Tractors and wood! Show your pics

[mike0000]

I hit a sack of concrete on the freeway on my right front wheel with my old Mercedes diesel 240D at 60 mph (downhill for those that never drove a 240D). I thought to myself I would need front end work, for sure. I took my hands off of the steering wheel afterwards and it drove straight as an arrow. Those things were built like slow motion tanks, but one of the most well balanced vehicles I ever drove with excellent sight lines.

We had a 1984 300D that had 340k miles on it when we got rid of it. We replaced it with a 1999 E300, 6cylinder turbo diesel that we bought used w/116k miles. I still drive it, now has 280k, it’s the best car I’ve ever owned.

 

[Gordon Gould]

I had to quit pulling out wood at 10 o'clock this morning, so I had two and a half mornings below freezing to work. It's warming up fast - 54* here now. Glad I had this short window between too much snow and mud. This is a hitch from yesterday. It's a 1/4 mile skid.

And this is what I ended up with this morning.

gg

 

[scott_vt]

Good Afternoon,
This is an old shot of my 49 Super A pulling a load of wood off of a neighbor’s property, not long after I rebuilt the Super A. Looks like the fall of 2006.

 

[Molalla1]

I had to quit pulling out wood at 10 o'clock this morning, so I had two and a half mornings below freezing to work. It's warming up fast - 54* here now. Glad I had this short window between too much snow and mud. This is a hitch from yesterday. It's a 1/4 mile skid.

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And this is what I ended up with this morning.

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gg

Nice work Gordon! Warming up fast that's damn cold!

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Well, my nephew and me, managed to get one of the two big oak logs I have to cut up, blocked up,

and I even managed to think up a job for the new tractor,

I loaded them on my sno-mobile trailer, to "quarter" later with a chainsaw,

and we ended up with a pretty good load of rounds,

I had forgot how much extra work it was to use a small tractor for firewood, glad I'm not stuck using one all the time, I guess I'm just use to the extra muscle of a bigger tractor.

SR

 

[Molalla1]

Well, my nephew and me, managed to get one of the two big oak logs I have to cut up, blocked up,

and I even managed to think up a job for the new tractor,

I loaded them on my sno-mobile trailer, to "quarter" later with a chainsaw,

and we ended up with a pretty good load of rounds,

I had forgot how much extra work it was to use a small tractor for firewood, glad I'm not stuck using one all the time, I guess I'm just use to the extra muscle of a bigger tractor.

SR

Ya, that is a little thing SR . . . nice rounds though . . .

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning,
Another older shot I came across the other day ! Full buckets, this is before I put a new QA and 6 ft bucket on my Massey.

 

[BackRoad]

The period in the North when it first transitions from freezing days and nights to those few initial days of early Spring sun and 50 degree days is by far my most favorite time of the year.

It's short and easy to miss. I believe it's triggered by a combination of the excitement of the promise of Spring still yet to come, and the confirmation that another Winter is drawing to a close...

I live for being out in that first warm sun doing about anything...it doesn't matter what...just to be alive and thankful for something so seemingly simple.

Many say no way I'd live back in the cold North, and I'm not stirring it up...but I lived in the rainy damp cold of Louisiana for 5 winters and the brief intense snows and cold of Oklahoma for over 20 winters - but those early Spring days living in the South weren't nearly as celebratory and spectacular as they are living in the North...at least for me...

 

[scott_vt]

Good Afternoon Backroad,

The period in the North when it first transitions from freezing days and nights to those few initial days of early Spring sun and 50 degree days is by far my most favorite time of the year

Well stated my friend

 

[jigs_n_fixtures]

The period in the North when it first transitions from freezing days and nights to those few initial days of early Spring sun and 50 degree days is by far my most favorite time of the year.

It's short and easy to miss. I believe it's triggered by a combination of the excitement of the promise of Spring still yet to come, and the confirmation that another Winter is drawing to a close...

I live for being out in that first warm sun doing about anything...it doesn't matter what...just to be alive and thankful for something so seemingly simple.

Many say no way I'd live back in the cold North, and I'm not stirring it up...but I lived in the rainy damp cold of Louisiana for 5 winters and the brief intense snows and cold of Oklahoma for over 20 winters - but those early Spring days living in the South weren't nearly as celebratory and spectacular as they are living in the North...at least for me...

