Thanks to the powerline clearing folks, I scrounged my first log to mill, 100 yards from the house!
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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Kodiak Kid
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Is that your Skid Steer? If so, how do you like it? I'm in the market fir either a Skid steer or 60-70 horse tractor.
Love it! I was a self employed excavating contractor for 10 years. Got out of it and sold everything (including a skid loader) except my backhoe. Decided that wasn't the right choice after a year. Sold the hoe and got the skid steer with a backhoe attachment. I also have a grapple and over the wheel tracks. With the tracks it'll go just about anywhere. And it's small enough to move around on a trailer behind a pickup.
A tree service that operates in the area my mountain place is in. I haven’t hired him, but I like his posts because they show different areas and conditions.
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Exactly along the lines of what Im looking fir. I heard they can be hard to work on? Whats your opinion on that? Also, what is the advantage disadvantage to over the wheel tracks vs a fixed high track with rollers, bogies and a final drive? How much fir the grapple and how big around of log will it lift? How heavy a log? Sorry about all the questions. I just don't want to go into a 30+ thousand dollar investment on equipment I know nothing about!
They are a bear to work on! The over the wheel tracks give the advantage of choice of steel (not rubber) tracks or rubber wheels. They can be installed in about an hour. It's also a MUCH less expensive option than a dedicated tracked loader. I paid around $1200 for the grapple 5 years? ago. The jaws probably open 3' ish. The loader is rated at 1700lbs. I paid $8900 for the loader and the hoe attachment 20? years ago. One other point to mention, get a skid loader with a vertical lift path. A lot of the farm type have an arc lift, the bucket gets closer to the machine as it raises.
I’ve dropped trees across the Forest Road that has an easement on our property, that road will go some days with nobody coming by. The most I’ve seen is upper teens per day, and that’s in the spring when a lot of the Forest is still closed due to snow, or during deer season. I think 2 cars came by the day I dropped the trees, I had the regular orange road signs with “Tree Falling Ahead”. I was by myself, and I work along the road because the terrain is too steep to drive anything on. I dropped several trees, starting with both ends, so at least after that I couldn‘t drop a tree on a vehicle. Luckily no one came by and I didn’t have to rush to let them through. I think I did three different times to do a total of 25 trees.
These were bark beetle killed trees, and would have fallen in their own time if I didn’t do it. At least I would take them away quickly and unblock the road. Of course I’d much rather have someone to flag people down and tell them what’s happening, and my wife goes with me now and would be able to help. I asked the Forest Supervisor if they could help with the trees, he said all they could do is push trees out of the roadway. They can’t do anything else because it’s private property.
Lol! Dunno.
@Kodiak Kid The other nice thing is you can rent any attachment you can think of.
You are presuming he is near a rental place!
I know they make improved cases by fireforming, but I've not heard of firing sub-caliber bullets to fireform before. I just don't imagine that would be good for your gun barrel.
All of the articles I saw, and reloading manuals I checked recommended running the brass through the sizing die, so I did. It does shorten the brass a bit, so it will not need to be trimmed for a while.
The guy at the local Sand and Gravel is awesome at loading my pickup. My previous F250 would be almost hanging when I left there. After a load of stone I put 5000 air bags in it and went back two weeks later for another load of stone. He had my 8 foot bed maxed and the truck was well above level. He opened the loader door and waved me over. Asked what I had done to my truck. When i told him he started laughing. I've gone there with my Ram 2500 and maxed that bed out and the truck is still above level with a full load. That truck has coil springs.
Anyone else have an add blocking part of the screen on the right side? I can’t make it go away, and it’s frustrating not being able to see part of the page.
Edit: Now I see that an upgrade will get rid of the adds.
Edit: Now I see that an upgrade will get rid of the adds.
I have fire formed 6.5 Swede into 7.5 French Mas cartridges without any issues. I used a tapered wooden plug in the cartridge.
Post in thread 'Good Morning check in' https://www.arboristsite.com/threads/good-morning-check-in.103636/post-7914861
If that doesn't work then idk. Ray pretty much knows everything about everything
I put a folded moving blanket over my roof and a carpet over my tailgate. My local place has never dropped a 3/4" stone on the roof on any of my former or present pickup. This guy is good.
My FIL and I used to do Maple syrup when he was alive. We used to get 3 or 4 gallons a season. A bad year would bring in about 2 - 2 1/2 gallons. Most of those trees are now gone thanks to road salt.
Kodiak Kid
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Our only equipment rental store in town is very limited on Skid Steer attachments and a ways away from were I live. They are also the Towns Husky dealership! That in itself raises a suspicious eye brow!
That is why I put down 3/4" stone so that doesn't happen. I have that same problem right now on the rest of the property.
