Cycledude
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Nov 26, 2020
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- 1,155
- Location
- Rib Lake Wisconsin
- Tractor
- LS XR4155, Ford 6610, Ford 8n
plenty muddy
Nope, I'm going to firewood the whole tree...Maybe he's going to mill some?
If you’re going to be cutting on steeper ground make sure you pre lay the ground which means how you’re going to cut the unit. If it’s all for firewood it doesn’t matter quite as much, but start at the bottom sending them down working your way back up. Once you have the corridors established then start quartering into your corridors if possible this will give you the best chance of getting stuff out of a thinning on steeper ground.Hi all, my first post in this thread. I drove down to Knoxland Equipment today and picked up our new Fransgard V-4021. Got it mounted on our 4540 and had to cut the included PTO shaft down 2" for proper clearance.
This is my first experience with a wood winch. I grew up cutting and processing firewood with my father and his JD 4510 for our family's home, and now I cut and process my own with a Mahindra 4540. I typically cut, process, and burn 5-6 cords/year. My property has an abundance of quality firewood available, but it is located on the side of a mountain, which can make harvesting wood challenging at times.
There are many sections of the property that I have never cut because I simply have no way to access the felled trees with my tractor, due mainly to steep inclines. So, I hope this wood winch will be a game changer for my operation. I've always wanted one, literally since I was about 15 (I'm 29 now), so I'm like a kid on Christmas today. Hoping I get many years of use out of it.
Another pic of the tractor hauling split wood. I've calculated that with the bucket stacked full and the 3PH wood box stack full, I'm hauling about 0.40 cord/load.
Not that it means anything, but I noticed your name, I live about an hour from the original Woodstock site, and about 45 minutes from the Village of Woodstock, NYThank you!
Finally got back to cleaning up the big hickory tree that fell across my access road.
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I broke out the MS362, it likes to eat hickory apparently!
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I don't expect to get any more snow, at least anything worth plowing, but I was using it to push the gravel back into the driveway from snowplowing all winter. I also used it to push this 10' section out of the path. Didn't think it was worth firing up the dozer for this little job.
If it would stop raining for a minute I would!You should show us some pics of that Cat D3 sometime Loaderman. Would be worth firing her up just for that
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If you’re going to be cutting on steeper ground make sure you pre lay the ground which means how you’re going to cut the unit. If it’s all for firewood it doesn’t matter quite as much, but start at the bottom sending them down working your way back up. Once you have the corridors established then start quartering into your corridors if possible this will give you the best chance of getting stuff out of a thinning on steeper ground.
Not that it means anything, but I noticed your name, I live about an hour from the original Woodstock site, and about 45 minutes from the Village of Woodstock, NY