dozerman37
ArboristSite Member
anyone use a small skidder here for doing thier firewood with? i am currently using a tractor and it pretty much stinks. why dont we show some pics?
I use a John Deere 4310 with a norse 390 winch. Can move a lot of wood with it. Hey ohiowoodguy that is a very unique paint job on that old 440!
We used a tractor with a 3-pt log grapple, but it was very slow (compared to a skidder), did more damage than the skidder- because we had to make many more trips, was very unsafe, and tractors in the woods seem to get the :censored: beat out of them.
The original yellow gives me a headache, so we used alot of green like the new big machines.:greenchainsaw:
I have never had a problem with a tractor in the woods. Use them daily. And have not beat the tar out of any of them. It is more up to the operator of the machine on how it is going to get beat up. Used correctly a tractor with log chains is just the same as a skidder.
Ray
:monkey:Give it time. I guess alot of loggers are smacking their foreheads for paying huge $$$$ for machines that are no better than tractors
And a tricycle tractor at that. We have 4 4x4 JD tractors of different sizes on the farm. None of them are close to my skidder in what they will do in the woods. I don't use my skidder to cut and bale hay, and I don't use my tractor to skid logs. The price of a small tractor 8-15k will buy a good used skidder. Or you could probley buy a skidder with just the money you save on fixin the tractor.
I have heard that 440 will only handle 5-600.
Ray
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