DanTheCanadian
Weekend Warrior
I have a eight foot bush hog on mine, I don't mess around with landscaping, apparently neither does cre10 lol
Flipped the tractor.
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HuskStihl
Chairin'em for the sound
My riding mower
My skidder
My skidder
Trx250r180
Saw polisher
tried skidding with the backhoe once ..........won't do that again ............
Nuzzy
Trail Gnome
Excavators don't work much better. Small logs are fine but anything even remotely sizable gets tippy.
Unless you get into 30-40k classExcavators don't work much better. Small logs are fine but anything even remotely sizable gets tippy.
Trx250r180
Saw polisher
Those are cute lil guys ,looks like they move logs ok for their sizeExcavators don't work much better. Small logs are fine but anything even remotely sizable gets tippy.
OK, in between the pressing of the Smite button, I'll have to dash out and get a picture of my massive mower. The button is being pressed a lot today.
Shagbark
ArboristSite Guru
Just out of curiousity, should I not skid firewood logs with my Kubota L245DT and no ROPS?
Nuzzy
Trail Gnome
Those belong to my friend as part of his landscaping business. Occasionally he gets larger tree jobs... He was pulling some trees out of his property to finish off some loads destined for containers overseas. I cut and he runs the equipment.
Nuzzy
Trail Gnome
Use what you got, just don't be a moron. And if you plan on doing a lot of skidding with it, get a cage and an arch/logging winch for it.
DanTheCanadian
Weekend Warrior
If you don't overload and your pulling on flatish ground I wouldn't worry. The slower you pull, the more reaction time you have.
A friend of mine has a little Kubota. He was complaining that it wouldn't pull a log out that he wanted. I asked him if he had to have it at that length. He said nope. You should have seen his face light up when I suggested bucking the log in half.
Thinking helps sometimes.
Thinking helps sometimes.
Shagbark
ArboristSite Guru
I have been amazed at what the Kubota 245DT will skid. 20' @ 16"-28" dia. fresh felled cottonwood on flat ground. I am not much of a risk taker when it comes to life, maiming, or destruction of property.
DanTheCanadian
Weekend Warrior
We sell our wood at 16'6" maximum so that's what I pulled it, a little longer to buck in the woods but safer
2 34' by 24" hemlocks with an old ford 9n, things will go great until you catch a stump, blow a hydraulic line, and get stuck behind a log yer partner fell accross the skid path...
DanTheCanadian
Weekend Warrior
Or u find a slight uphill grade
Or they start to flank you on a side hill. Or outrun you on a down hill. Ron
RonSounds like Gologit has never been around a farm. Many farmers and farmkids have gotten killed over the years flipping their tractor, even with the big tractors. But an arrogant fool like you wouldn't know that.Thanks for the advice. Next time I see somebody trying to skid real logs with a rig that's basically one step above a riding lawnmower and totally unsuited for the job at hand and being driven by an amateur with more ambition than good sense I'll remember your words of caution.
Philip Wheelock has posted a very good reminder to be careful operating a tractor.
If you were on my crew I'd fire you. You are a danger to yourself and everyone around you. If you actually had the experience you claim to have, you would know better than to make fun of someone for posting a serious safety issue.
Ummmm, this isn't a farming forum. Note the words Forestry and Logging. Plus, if you really were interested in safety, you'd have a piece of equipment designed for the job...a skidder of some kind, with cab or cage as required.
Oh, and I've been around Gologit whilst working at GTGs. He's genuine, safe and on my Safe To Be Near Whilst Cutting list I carry in my head. He isn't a (spit on ground)......Farmer Logger.
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