upstateny
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Well this year since last October has provided alot of opportunities for changes in life. Wife and I bought a house with wood stove, but I've grown up with having firewood/wood stoves in the house.
Upgrades started by included buying a 2004 Duramax for pennies on the pound (literally), then I picked up a homebuilt dump trailer off my uncle for $800. That alone improved my abilities greatly from the measly half ton I had last season.
New for next season is an Athey's skidder that I'm moving to my family's woodlot that we cut with a farm tractor and farmi winch. Its a cute little thing, should be able to pull it on a gooseneck trailer with the Duramax. It appears that someone found the abandoned skidder and had a Duece and a half military rig for parts. The skidder currently has the GMC inline 6 cylinder 302, mated to a clark 202v transmission and feeds power to the transfercase out of the duece, along with using both rear axles out of the truck (one up front and one in the rear). Even used the hydraulic drive winch off the truck! Cant wait to get it buttoned up and ready to pull some wood!
Upgrades started by included buying a 2004 Duramax for pennies on the pound (literally), then I picked up a homebuilt dump trailer off my uncle for $800. That alone improved my abilities greatly from the measly half ton I had last season.
New for next season is an Athey's skidder that I'm moving to my family's woodlot that we cut with a farm tractor and farmi winch. Its a cute little thing, should be able to pull it on a gooseneck trailer with the Duramax. It appears that someone found the abandoned skidder and had a Duece and a half military rig for parts. The skidder currently has the GMC inline 6 cylinder 302, mated to a clark 202v transmission and feeds power to the transfercase out of the duece, along with using both rear axles out of the truck (one up front and one in the rear). Even used the hydraulic drive winch off the truck! Cant wait to get it buttoned up and ready to pull some wood!