Stihlmans Wood,Tree cutting ramblings...........

[Stihlman441]

I may have put this pic up in the dribble thread of my youngest first dear there awhile back cant remember (old timers)
and another one of a dow and her young afew weeks back.laying in sniper mode she loves.

 

[Stihlman441]

Nice Redgum today 880 with a 50'' bar.

 

[VinceGU05]

nice bit of wood that one!

 

[Sagetown]

Nice big one. Bigger than most on the ranch. I had a heart attack taking this one down in February. Just now getting strength to tackle it again.

 

[Stihlman441]

Got a bit done today 8mts of Redgum split and delivered then of to work for the evening.

 

[VinceGU05]

your a busy fella.. will have to come and help one day when i get the Patrol back!

 

[Stihlman441]

Stihl at it

 

[Snowy01]

your a busy fella.. will have to come and help one day when i get the Patrol back!

Did ADC "lose" your motor too?

 

[Stihlman441]

Finished the Redgum job and moving on

 

[Stihlman441]

Onto the Sugargums we felled last year in October
Theres about 150 to 200 mtrs to split and bring home.

 

[Stihlman441]

The Superaxe WS450 doing its thing

 

[VinceGU05]

hows the 661 going andrew? loving it?

 

[Stihlman441]

hows the 661 going andrew? loving it?

Ya its going well that new updated coil/controller has improved it quite alot.
Perfect set up with the 36'' ES Light bar

 

[VinceGU05]

you running 404 semi on that?

 

[Stihlman441]

you running 404 semi on that?

Na 3/8 .063 semi chisel skip Carlton

 

[KiwiBro]

Always keen to learn about different systems. Do you have any probs leaving wood on job sites and time creating risks like wood going AWOL or farms changing hands and having to deal with new and unhelpful owners? What about splitting gum seasoned or well on the way compared to green? Is it a storage issue for the split firewood and not being able to store it while it dries and then sells and better to let it dry where it dropped and then have a shorter time frame between splitting/storing and selling? Or perhaps no storing and taking straight from splitting on site to the firewood customers?

 

[Stihlman441]

Always keen to learn about different systems. Do you have any probs leaving wood on job sites and time creating risks like wood going AWOL or farms changing hands and having to deal with new and unhelpful owners? What about splitting gum seasoned or well on the way compared to green? Is it a storage issue for the split firewood and not being able to store it while it dries and then sells and better to let it dry where it dropped and then have a shorter time frame between splitting/storing and selling? Or perhaps no storing and taking straight from splitting on site to the firewood customers?

We fell the Sugargums in winter going on untill early summer,cut all the tops off and burn,cut the smaller stuff into lengths for the saw bench then pile the trunks up and leave for five or six months.The farmer normally will fence of the plantasoin so sheep,cattle dont eat the new shoots the come out of the stumps.
The reason we leave the wood for awhile is so the bark falls off and its easyer to split semi dryish and some times sell it greenish at a reduced rate for the people that are organised and get it a year in advance.
Dont normally have problems with wood going for walk about because we dont pay the farmer untill we take the wood off the property.
Take the wood home split and leave for around 12 months and sell it next season.

 

[KiwiBro]

Ta. How much storage have you got at home? It wouldn't take long in an operation like yours to accumulate a few hundred m3 I would have thought, and that's not the easist of things to store and would in my case mean I would most likely have the tractor or loading gear at a job site when it's needed at home or the other way around.

Here, especially this year with the dairy farmers hanging on by their fingernails or being told by the banks they have to sell up or be sold up, I've had felled trees and logs on farms that have been sold and it then turns into a nightmare if the new owners are pricks or insist the wood has to be moved before they take possession in June. It has made me rethink my plans and systems.

 

[Rudolf73]

Cute little skid steer you got there.

And did that hilux move the trailer once full?

 

[Stihlman441]

Cute little skid steer you got there.

And did that hilux move the trailer once full?

Thats me son in laws Hilux its got a new engine it so goes all good.