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I've been using a Valby pto chipper for about 25 years, works great but wanted to get a chipper with powered rollers. I'm primarily using the chipper for branch trimming from black walnut, and have had to do quite a bit of side branch trimming to get the larger (3 to 4 inch diameter) to feed ...

Actually, you CAN exert some control over the future even after you're dead and gone - conservation easement. I'm assuming your state/county have this option available. What goes into the easement is up to you. I'm working up a conservation easement on my 50 acres, that it can never be...

Thanks. Some of the trunks are about eight to ten inch diameter, some about two inches. I've been thinning out some of the trees that are not growing well, Many of the trees have been producing nuts for years, others have not yet produced any. This field was planted in 1986. I'd planted 100...

The kick wheel mower is an 18 inch diameter rotary mower driven by the tractor's hydraulic system. It runs in the row of trees, when it encounters a trunk it rolls around the trunk and then returns to in-the-row position. It's got a padded wheel above the rotary blade. The purpose of the mower...

all the logs were milled to 8' lengths. Other cabinets in the project were 7 feet tall, with stiles full height (difficult to photograph as they're in a long hallway). Also the longer lengths allowed matching of grain from one drawer front to the next

I've built two complete kitchens with birch, turned out very nicely and the owners are very pleased.

This field was planted to black walnuts in '87, a total of 3,500 seedlings planted. The next year was a drought year, and I ended up hauling lots of water to keep them alive. As I didn't have the ability to apply sufficient amounts of water to the entire 10 acres, I concentrated on a six acre...

I've got a 10 acre field of black walnuts I started as bare root seedlings about 30 years ago. Field is starting to look pretty nice, almost like a park. Just across the road from me is a good size pond with algae scum so thick it tempts one to try walking across it in the summer. There's a goat...

found this brace when cutting up an elm that had fallen. Was about 10 feet from the base of the tree. Probably left by a deer hunter for screw-in climbing steps (in an area posted "No Hunting")

I found this when I was cutting up a fallen elm tree back in my woods. When the tree was standing this was about 10 feet from the ground

large log skidded with Iron Horse Probably the largest I've hauled with it is this 24" X 16' log maple log which had to be hauled up a couple of grades to get to the yard. Don't think I'd want to try anything larger.

steering/reverse The steering is accomplished first by releasing the drive to one track and then if the handle is moved further by applying the brake to that side. The drive is basically that of a snowmobile, with variable-diameter pulleys on the engine and transmission. It's essentially a...

The birch log shown on the Jonsered is about 15" in diameter at the base and close to 20 feet long. To get it out of the woods had to maneuver between some fairly close together (five feet?)trees, over fallen branches, and up a snow-covered grade. I've found that items such as plastic felling...

Ironhorse on hilly terrain Don't agree with the admonition against using it for hardwood and/or hilly terrain. I've used mine for skidding hardwood logs of considerable size up slopes that are difficult to walk up. Mine has only the 5.5 hp Honda engine, but I've never encountered issues with...

I've been using Jonsered chainsaws for years. Like the performance of he saws and they holdup well, but when parts are needed I've found that Jonsered is really poor about having parts available for older saws. I've now got an 830 in great condition but needing new vibration isolator mounts for...

Assuming the mill has been properly cared for it does in fact sound like a good price. The 18 hp engine is a bit small perhaps, but should work fine if you're not after high production rates. It's the same age as my LT30 (no hydraulics). The carriage speed control circuit board on mine had to be...

clevis in log sawing an oak log on my Woodmizer sawmill I encountered a tractor drawbar clevis buried far beneath the surface of the log. As seen in the attached picture, the blade was not a candidate to be resharpened after this