Tractors and wood! Show your pics

goeduck · Sep 7, 2021

IndyJay said:
Getting used to the grapple...
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Looks like you are getting real good with the grapple! Interesting tires on the Kioti. Nice.

HawkinsHollow · Sep 8, 2021

hunt4570 said:
That's looking a little funky, did you get some good stuff out of it?

They were HUGE (by black walnut standards) logs, about 30"+ diameter. The tree had been dead a while when I saved it from the dump so the outsides are a little soft. But yes there is plenty of good wood left. Probably not gonna make any cabinets out of it, but I see many nice cutting boards coming from it.

IndyJay · Sep 8, 2021

goeduck said:
Looks like you are getting real good with the grapple! Interesting tires on the Kioti. Nice.

Thanks @goeduck , those are the R14 tires which are fairly new. Sort of a crossover between R1 and R4, thus R14 but also turf friendly. I believe the construction to be similar to the R4 for sidewall strength. I had R1 tires on my old tractor, was originally going to go with R4 for this one. Decided to give these a try. So far they are working out pretty well.

Yogi05 · Sep 8, 2021

hunt4570 said:
Yeah, my saw is more manual than yours.

And I like the fact my jack is wider more stable than a car jack and has the provision to bolt it down.

I'll watch the neighbors for crappy old flower box cars and see if I can scoop a jack of some kind.
I could even mount a plate across the top for stability.
I'm even visualizing a sort of rack that will allow it to be suspended between the rails of the deck and movable as needed.
Maybe over-engineering too.
I think I have a 6 ton bottle jack somewhere that was left behind by a tractor trailer tire repair guy (never bothered to
come back for it). It's kind of a heavy bugger, but free at the moment.
Thanks for the tips everyone.

hunt4570 · Sep 8, 2021

Yogi05 said:
I'll watch the neighbors for crappy old flower box cars and see if I can scoop a jack of some kind.
I could even mount a plate across the top for stability.
I'm even visualizing a sort of rack that will allow it to be suspended between the rails of the deck and movable as needed.
Maybe over-engineering too.
I think I have a 6 ton bottle jack somewhere that was left behind by a tractor trailer tire repair guy (never bothered to
come back for it). It's kind of a heavy bugger, but free at the moment.
Thanks for the tips everyone.

The bottle jack seems like it would be unstable holding up one end of a log...

Skeans1 · Sep 8, 2021

Yogi05 said:
I'll watch the neighbors for crappy old flower box cars and see if I can scoop a jack of some kind.
I could even mount a plate across the top for stability.
I'm even visualizing a sort of rack that will allow it to be suspended between the rails of the deck and movable as needed.
Maybe over-engineering too.
I think I have a 6 ton bottle jack somewhere that was left behind by a tractor trailer tire repair guy (never bothered to
come back for it). It's kind of a heavy bugger, but free at the moment.
Thanks for the tips everyone.

Be careful playing with jacks and timber or logs make sure it has a good contact area like a falling jack does as well as a swivel style head.

Loaderman22 · Sep 8, 2021

I take a couple days away and miss a ton! @Jstpssng is Poster of the month, @hunt4570 is an influencer, and @Skeans1 cut down the Eifel tower! So I say respectfully: Good Job,

, & Nice work Sir!!

Gregster613 · Sep 8, 2021

I 2nd Loaderman22's thoughts!!

goeduck · Sep 8, 2021

IndyJay said:
Thanks @goeduck , those are the R14 tires which are fairly new. Sort of a crossover between R1 and R4, thus R14 but also turf friendly. I believe the construction to be similar to the R4 for sidewall strength. I had R1 tires on my old tractor, was originally going to go with R4 for this one. Decided to give these a try. So far they are working out pretty well.

Interesting. I have not seen those before. Are yours radials?

IndyJay · Sep 8, 2021

goeduck said:
Interesting. I have not seen those before. Are yours radials?

I'm not really certain but am inclined to think they are not radials. They do say they are low sidewall tires but I/m not really seeing the word "radial" anywhere. Hard to find any hard specs but here is how they are being marketed.