When I was living and working in Las Vegas, the same few weeks were also the best of the year. You were actually comfortable in shirt sleeves and blue jeans. After those few weeks in the spring, it got hotter than the gates of hell. But you still had to wear boots and blue jeans. Before that you needed to wear a jacket. And, those few weeks let you acclimate to the heat. Get stuck working inside for those weeks, and summer was a long hot endurance drill.

 

[MJZ]

Big fires in OK. Lost bout 3 years of firewood. I had laid up 200 ft of oak for fall of '25, '26, '27 and probably '28. I think I'm more sad bout that than the shop. I will have a couple other posts bout this. The white landing stripes was wood stacked on pallets. We are safe. House is standing. But well head, septic and other things melted. I'm still most bummed by the loss of firewood. So much work.

 

[BackRoad]

Heart breaking...what part of OK are you located. I was up north east of Tulsa for 20 years, still have kids living South West of Tulsa.

I remember some serious grass fires...made worse by the wind that never seem to quit...and the warning on I*44 to not drive into the smoke...

 

[MJZ]

Heart breaking...what part of OK are you located. I was up north east of Tulsa for 20 years, still have kids living South West of Tulsa.

I remember some serious grass fires...made worse by the wind that never seem to quit...and the warning on I*44 to not drive into the smoke...

We are in Logan County. Just north of OKC. Not much has changed Backroad. Fridays news said don't drive into smoke bout 100 times . Nkw i gotta find a way to replace that wood. Really, it's the time not the wood.

 

[Gordon Gould]

Yesterday afternoon I started blocking up the wood I pulled out last week. It was 14 degrees in the morning and low 20's after lunch so the ground was solid. According to the weatherman it will be good all week - at least mornings. So I can do a little at a time. I use a geezer friendly method. Good footing, almost no bending, and I can zing them off pretty quick. Just takes time to take them off the pile one by one. But it is good practice and keeps things simple.

This was the last log/stick I did.

gg

 

[wolc123]

I was thankful my brother in law was over at my parents place, to help me cut up a big ash that fell across their lawn recently. I had underestimated its size and only had my 14” saw with me.

Two of us made short work of it and it made a pretty good truck load. Now it’s all stacked up in my splitter shed and I’ve got plenty of work for the next rainy day.

The ground was froze up good over there and no rutting at all, hauling it up with my dad’s little JD 770. I removed the rear blade from that, put on the carryall, and left the chains on the rear turf tires. I’ll leave those on until I finish a little spring disking with that.

Those chains are a great traction assist in the soft ground. I don’t get any rubbing on the fenders with them, since I added some 5/8” wheel spacers, and moved the rear tires out a little wider.

 

[Jstpssng]

It was 14 degrees in the morning and low 20's after lunch so the ground was solid

Did you have wind yesterday? We certainly did. Today the ground has stiffened up so I am headed out to find a hemlock tree or two for the sawmill.

 

[WinterDeere]

Crazy wind here on Saturday, which would normaly be a bad day to be working under trees, but things have been so thoroughly blown-out the last several weeks, that there's not much dead left to fall at this point.

Rain this morning, and I noticed a nice bright yellow pile of sludge collected at the low spot where my driveway drains into the yard. The first of the spring pollen is already here! Glad we finally have some rain to wash it down, as allergies were ramping up, last week.

 

[Hay Dude]

From last week:

 

[Rockbadchild]

the wife wanted a outdoor horse arena … there it is, now she only have to install it.

I found two three fork it will be the door

 

[Cycledude]

Yesterday afternoon I started blocking up the wood I pulled out last week. It was 14 degrees in the morning and low 20's after lunch so the ground was solid. According to the weatherman it will be good all week - at least mornings. So I can do a little at a time. I use a geezer friendly method. Good footing, almost no bending, and I can zing them off pretty quick. Just takes time to take them off the pile one by one. But it is good practice and keeps things simple.


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This was the last log/stick I did.


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gg

Do you have some sort of method for marking the length of your blocks or do you just guess at it like I do ? Sometimes I manage to cut a few a little to long to fit in my wood furnace.