firewood tractors

[sirbuildalot]

I got a Worksaver 60" grapple. It weighs 360 lbs. Rated to go on up to a 50hp tractor.

I also considered the Frostbite/Igland style grapple which opens much wider and is still in the 350-450 lbs range.

 

[crowbuster]

Yes, I have looked at them. Got a great deal on mine, landpride, but is 1000 lbs, heavy even on my 63.5hp Kubota. Keep us posted on yours if you please

 

[crowbuster]

I’m not sure if your familure with EA, one of their goals is stronger more expensive steel yet put a bunch of strategicly places holes in it and save as much weight as possible. Mine is a 60”, dual lid and only weighs in at 430lbs. Yes that’s not a typo 430lbs!

Several grapples I considered were close to 1000lbs.

 

[rancher2]

This is what we use to skid tree length out to field.View attachment 660577

Did you build that rig? When I was a kid in the late 60's I took a old WC and put a 283 Chevy and a truck four speed and a old loader with a push blade and we used it around my folks truck stop pushing snow and moving dead trucks. It got scrapped in the 70's when they got a Hough front end loader. Wish I would have kept the old WC.

 

[2broke2ride]

Not as big and nice and fancy as some of yours but here is my 1975 power king 1614.
It moved every stick of wood you see behind it plus it plows my driveway all winter all with only a 14hp Kohler 1 lunger.

 

[rancher2]

Those old power kings were well built garden tractors of the day.

 

[dancan]

I'd love to have a powerking

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I'd love to have a powerking

Especially one with the "double" transmission!

BTW, I saw this garden tractor the other day,

SR

 

[2broke2ride]

Mine does have the double transmission plus 3 point hitch, wheel weights, and loaded tires. It can definitely pull.

 

[DSW]

That...........is.............beautiful.

Especially one with the "double" transmission!

BTW, I saw this garden tractor the other day,

SR

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I've been taking a few tree's out, here's a couple from yesterday,

They had a couple decent saw logs in them too,

I'll have them on the BSM soon!

SR

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Today, the first logs made it to the BSM,

With my wife as my helper, I took the slabs and a few boards off, until I got down to a 3 sided 8" cant and I split that into two 4" cants,

Next we rolled the two 4 inchers up and started taking off 1x4's off,

Until we had all the 1x4's we could get,

And we ended up with a nice pile of 1x4x14's for our efforts...

I still need more 1x4's, so I will be back at it next week!

SR

 

[JAL]

Always need a saw scabbard

 

[alleyyooper]

Rob that tracked Craftsman at Buckley?
Nice looking lumber, what ya doing you need 1x4's?

Al

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Al, that tractor was at a show over near Muskegon, Mi.

We did go to Buckley, actually we camped over there and we had a great time. I took my Wheel Horse,

All the 1x4's will be furring strips, as my barn is getting a new roof...

SR

 

[sawjunky23]

Al, that tractor was at a show over near Muskegon, Mi.

We did go to Buckley, actually we camped over there and we had a great time. I took my Wheel Horse,

All the 1x4's will be furring strips, as my barn is getting a new roof...

SR

I have always thought that is pretty cool to build stuff on your property with wood you mulled yourself. Especially when the trees come from the property.

What are you running for a mill?

 

[Sawyer Rob]

It's been VERY handy, to get what ever lumber I want, when ever I want it...and having your own wood lot is a huge plus too...

My mill is a Norwood Lumbermate 2000... I've owned it since 2003 and it's been one of my BEST buys! It's paid for itself over and over...

Check out this pine I milled,

I made a lot of nice lumber out of a couple pines,

SR

 

[sawjunky23]

It's been VERY handy, to get what ever lumber I want, when ever I want it...and having your own wood lot is a huge plus too...

My mill is a Norwood Lumbermate 2000... I've owned it since 2003 and it's been one of my BEST buys! It's paid for itself over and over...

Check out this pine I milled,

I made a lot of nice lumber out of a couple pines,

SR

Very nice! Do you have a kiln or do you let it air dry?

 

[Sawyer Rob]

All of my construction lumber is air dried, in most cases, you can nail it up right off the mill.

Cabinet grade lumber is air dried, then moved inside for a time, to get down to a useable moisture content for furniture or cabinets.

SR

 

[RyeThomas]

Some work pics. Definitely overloaded the trailer. My wife and 3 little ones wanted me home so I had to push a bit and load it out in two loads, most definitely should have been three. Even worse this is my side job. Squatted the trailer tires a bit, truck didn’t care although 4:10’s would have been nice getting her up and moving.

Let me be clear this was on private roads near my house, I would never have dragged this around any distance on public streets. Well I would have but it would have been 3-4 trips vs 2.

The top 2 pics show a single oak fresh cut live log that by the Internet calculators was 1900lbs+, it’s easy to see how easy it is to overload your equipment with logs.




I had to stand on the accelerator a bit to get this one moving, once it was rolling it wasn’t a big deal.





Not much of a hill but with the calculated weight (I’d rather keep to myself) she was a heavy pig. Tractor on the other hand and grapple loaded everything with ease.