Tractors and wood! Show your pics

[Yogi05]

I also did that for years, then my friend who has the same model mill as mine, said he never does, and he's had his mill for many years too.

SO, I quit doing it too, with NO change in anything to do with the mill or bands... It's now been even more years and neither of us has ever cracked a band, in fact to this day I've never even broken a band, not even one.

Without seeing anything obvious, normally cracked bands come from letting the band get too dull before re-sharpening, improperly sharpening bands and/or too small of band wheels that over work the band from going round and round, making the sharp bends around smaller band wheels...

I'll probably think of something else later...

SR

That band was only two weeks old. About 4 hrs a day cutting. I don't know how much actual running blade through wood, but I'm there 4 or 5 hrs a day working.
Seems kind of quick wear to me, but I'm the FNG.
The band wheels are quite large on this thing. I'd guess 24".

So today........

I got nothin'. No adventures at all.

Cut my stuff, moved onto the next one. I'm afraid now

I checked the blade and guide bearings after I was done for any sign of damage. None that I could see.
I saw marks on the inside cover of the band wheels but that was nothing new, except I don't remember it
looking so fresh. Doubt it has anything to do with the band cracking because it cracked from the tooth backward
and there were no edges or burrs on the back edge of the blade from scraping.
That whole cover is out of whack a bit. I've seen the cutting head on it's side twice myself, and who knows how many
other times it was knocked over.

I'll keep watch on it all.

 

[BackRoad]

Great find...those logs will look good laying on your mill Mr. Sawyer Rob.

Elm? Yet they look dark inside, so not sure???

Any guess on how long they've been down?

Would be great to see some pics of them opened up!

 

[fruitcakesa]

No tractor pics. Cut some pine today. About 32" above flare
Can't figure out how to post a video

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Great find...those logs will look good laying on your mill Mr. Sawyer Rob.

Elm? Yet they look dark inside, so not sure???

Any guess on how long they've been down?

Would be great to see some pics of them opened up!

It's red oak, not sure how long that one had been down.

He has a lot of tree's that need to come out, he wants me to go back there next week and skid some more out for him.

There's a lot more than he can use, so he just gives them to me...

SR

 

[Gordon Gould]

No tractor pics. Cut some pine today. About 32" above flare
Can't figure out how to post a video

Publish it on YouTube and post a link to it here is the way I know.

gg

 

[fruitcakesa]

Thanks GG, here is the link:

 

[Gordon Gould]

Did you declare the video public and suitable for all ages when you published it ?

gg

 

[hunt4570]

Publish it on YouTube and post a link to it here is the way I know.

gg

Yes, thats the way I used to do but my internet here is SO BAD, last time I did that it took 58 hours to upload a 2 1/2 minute video so I've kinda given up on it!

 

[Smokeydog]

I have a large tulip magnolia (popular) fall at the edge of blueberry patch this summer. Waiting for abundant yellow jacket and copperheads to go into hibernation before removing. Be several 10’ by 30-36” logs before getting to first limbs. Tried before to give away such such logs without success. How to market?

 

[fruitcakesa]

Did you declare the video public and suitable for all ages when you published it ?

gg

no yes!