Marc
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Thought I'd share the results of all my cutting this winter, now that we're coming to the end of what I consider firewood season. In case anyone missed some of my other threads, I cut with my father; the land I'm cutting on is family farmland, and I now live in the farmhouse. I'm on about 145 acres, and the woodpile below is the result of just 3 fence lines (i.e. not even an entire field's worth) plus a bunch of dead standing trees, plus a bunch of dead fall we cleaned. Weapons of choice were my 372xp, 290 and an 8 lb maul. My father has a 260, and a Chevy 1500 for any over-the-road hauling. For around the farm we have a new Branson 3820i and a converted manure spreader for a wagon.
Anywho, here's a pic I snagged today after splitting and hauling about a cord-
The tractor gives some scale. I tell people Phil Spector had his "wall of sound" and I have a wall of wood.
I think we're figuring on somewhere around 20 cords, plus what I cut and burned this year, since it was the first year was in the house and burned wood. We've also got about 3 - 5 more cords to pick up, some of which needs to be split. Luckily almost everything that's left is white ash and is actually fun to split.
And I took a couple videos of the tractor going through some soupy spots on a newly rebuilt road to the back 40. With the amazing popularity of the R-4 tires, we got a lot of strange looks when we insisted on ag tires for the Branson. We need them for stuff like this. Keep in mind the tires aren't loaded yet, but will be soon.
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That was riding up on the wagon... this was coming back with a half load of maple, on the way to pick up some ash.
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Ok, so not the most exciting stuff in the world, but I thought there might be some tractor heads out there on AS that would like it
Happy cutting
Anywho, here's a pic I snagged today after splitting and hauling about a cord-
The tractor gives some scale. I tell people Phil Spector had his "wall of sound" and I have a wall of wood.
I think we're figuring on somewhere around 20 cords, plus what I cut and burned this year, since it was the first year was in the house and burned wood. We've also got about 3 - 5 more cords to pick up, some of which needs to be split. Luckily almost everything that's left is white ash and is actually fun to split.
And I took a couple videos of the tractor going through some soupy spots on a newly rebuilt road to the back 40. With the amazing popularity of the R-4 tires, we got a lot of strange looks when we insisted on ag tires for the Branson. We need them for stuff like this. Keep in mind the tires aren't loaded yet, but will be soon.
[youtube_browser]33vc-Dj499A[/youtube_browser]
That was riding up on the wagon... this was coming back with a half load of maple, on the way to pick up some ash.
[youtube_browser]zP_jrScM_Wk[/youtube_browser]
Ok, so not the most exciting stuff in the world, but I thought there might be some tractor heads out there on AS that would like it
Happy cutting
How many HP is that tractor , it seems that you have a nice trail system to get thru the woods.
Good job on the wood but you no your never done, just like somebody else said once the wood chips are in your blood theres no stopping.
