My firewood tools

[banshee67]

Pictures of a bigger ash.

For the record, I never cut it but I did watch... From a safe distance. No one was hurt and nothing was damaged, this time. I'll do the felling next time I think. Granted it was a tough spot to cut.

im trying to picture what went on there, but im stumped , hey if no one got hurt i guess thats whats counts , that is an interesting one though.:chainsawguy:

 

[Nosmo]

Good Thread

Thanks for the great thread. You have some good ideas and very good methods of hauling and cutting those logs. Your splitters look like they can handle your larger rounds with no problems.

Nosmo

 

[cantoo]

Guess I should have explained the stump pic better. The pic is the actual stump, after he cut the tree down he cut it off at ground level. you can see where he cut the wedge then he cut from the other side but missed abit so he corrected and got it cut down. There was nothing around so no danger other than to him and I was hoping for a good pic anyway. It was a nice healthy tree but was in the way of a new shop and everybody knows the shop is more important.

 

[Kmaxwell102]

The equipment looks great. Cutting off the trailer must deffiently save your back. There is some pretty good size wood there, keep it up!

 

[Cowboy Billy]

Boy I wish I saw your log cart before I made mine. While I still like mine its 7'4" between the racks and makes it hard to get a 8' log on it. And there is no way to block the firewood while on the cart.

I picked up a IH running gear with dump bed on it for 150 this spring and its just about done now. Waiting to get my stake pockets made so I side racks on it.

Billy

 

[cantoo]

Better pics of the Speeco 28 ton.

 

[cantoo]

Another couple of loads today. Got the wagon load cut into rounds before dark. Think I'm going to start stock piling the bigger stuff to cut up later. Saves some handling. Have to take some pictures of a couple of big maples we have to cut down, they look nasty. Did one today that was rotten except for 3" around the edges. Part of it is on the truck.

Sale tomorrow so no cutting this weekend.

 

[cantoo]

Gotta cut this tree down at some point, there are 8 or 10 of them to come down. The loggers have already been thru and don't want them and owner says they need to go. So how many loads with my 3\4 ton Dodge? 3 or 4 or maybe more? It measures 12'-9" around about 4' high, not sure of height but it goes up a long way. We've got about a quarter of the tops out so far and have hardly touched any of the dead and half fallen stuff yet. We expect several years of work here. We ride our 4 wheelers here and the owner wants more trails so lots of wood. FYI, we bought the tops. Saw in pic is a 260.
http://www.arboristsite.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=158056&stc=1&d=1289786695

 

[cantoo]

Another pic.

 

[Nosmo]

Big Tree

Just estimating I'd say that trunk is about 4 feet across. Looks like you'll need a saw with at least a 24" bar.

Lots of wood in that tree for sure and it might be more than 4 loads. But one thing for sure it should keep your stove going for quite a while.

Nosmo

 

[cantoo]

I've got an electric Stihl I was thinking of trying out on that tree, I think it has a 14" bar. I have a 056 but it would take quite abit of fuel to cut that big tree. I'm thinking I might be lucky to carry one 10' log on my truck.

 

[cantoo]

Some of the wood so far. Been too busy to go to the bush so I cut up the log pile that I had. Started stacking too but that got old fast. Think I'm just going to use my elevator and pile everything.
http://www.arboristsite.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=159757&stc=1&d=1290916915

 

[cantoo]

hmm, missed STEP.

 

[cantoo]

Got my extra valve and outlets for snow blade and grapple hooked up finally. Grapple pics tomorrow.

 

[cantoo]

I got the hoses and couplers from an old sweeper that I bought for $50. Still has lots of hoses on it and 4 hydraulic motors for future projects. It was a little heavy for my L35 without the hoe on the back.

 

[cantoo]

Here's a pic of the grapple off the tractor. I'm not happy with it, it doesn't open far enough so I guess a few hours in the welding shop are in order. I'm going to make a grapple for my stone fork too. Planning on using it for loading firewood and fenceline cleanup.

 

[cantoo]

Got the grapple bucket on today. Not so impressed with it, it doesn't open anywhere near far enough for brush but works good for firewood. Takes a good bite of leaf compost. I think I'll get a brush grapple instead of doing much with the bucket one. Can't see what you are doing either.
Yes I know I have too many trailers. 20 something at last count.

 

[Alaskat]

Do you have a 16' car hauler? Or a 12' or a 14' Just noticing all the trailers.

 

[banshee67]

i was gona say the same thing, you guys a trailer rental place on the side or something!? lol

 

[cantoo]

I have a 08 16' ta with beaver tail car hauler. 7000 lb ta 18' for my kubota. A 20' ta for 4 wheelers and mowers. 3 - 16' ta's for hauling mowers. And about 15 other single axles for hauling everything from jet skis to bikes to sleds to buildings. I made most of them but have bought a few factory ones. Most of the home made ones were custom built to haul specific items. My wife runs the lawn business so I make everything easier for her which makes life easier for me. Some trailers are beavertails with small ramps to load or spring assist ramps. Whenever I'm bored I build a trailer.
We buy and sell stuff so we haul a fair bit of the time and I hate to not have enough.