How do YOU get your wood out of the woods?

[big cat]

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[A.E. Metal Werx]

 

[Blazin]

Awesome trailer! :msp_thumbup:

 

[B Harrison]

Awesome ole tractor! Pretty cool it's been in the family that long :msp_thumbup:

Here's my wood getter outer...

Yup that will do it every time, nice loader.

 

[kgip2k]

WTF??? I have a $1000 pickup, I cut and the wife loads, anything too big for her (she weighs 112), I try, (i weigh 135)... Anything too big for me gets cut a little smaller. Wish I had some of them machines, but we make it work.

 

[poorboypaul]

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Use my dad's 2520 to load trailer (behind wood pile) hooked to my 1520. The 4030 (80hp) I use to skid trees that I can get to easier. The 2520 sure is nice for loading the bucket on the ground and dumping into the trailer. Real back saver!

 

[A.E. Metal Werx]

WTF??? I have a $1000 pickup, I cut and the wife loads, anything too big for her (she weighs 112), I try, (i weigh 135)... Anything too big for me gets cut a little smaller. Wish I had some of them machines, but we make it work.

Typically where I cut there is no way you can get around with a truck, to right and way to hilly. This is my only option really

 

[kgip2k]

Typically where I cut there is no way you can get around with a truck, to right and way to hilly. This is my only option really

We cut and have to carry out manually, no fun... Like i said, I would like som more machines to help.

 

[slowp]

Right now, the stuff I am cutting came to the road via this. We call it shovel logging.
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Then I back my pickup up to the slash pile, cut and throw. At home, I asked my neighbor, who worked as a production faller to fall a tree and he got it right next to the woodpile.
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[A.E. Metal Werx]

We cut and have to carry out manually, no fun... Like i said, I would like som more machines to help.

Manually.... Woff! Now i really feel fortunate for my wood go getter set up!

 

[zogger]

WTF??? I have a $1000 pickup, I cut and the wife loads, anything too big for her (she weighs 112), I try, (i weigh 135)... Anything too big for me gets cut a little smaller. Wish I had some of them machines, but we make it work.

Ha! Similar size nongiant guy here... Get a small trailer with a ramp, much easier to roll or winch the big rounds in.

 

[andydodgegeek]

WTF??? I have a $1000 pickup, I cut and the wife loads, anything too big for her (she weighs 112), I try, (i weigh 135)... Anything too big for me gets cut a little smaller. Wish I had some of them machines, but we make it work.

I haven't always been so well equipped, I used to do it the same way as you. And believe it or not I paid $1000 for that cummins powered Dodge. The manual labor is hard work but I still enjoyed it.

 

[andydodgegeek]

Heres a few action shots of the Jeepskidder. This is out behind my house cleaning up storm damage, I had to drag the logs across a frozen creek then around the edge of my pond annd then up a decent sized hill to get them up to where I split and stacked. It was more fun than work, had to use the skinny pedal quite a bit.:biggrin:

 

[Blazin]

Found another one, slower process but it gets the job done and a little fun too :msp_thumbup:

 

[barneyrb]

Heres a few action shots of the Jeepskidder. This is out behind my house cleaning up storm damage, I had to drag the logs across a frozen creek then around the edge of my pond annd then up a decent sized hill to get them up to where I split and stacked. It was more fun than work, had to use the skinny pedal quite a bit.:biggrin:

Me likey skinny pedal............at least you have the right tires on it. Those "Super Swampers" are still some of the best mud tires going.....

 

[Aldiehoggydoggy]

My skidder...
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Loading the trailer with the Bobcat. Only had a few days to borrow the Bobcat. It's on my to-buy list.

My log mover...

I bet there is a Ford somewhere out of view to help that Dodge pull that load

 

[Mad Professor]

Ford 9N , with a trailer made from a back half of an S10 chevy.

Used to use a 3/4 ton F250 yard truck.

 

[deye223]

opcorn:

 

[zogger]

Primarily this, the deutz pickup!

either that tote box I made (I love that thing, just handy dandy for all sorts of work) or a trailer for easier access areas.

My boss has here on the farm all or most of that equipment up in the thread in the various posts, everything except a truck with a knuckleboom loader, but there are (usually multiples) excavators, crawlers, skidsteers, road tractors, log trailer, big dump trucks, big flatbeds, man, tons, theres equipment here I cant even name or tell ya what it does, but I am reluctant to ask to borrow any of that for what is in essence a firewood and chainsaw hobby. He also has a steam engine powered sawmill, but it isnt assembled and I keep bugging him for us to get it going, just for a hoot.

 

[alderman]

Slow and steady

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