Junkrunner
ArboristSite Operative
Tractor won't go the places the skidder can.
Yeah, on each of the 5 chokers.
I don't cut enough to own a skidder, but have seen them work. In my opinion, there ain't an AG tractor in the world that will run logs like a skidder....
THis might have been mentioned, but one important feature of a woods-tractor or skidder is an armored floor.
Most Ag. tractors have mostly open floors that easily admit debris in the form of spears - operators have been killed by saplings/etc that are broken off but still pointing up at an angle, they go through the open front/floor and impale the operator.
The bobcat that I use has thick steel between me and ground hazards as do most pro. skidders - if you use an Ag. tractor in the woods adding floor armor is an important mod.
THis might have been mentioned, but one important feature of a woods-tractor or skidder is an armored floor.
Most Ag. tractors have mostly open floors that easily admit debris in the form of spears - operators have been killed by saplings/etc that are broken off but still pointing up at an angle, they go through the open front/floor and impale the operator.
The bobcat that I use has thick steel between me and ground hazards as do most pro. skidders - if you use an Ag. tractor in the woods adding floor armor is an important mod.
Never put much thought into that. I'm either running on good trails, or use the loader bucket as a shear on little stuff, just floating at ground level. Widowmakers are another story. Gotta keep one eye in the sky at all times. A skidder or skid loader's enclosed canopy would be safer.
All I'm gonna say on the tractor vs skidder debate is that I have lots of uses for a tractor, only one for a skidder, and to be honest most of my skidding is for convenience not necessity, so I could do without either if need be in the woods. Take my tractors away and I'm lost on the farm though.
I'll use what works best for me, and y'all can make your own decisions.
Never put much thought into that. I'm either running on good trails, or use the loader bucket as a shear on little stuff, just floating at ground level. Widowmakers are another story. Gotta keep one eye in the sky at all times. A skidder or skid loader's enclosed canopy would be safer.
All I'm gonna say on the tractor vs skidder debate is that I have lots of uses for a tractor, only one for a skidder, and to be honest most of my skidding is for convenience not necessity, so I could do without either if need be in the woods. Take my tractors away and I'm lost on the farm though.
I'll use what works best for me, and y'all can make your own decisions.
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?
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