Big maple and lovin’ the heated handles today, -23 c this morning
The Farm Tractor in the Woodlot
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New Wallenstein winch is all ready to go, now just need the ground to freeze.
Nice rig! I'm waiting as well, a muddy freakin mess right now for me with four more days of "rain showers" forecast
Sawyer Rob
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Nice winch, you should be happy with that.
SR
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665.0coupe
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I bought a set of pallet forks over the summer so moving totes got easier.
lindnova
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My Kubota Subcompact BX2200 moves some pretty big logs. I don't do much so it suffices for now. I should have a larger tractor. I need the loader on and full of ballast or it will do a wheelie on slopes.
Ryan Willock
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Well got the “new” off it today.StihlPotlicker
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do you have a self releasing snatch block too?Well that 40 yard bin was set off at noon yesterday and I have it filled today! That's with blocks though as in no spitting. That's 6 full cords of Maple, Cherry and Ash. That's 15 tons of wood. Not bad for an old phooker like me!
The tractor is great for doing firewood too!
John
StihlPotlicker
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Unfortunately John passed away a couple years ago. May he RIP.
Ryan Willock
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A farm tractor in the woodlot is exactly what this is all about 
TheLazyBFarm
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My last batch of firewood using my tractor. A standing dead White Oak:
Taking the trunk back to my firewood processing area:
The backside of the resulting pile:
The front side; my new logging helmet is clearly visible on top of the pile:
The advantage of using the grapple: Other than chain sawing and having to trim one log prior to travel - I never touched any of this wood. The other advantage: No dragging the log through the mud and dirt.
Taking the trunk back to my firewood processing area:
The backside of the resulting pile:
The front side; my new logging helmet is clearly visible on top of the pile:
The advantage of using the grapple: Other than chain sawing and having to trim one log prior to travel - I never touched any of this wood. The other advantage: No dragging the log through the mud and dirt.
TheLazyBFarm
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Correction to my last post: That was a Maple, not White Oak.
Pics of what we did with most of that pile of logs - note the mostly empty pile off to the right in the back:
That's my BIL. He'll be back today to refill his truck. This was about all he could carry in both his trailer and truck - that wood was HEAVY! He's tying down one of my two empty firewood racks I built years ago; each rack holds ~1/2 cord of wood. He'll get the other one today. I don't need them anymore since I have ~15 cords of space in my two woodsheds and I'm working to empty my pole barn (seen in the background) so I can get to using it for pole barn things.
Pics of what we did with most of that pile of logs - note the mostly empty pile off to the right in the back:
That's my BIL. He'll be back today to refill his truck. This was about all he could carry in both his trailer and truck - that wood was HEAVY! He's tying down one of my two empty firewood racks I built years ago; each rack holds ~1/2 cord of wood. He'll get the other one today. I don't need them anymore since I have ~15 cords of space in my two woodsheds and I'm working to empty my pole barn (seen in the background) so I can get to using it for pole barn things.
