It does kinda look lodge poly, bark looked more like lodge pole, if so biggest I’ve ever seen.
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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Thanks buddy. I was thinking the same thing! Whenever your ready, would be a great time. It’s a really fun trail!
We were probably above 9,000 feet. I haven’t seen ponderosa anywhere near that high, this shows elevations different trees grow at.
I don’t remember a measurement.
Wikipedia says lodgepole can achieve 7 feet diameter at chest height.
Also found this.
General: The Jeffrey pine may live 400 to 500 years and can attain immense size. It typically grows to 4 to 6 feet in diameter, and 170 to 200 feet in height. To date, the largest Jeffrey pine recorded in the western Sierra Nevada had a diameter of 7.5 feet, and a height of 175 feet.
So this doesn’t narrow it down.
Also found this.
General: The Jeffrey pine may live 400 to 500 years and can attain immense size. It typically grows to 4 to 6 feet in diameter, and 170 to 200 feet in height. To date, the largest Jeffrey pine recorded in the western Sierra Nevada had a diameter of 7.5 feet, and a height of 175 feet.
So this doesn’t narrow it down.
There's a couple saw carrying packs I've seen, but they don't come cheap! The old pack I use to carry the 550 kinda hangs on me like I'm carrying Sam around on my back. Gets old fast! Haha
Oh ok yeah that’s pretty high.
Yeah I bet! Lol. I’ve got a pack I could probably haul the 550 in but yeah I think that’d get old fast. I’ll probably see if I can make some kind of a rack myself.
Well I’m awake and my back isn’t even sore today. I was starting to worry that something was wrong with me after I was so darn sore for those first few cutting sessions.
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Any recommendations on chainsaw mounts for a tractor? I'd like a more secure way to carry the 241 or 361 with me on the tractor. I normally have the saw in my lap, which is not the safest.
I'd love to have something in my roll bar.
I'd love to have something in my roll bar.
You can get skidding winches with saw holders on them
.Many guys screw a couple 2x10 together and bore cut into the seam, then use u-bolts to attach it where they want the saw.
I think it was @Duce who had one mounted on the side of his bucket.
When I need to carry a few of them I load all my goodies into the bucket on my chaps and use my fuel/oil jugs to keep them from rubbing on each other.
The last time I hauled them in the bucket I went to the neighbors to help out with the good sized cherry. I threw a piece of wood I keep on the front porch in the bucket as I needed a little more room. I leave that piece of plywood on the side of the house or on the front porch for setting saws on when I blowing them off so I don't have to set them down on the concrete, don't want the girls to get scratched up
.Ported 440, 261, and 2166, and a MM2252, it was a fun day and only filled up to get a couple videos, and I didn't have to touch the chains up at all.
That's cool, well sort of lol. Did you fill the stove right up or what.
Do you export bags of charcoal to the US
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You can get skidding winches with saw holders on them
Many guys screw a couple 2x10 together and bore cut into the seam, then use u-bolts to attach it where they want the saw.
I think it was @Duce who had one mounted on the side of his bucket.
When I need to carry a few of them I load all my goodies into the bucket on my chaps and use my fuel/oil jugs to keep them from rubbing on each other.
The last time I hauled them in the bucket I went to the neighbors to help out with the good sized cherry. I threw a piece of wood I keep on the front porch in the bucket as I needed a little more room. I leave that piece of plywood on the side of the house or on the front porch for setting saws on when I blowing them off so I don't have to set them down on the concrete, don't want the girls to get scratched up
Ported 440, 261, and 2166, and a MM2252, it was a fun day and only filled up to get a couple videos, and I didn't have to touch the chains up at all.
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Thanks for the info. No bucket for me
A tractor with a loader is in my list of "needs" for the farm. I got a quote to have one mounted on my 3930, it was almost $9K. Heck, I can buy another tractor for that! I normally load up my little wood trailer, but with my plans to drag a bunch of logs to a spot in the woods first, I only take the tractor, chains, and a saw.
That thing is a beast.
I always thought if I was going to have a big splitter I would buy a hydraulic zero turn walk behind and use the drive system(pump/pumps and wheel motors) on it so I could move it around the yard, the biggest limiting factor of that is you couldn't tow it, maybe a belt drive setup would be better, or just a two wheeled tractor?
That's a lot of money. I sold my first tractor with a load(also my first tractor) for 6300 iirc, it was a 2350 Kubota 2wd with a standard trans, great tractor, but I knew I wanted a 4wd and the hydro trans is such a blessing for what I do with mine.Thanks for the info. No bucket for me
I normally load up my little wood trailer, but with my plans to drag a bunch of logs to a spot in the woods first, I only take the tractor, chains, and a saw.
Do you mainly skid in the winter, skidded logs can tear up some chains when they get dirty
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Looks like the common pinus trailblockus or pinus needalongerbarus, but I'm not an expert on pine lol.
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That thing is a beast.
I always thought if I was going to have a big splitter I would buy a hydraulic zero turn walk behind and use the drive system(pump/pumps and wheel motors) on it so I could move it around the yard, the biggest limiting factor of that is you couldn't tow it, maybe a belt drive setup would be better, or just a two wheeled tractor?
That's a lot of money. I sold my first tractor with a load(also my first tractor) for 6300 iirc, it was a 2350 Kubota 2wd with a standard trans, great tractor, but I knew I wanted a 4wd and the hydro trans is such a blessing for what I do with mine.
Do you mainly skid in the winter, skidded logs can tear up some chains when they get dirty
It's really well balanced, and surprisingly easy to move around. The axle is a little on the anemic side, so that will need attention if I want to take her down the road.
I fired her up yesterday. I need a new battery, but otherwise she runs great. The cylinder moves really slow, so I need to see about changing that.
There are some nice axles on CL for sale, I think I have a nice one without brakes saved for 75, I'll see if it's still around. The bigger wheels make them roll easy.
If you went with a smaller ram that would speed it up a lot, I see those on CL often to, search "splitter" and "spliter", many misspell it and I've gotten some great deals because no-one saw them
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There are some nice axles on CL for sale, I think I have a nice one without brakes saved for 75, I'll see if it's still around. The bigger wheels make them roll easy.
If you went with a smaller ram that would speed it up a lot, I see those on CL often to, search "splitter" and "spliter", many misspell it and I've gotten some great deals because no-one saw them
So smaller ram vs faster pump?
Either will work, but a larger pump also needs more power which means it drinks more fuel.
Finding a good balance is always difficult which is why I like a lot of the older store bought 22ton unit's, not to big which is nice for moving them, plenty of power for what I do, and they are fairly quick.
Here's the axle I was thinking of, nice torsion axle for towing. Not sure how difficult they are to shorten, never cut into one, but I'm sure theres plenty of info out there. If it's like a normal axle it would be real easy.
https://lansing.craigslist.org/grd/d/dansville-trailer-axel/7105705225.htmlHere's something to drive it around the yard with, not too far from you
.https://limaohio.craigslist.org/hvo/d/lafayette-dr-dump-wagon/7116545274.html
