Fine day for some winter logging

[Nuzzy]

Weather was perfect today (upper 20s and sunny), so I decided to grab the saw and head out into the woods.

Did a little recon first.

Then hooked up the log arch and got to work.

I do seem to have a thing for orange

 

[Nuzzy]

I'd been on the verge of many stucks and finally had one catch up with me! Buried myself right on down... A quick run back to the house was all it took though; sometimes ya just need a little tandom tractor team work :msp_thumbsup:

A lot of heat can come from a few hours work; I can't complain!

All nestled back in their spots for next time.

Not the greatest video in the world, but keeping forward momentum was proving more important than cinematography. Pretty much jammed the hydro forward and hung on for the ride! All the buried branches and soft spots had me bouncing around pretty good on every trip back to the landing. :biggrin:

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Winter logging with the diesel Allis 912 - YouTube

 

[zogger]

Hey neat! I love little tractors like that! Decent logs you were pulling, too!

Tell ya what works for emergency traction, have the rototiller hooked up. Engage it, drop it down so it just kisses, zoom, you are going forward. I don't have an arch, but I have pulled a wagon extensively with mine (rocks, wood, dirt, you name it), it just has the hitch mount pull bar thingee built onto the top of the back of the tiller cover assembly.

 

[hanniedog]

So when are you going to get an Allis Chalmers chainsaw to go with those tractors?

 

[Nuzzy]

Hanniedog, if I ever come across one and have a few spare bucks in my pocket, rest assured I'll grab it!

 

[stihl362]

awesome tractor

those are two awesome tractors you got there. ive been on the lookout for similar machines but havent had any luck yet

 

[Blazin]

Nice haul!

 

[Whitespider]

Nuzzy, that's some damn pretty country you live in.
If'n I could think of a way to make money sittin' on my azz, drinkin' beer, and enjoyin' the scenery... I'd be movin' there in a heartbeat. The northern parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan are surely God's Country... I'll be retiring in it some day...
For now, all I have is jealousy.

 

[Nuzzy]

Nuzzy, that's some damn pretty country you live in.
If'n I could think of a way to make money sittin' on my azz, drinkin' beer, and enjoyin' the scenery... I'd be movin' there in a heartbeat. The northern parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan are surely God's Country... I'll be retiring in it some day...
For now, all I have is jealousy.

I'm just glad we don't live in Seattle or thereabouts any more!

 

[johncinco]

You must have gotten more snow than we did. We had about 3" in that storm last week, now its bare ground around here again. I saw St Joe and areas to the south had up to 20". What a difference 50-60 miles can make.
Looks like you have studs for that lil tractor. I have a set of chains I run on my quad when it gets snowy and icy. Sometimes I leave em on year round if I plan on hauling out logs or loading a small trailer and pulling that out loaded. That's a nifty arch you have there, store boughten or home built?
I usually like to get out in February a couple times and do some extra wood gathering. The cabin fever sets in and a few sunny days just make ya get out and do something. We have had limited snow, plenty of sunny days, and mild temps so I have been working outside a lot this winter. Not so much motivation to head to the woods and cut when you have been going outside all winter.

 

[logbutcher]

Sweet operation Nuz, orange and all forgiven. :eek2:

Looks at if you've got the same kind of light winter that we have here: no real low temps, little snow, hard ground. It's been ideal for winter firewooding which is now done.
I'd die though to have your open and level forest; here it's rolling, bony, often thick ( called "Dog Hair Spruce" ). A logging arch was just too awkward for us in these conditions, so the trees are felled, limbed and bucked in place, then humped onto a trailer for later splitting and stacking next to the woodshed.

Thanks for the neat pics ! :msp_thumbsup::msp_thumbsup:

 

[Nuzzy]

You must have gotten more snow than we did. We had about 3" in that storm last week, now its bare ground around here again. I saw St Joe and areas to the south had up to 20". What a difference 50-60 miles can make.
Looks like you have studs for that lil tractor. I have a set of chains I run on my quad when it gets snowy and icy. Sometimes I leave em on year round if I plan on hauling out logs or loading a small trailer and pulling that out loaded. That's a nifty arch you have there, store boughten or home built?
I usually like to get out in February a couple times and do some extra wood gathering. The cabin fever sets in and a few sunny days just make ya get out and do something. We have had limited snow, plenty of sunny days, and mild temps so I have been working outside a lot this winter. Not so much motivation to head to the woods and cut when you have been going outside all winter.

We get a good bit a lake effect being 15-18 miles from the lake shore, but our shading must be just right to keep snow around; we always seem to be the last house to lose it, which is just fine by me!

Yeah, one tractor is studded (had all the screws available free and figured what the hell) and the other keeps chains on all year round. Our yard is mostly what I'd consider grass, but far from being nice enough for me to worry about taking the chains off :hmm3grin2orange:

The log arch is home built; think I have a thread around here about it.

Sweet operation Nuz, orange and all forgiven. :eek2:

Looks at if you've got the same kind of light winter that we have here: no real low temps, little snow, hard ground. It's been ideal for winter firewooding which is now done.
I'd die though to have your open and level forest; here it's rolling, bony, often thick ( called "Dog Hair Spruce" ). A logging arch was just too awkward for us in these conditions, so the trees are felled, limbed and bucked in place, then humped onto a trailer for later splitting and stacking next to the woodshed.

Thanks for the neat pics ! :msp_thumbsup::msp_thumbsup:

Yep, this winter has been ODD! For the past 4 years, our yard has been under two foot of snow at this time! :jawdrop: