Doug in SW IA
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I have a 9 acre lot that is primarily forest. I have been heating with wood for over 20 years. I have a Kubota BX24 and I am thinking about getting a Farmi JL290 skidding winch. Up to now I have dropped the trees, cut them to firewood length in place and carried or rolled the pieces out to the trail or openings. This last year I got hit with straight line winds over 100mph or the edge of a tornado and lost 65 trees. Or more correctly there are 65 trees that had the potential to be sold. There are more that are snapped and too small to sell. So I have some major thinning and improvement ahead of me.
I am getting older so I am thinking a skidding winch might be worth considering. Drop the trees and then skid them out to the open so I don't have so much carrying. Another issue I have is that my little forest is fairly dense and I have problems getting trees to drop. They tend to get hung up and don't go all the way down. Could a skidding winch help me pull the butt of those trees out so they would go down? I am also thinking the winch with a snatch block could be used to better direct the direction of fall.
Thanks for the input.
Doug in SW IA
I am getting older so I am thinking a skidding winch might be worth considering. Drop the trees and then skid them out to the open so I don't have so much carrying. Another issue I have is that my little forest is fairly dense and I have problems getting trees to drop. They tend to get hung up and don't go all the way down. Could a skidding winch help me pull the butt of those trees out so they would go down? I am also thinking the winch with a snatch block could be used to better direct the direction of fall.
Thanks for the input.
Doug in SW IA