Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Be Stihl]

Sure would have. I was in shorts and sneakers

Get em Philbert

 

[mountainguyed67]

Kodiak Kid, here is the link to Market Book
. Be careful with that one.

https://www.marketbook.ca/listings/...e/list/manufacturer/kubota/model-group/mx5100

I had no idea that Kubota’s were that expensive. One was nearly double what I have in my loader, and my loader is nine times the weight.

 

[Kodiak Kid]

That works. Might just wake somebody up.

Get their attention anyway.

 

[Kodiak Kid]

Scrounged some more oak today, chestnut I think. The bark was long gone as most of the sap wood was also. Had been up in the air just off the ground so it was pretty light for oak. View attachment 1035699

Ive never seen entire stands of timber grow horizontaly straight out from a hillside! Terrain looks extremely steep! How do you keep your tools from falling off the sideby and keep the sideby from flopping over on that steep of grade?!

 

[mountainguyed67]

Ive never seen entire stands of timber grow horizontaly straight out from a hillside! Terrain looks extremely steep! How do you keep your tools from falling off the sideby and keep the sideby from flopping over on that steep of grade?!

Ha. I was gonna say that earlier, but forgot?

 

[singinwoodwackr]

A question for you guys. Is this too much hook?
View attachment 1035568It is not binding, the saw pulls it even with the rakers close to .040”, the problem is that it dulls quickly and then I hear my saw hitting a rev limiter while not self feeding into the wood as I am used to.
For clarification I am using the MS400 for felling, bucking hardwood sometimes dead dry hardwood. Maybe semi chisel is the answer but I like full chisel RS chain.

looks normal to me

 

[mountainguyed67]

Get their attention anyway.

When I was stationed in Germany in the Army, they still had the 8” artillery. They’d wake us up in the night rattling the windows from miles out in the field. This one is even bigger.

 

[singinwoodwackr]

Almost 9-1/2 inches.

Edit: 9-1/2 inches would be 241.3 mm.

No comment…

 

[mountainguyed67]

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Why are so many cut so short?

 

[Kodiak Kid]

When I was stationed in Germany in the Army, they still had the 8” artillery. They’d wake us up in the night rattling the windows from miles out in the field. This one is even bigger.

Do you mean the German "88's"? Their 88mm Howitzer from WW2?

 

[SimonHS]

Its not the logs that are the issue when your home. Its when your out on a job, or in the woods that the mud becomes an issue. Plunge cuts, shaving the bark off stiff brush ect all help, but not like a garden hose or pressure washer.

Would one of these be helpful? Cordless and it will pull water from a bucket, tank, pond or even a large soda bottle.

 

[mountainguyed67]

How do you keep your tools from falling off the sideby and keep the sideby from flopping over on that steep of grade?!

Special tires.

 

[mountainguyed67]

Do you mean the German "88's" their 88mm Howitzer from WW2?

No, the German 88 is only 3.46 inches. The U.S. 8” howitzer is the M110, it’s over twice as big as an 88.

 

[Kodiak Kid]

Special tires.

Ooool! I gotta get me soma those!

 

[Kodiak Kid]

R

No, the German 88 is only 3.46 inches. The U.S. 8” howitzer is the M110, it’s over twice as big as an 88.

Roger. Im familiar with both. Just making sure we were on the same page. However, I'm a Navy vet. If it ain't a 16" three gun turret? It's a pea shooter!

 

[tfp]

Muffler mod that thing, the 2511s respond really well to a more open deflector and gutting/or drilling holes through the inner doohickey thing in the muffler.

I opened up the deflector and re-shaped the plastic so nothing melted. I need to keep mine screened so I think i'll order another muffler and braze another screened exit to it at a later stage when I have the time to do it nicely. I worry about some of the muffler mods i've seen that protrude outside the plastic... looks like a good way to melt holes in your chaps when it's clipped to your harness. It's cutting very well with this and the 1/4 conversion, and doesn't bog on a full width cut. I've still got it set a little bit rich (according to spark plug) but I find it very hard to hear this one 4 stroke compared to a larger saw so I erred on the side of caution.

 

[user 158015]

Why are so many cut so short?

Waste from work, Logs longer than 17' don't go through mill easily. I measure and trim.

 

[mountainguyed67]

I figured it was something like that.

 

[GeeVee]

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More pics of the GATOR with the big mud FLAPS.

 

[GeeVee]

It would need blasted with the rear tires and something real heavy on the 3 point to help leverage some of the weight off the front axle. Factory says the heavy loader for my B series can pick right around 1000lbs, standard loader is around 800lbs. Either way, with my hike built loader I can pick much more then 1k lbs, but once you get closer to the 800lb mark it needs more then just what the rear tire balast has to offer.
Really Kodak, I'd be looking at a skid steer or a small wheel loader for that price range. I know not near as versatile but they were made to pick weight. I often think I screwed up buying a tractor over a little wheel loader, but I also do some tractor like things with it.

No mistake, if you only got the one (at the moment) then the tractor was the right call. ESPECIALLY since you fabbed up your own loader. Skiddyboppers dont mow...... EVERY attachment is super expensive. Did I mention they dont mow? Now for sure, if you budget for a skiddy- you dont need the 8k # 72" bucket. My RC 30 is 3000#, and I can lift and move 1000#, which is plenty, and I get a half a yard of dirt in the bucket, yet is only 48" wide. The root rake/grapple is just fine for moving brush and debris larger than it is. Earth work can be done as well as any machine twice its size, maybe not as fast, but certainly much more delicately, which sometimes is a real bonus- not tearing up more than you need to. If I luck into a 3pt Bush hog deck, I may try to make my own front cutter with a double or triple sheave belt and a Hydro wheel motor from a ZTR, but its a low priority on "projects".

You could look out for a rental with 5-800 hours on them, the major chain rentals have to be moved out of the fleets to keep the customers in the newest models, per the purchase agreements with the manufacturers. Watch when the big fleets start sending them, and negotiate hard, rationalizing they have a lot to move, and you're stadning there with X much cash in hand- the fleet is costing them money sitting there, the new floorplan is costing them money, sooner they cut it loose, the better, thought they WILL try and tell you they can't sell it lower, they can. While some will say rental take a beating, they are also maintained well, and certain warranty is applicable to the rental fleet owner- they are required to keep them up, by the manufacturer, so its not as big a risk as one might think.