Will My Tractor Lift This ?

[Ductape]

WOW ! What a monster. Thats alot of growth rings to count. Any idea of it's age ?

I'll be cutting it to stove length this week (hopefully). I haven't counted the rings yet...... but i will before i cut it up. Logic tells me the tree was planted about the time our house was built, about 1888. It was the third in a row of Sugar Maples..... two on my neighbors property, this one on mine. The first had to come down about five years ago. The middle tree is still standing tall at this point, though it has some issues. I was sad to see it go, but it was on a downhill slide the past few years. I plan to plant a replacement near where that one was.

 

[GPintheMitten]

I agree with the other guys, you can lift it after you cut and split it, a bucket full at a time.

P.S. Nice tractor.

 

[clemsonfor]

i agree maybe a fire wood length chunk in the bucket, but if you chain up to it all you will do is lift the back of the tractor when you try and lift it.

 

[JDeerekid]

I just have to ask one thing. Did you try to lift it????

 

[dex3361]

I just have to ask one thing. Did you try to lift it????

Without a doubt you could lift that log. The same way you would eat an Elephant, one bite at a time.

 

[dcyrilc]

Sure, you can lift that. Just be sure to drape the chain over the back of the bucket.

Helps with the center of gravity or something like that.

I'll bet that outweighs your weight box!

 

[tallyho8]

I had a bunch of them that size after Katrina and it was all my tractor could do to push the pieces to the side of the road.

 

[Johndeere3720]

Thats a lot of fire wood. I do agree, it is sad to see a nice big tree go. I would have cut is into 1' sections, split it, then hauled it away in the bucket. I get to help my grandpa limb up his trees with his scissor lift sometimes. we get way up there. I should bring my camera up there some time.

 

[Ductape]

Uggggh ! I hate to say it........ but it was all my loader could do to lift this 20" +/- thick round. Good thing that grill guard is there !

 

[JDGreenGrass]

I'll bet that outweighs your weight box!

Cyril, glad you caught my comment.

I will forever be greatful to you and your advice.....that one time.!!

 

[Reg]

Another one of those; "If you need to ask the question you probably won't understand the answer" cases.
(-:

 

[Redbug]

Hmmm...you could cut 3 more sections like in the pic, drill holes in the middle and make a Flintstone wagon with them wheels...

 

[Dead Horse]

I have one like that. it is still alive and I hope it out lives me!


Beautiful tree, prolly planted well before the civil war and still going strong.

 

[dcyrilc]

Hmmm...you could cut 3 more sections like in the pic, drill holes in the middle and make a Flintstone wagon with them wheels...

It would be a flintstones monster truck.

 

[dcyrilc]

I'll be cutting it to stove length this week (hopefully). I haven't counted the rings yet...... but i will before i cut it up. Logic tells me the tree was planted about the time our house was built, about 1888. It was the third in a row of Sugar Maples..... two on my neighbors property, this one on mine. The first had to come down about five years ago. The middle tree is still standing tall at this point, though it has some issues. I was sad to see it go, but it was on a downhill slide the past few years. I plan to plant a replacement near where that one was.

Here's what happens when you don't deal with them early enough!

 

[Redbug]

Yeah and Ductape would have to take his shoes off to sit in it and propel the thing. Ya don't need a stinky diesel when stinky feet will do...

 

[spruce Deere]

Ummm..... Gunna have to use that husky saw ALOT to be able to lift that big thing. Here is a tool for such a thing Its the JD 648 G-III skidder I operate. Its a 45,000 lb. machine 165 hp equipped with a easco 212 swing grapple. And your tree looks like handfull for it

 

[D7E]

HaHa..no..You have a decent saw keep cutting..!

 

[schmism]

Be careful...you can bend the arms of the loader if you try to lift too much...

if you have the worlds worst designed loader and no functioning relief valve perhaps....

oh and the only way your tractor will lift that log is if its cut into tinny (what?) 400lb chunks....

 

[Thomas]

Going to take heck of log splitter for those chunks.

Nice all nighters for woodstove.