firewood handling

[Barnie]

Hi again

how do some of you guys load your trailers with firewood without loading all kinds of scrap like bark, sand and dirt with it. are there buckets specially made for firewood handling that fit on a loader or bobcat ETC ??

 

[begleytree]

Hi again

how do some of you guys load your trailers with firewood without loading all kinds of scrap like bark, sand and dirt with it. are there buckets specially made for firewood handling that fit on a loader or bobcat ETC ??

grapple, attach to bobcat
-Ralph

 

[ericjeeper]

I load mine by hand

I cut and split in the woods. so I split it then pitch it into the trailer.. Bark that falls off in the trailer gets unloaded when I return to the woods ... eventually..

 

[Haywire Haywood]

A buddy of mine keeps the bark that falls off for kindling.

Ian

 

[grandpatractor]

grapple

this one works real good for me,works good on logs and loose firewood. Save me having to clean alot of garbage from in front of the wood boiler.

 

[Barnie]

this one works real good for me,works good on logs and loose firewood. Save me having to clean alot of garbage from in front of the wood boiler.

that looks perfect , does any firewood fall through the tines/grate or whatever its called on the bottom. what type of machine do you have it on???

 

[begleytree]

good looking grapple, grandpa
-Ralph

 

[grandpatractor]

that looks perfect , does any firewood fall through the tines/grate or whatever its called on the bottom. what type of machine do you have it on???

Its on a 260 Deere with steel tracks. Most of what I cut and split is for the owb, so its usually a little bigger than fireplace wood. But even then very little wood chunks fall thru. Snow sawdust and bark falls thru pretty good tho. Its a rhino by midsota. some grapples have an arced bottom which probably works good for roots but I think the flat bottom works better for picking up firewood

good looking grapple, grandpa
-Ralph

Hey, thanks Ralph

 

[ADAMH]

use a rock bucket....

works great since the dirt and stuff falls thru, and it can hold alot of wood in one go for loading trailers


i have one on my MF 245 loader

 

[tawilson]

What Adam said. I got one of these. Works slicker than snot as long as everything is dry.

 

[ADAMH]

YEP...
thats what i have ....mine is a Virnig, and 72 inches wide

 

[tawilson]

Mine's a Vreten and 75". That pic isn't mine, just one I found on their site. Pretty handy for landscaping too.

 

[ADAMH]

here is teh exact one that i bought

 

[ADAMH]

here is teh exact one that i bought

http://www.virnigmfg.com/Pages/Products/skeleton_rock_bucket_images.html

 

[jrclen]

OK, I'm jealous. And I'm not showing those pictures to my grandson who helps me get the wood in. I'd never hear the end of it. Nice rigs. I've spent a lot of time in fields picking rocks too. Same way I pick wood - by hand.