inchers and an eight. They are indispensable in preventing a pinched blade and split saw logs when bucking logs under compression that you can't easily just roll over. There value is even greater as a directional felling aid.

gg

Right. Just never used the plastic ones. Sure made for faster cutting.

Gordon Gould · Jun 17, 2015

TomSeller said:
Right. Just never used the plastic ones. Sure made for faster cutting.

OK, I think I under stand your question now. Well besides plastic I have used pre bought wooden wedges and wedges made on the spot out of the face cut wood. While blocking firewood I have used a steel splitting wedge in the past. Can be hard on the saw chain :laughing:.
As far as doing the job best and holding up to the abuse the plastic ones are my choice by far. Their angle is right so they don't spit (sp

) out on you when under pressure and some have a roughened surface to help hold even better. After you hit them with the saw a couple times you can remake them with a belt sander. The only things I don't like is that they seem to expensive for plastic even though they are worth the price and if it is very cold out, 0* F or so, you have to be careful starting them and hit them with a square blow because they might break off where the plastic is thin.

gg

TomSeller · Jun 17, 2015

Gordon Gould said:
OK, I think I under stand your question now. Well besides plastic I have used pre bought wooden wedges and wedges made on the spot out of the face cut wood. While blocking firewood I have used a steel splitting wedge in the past. Can be hard on the saw chain :laughing:.
As far as doing the job best and holding up to the abuse the plastic ones are my choice by far. Their angle is right so they don't spit (sp ) out on you when under pressure and some have a roughened surface to help hold even better. After you hit them with the saw a couple times you can remake them with a belt sander. The only things I don't like is that they seem to expensive for plastic even though they are worth the price and if it is very cold out, 0* F or so, you have to be careful starting them and hit them with a square blow because they might break off where the plastic is thin.

gg

I have some old steel ones that are nearly the same shape, I was just surprised how much easier to use the plastic ones were. I think they nailed the angle and obviously the light weight helps a lot. Plus my steel ones got used somewhere along the line as splitting wedges so they are mushroomed out a little to the point they don't go in and out of my back pocket easy like plastic ones did.

94BULLITT · Jun 17, 2015

There are aluminum wedges too.

Jim Timber · Jun 18, 2015

9 bucks is a lot to spend on dulling a chain.

I usually mash the ends of my plastic wedges into the back of the back cut and booger them that way, but I've also notched more than a few with the nose of the bar. My primary use of wedges is directional falling against back leans, so it's not always fun stuff.

I'm waiting for the price on the 36" Wilton 6# maul to come down. That looks and feels like the perfect wedge slammer. Locally they want $124 for them, which is insane. Online they're around $90. If it got down to $60 I'd probably move on it.

MinnesotaEric · Jun 18, 2015

Jim Timber said:
9 bucks is a lot to spend on dulling a chain.

I usually mash the ends of my plastic wedges into the back of the back cut and booger them that way, but I've also notched more than a few with the nose of the bar. My primary use of wedges is directional falling against back leans, so it's not always fun stuff.

I'm waiting for the price on the 36" Wilton 6# maul to come down. That looks and feels like the perfect wedge slammer. Locally they want $124 for them, which is insane. Online they're around $90. If it got down to $60 I'd probably move on it.

Yup. I use plastic wedges too for directional falling and don't care if I nick them with a chain.

Jim Timber · Jun 18, 2015

Looks like Wilton dropped the ball with those unbreakable sledge/mauls. The heads come loose after a few months and their customer service says "you used it up. time to buy another one." I don't have to worry about keeping tabs on that accessory anymore.

Wilton used to be a class act and made outstanding wares. Sad to see them wind up like this.

square1 · Jun 18, 2015

TomSeller said:
Right. Just never used the plastic ones. Sure made for faster cutting.

And here I thought you were being facetious

Baby Grand · Jun 18, 2015

Jim Timber said:
Looks like Wilton dropped the ball with those unbreakable sledge/mauls. The heads come loose after a few months and their customer service says "you used it up. time to buy another one." I don't have to worry about keeping tabs on that accessory anymore.

Wilton used to be a class act and made outstanding wares. Sad to see them wind up like this.

I wonder if the eye is the right shape to take a wood sledge handle as a replacement?
Something about the "unbreakable" handles just doesn't click for me - they feel kind of dead.
Years ago I got a rubber handle saver for the maul & haven't damaged the handle, since it went on.
Handle Savers for Axes, Sledge Hammers, Splitting Mauls!

RedNeckGeek · Jun 18, 2015

Jim Timber said:
Looks like Wilton dropped the ball with those unbreakable sledge/mauls. The heads come loose after a few months and their customer service says "you used it up. time to buy another one." I don't have to worry about keeping tabs on that accessory anymore.

Wilton used to be a class act and made outstanding wares. Sad to see them wind up like this.

The Wilton name was taken off shore years go and hasn't been worth a tinker's dam ever since. Now even a 4" Wilton vise will set you back a couple hundred bux if it's old enough. But not the new ones. Same goes for a lot of the great American tool names, so it pays to do a little research on the Internet before you buy.

FentonFarmer · Jun 19, 2015

The new Mahindra 5035 got its first load onto the carryall today. Did it with ease as you would expect. Am sure that my wife will be even more impressed by the effectiveness of the magic wood fairies who restock the stack at the back door. Spied a stack of second hand shipping pallets at her work the other day so that will be the next project transitioning future wood stacks to palletised loads. Especially now we have forks.

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Cheers, B.R

FentonFarmer · Jun 19, 2015

The new Mahindra 5035 got its first load onto the carryall today. Did it with ease as you would expect. Am sure that my wife will be even more impressed by the effectiveness of the magic wood fairies who restock the stack at the back door. Spied a stack of second hand shipping pallets at her work the other day so that will be the next project transitioning future wood stacks to palletised loads. Especially now we have forks.View attachment 430295
hope I got the attachment right.
Cheers, B.R