Little battle damage is normal, especially the first time with a new design. We will rebuild, stronger than before !
bucking table ideas
- Thread starter unclemoustache
- Start date
Help Support Arborist Forum:
Sawyer Rob
Addicted to ArboristSite
Anyone who owns a trailer or wagon ALREADY owns a bucking table,
AND if you own a tractor, you are waaaay ahead of the game,
Once cut to length, it's very easy to roll the rounds right off the trailer and onto the splitters beam,
and in my case, the splits go right off the end of the splitters grate, and into drying boxes,
Doing it this way is easier and I've never needed a bucking table...
SR
AND if you own a tractor, you are waaaay ahead of the game,
Once cut to length, it's very easy to roll the rounds right off the trailer and onto the splitters beam,
and in my case, the splits go right off the end of the splitters grate, and into drying boxes,
Doing it this way is easier and I've never needed a bucking table...
SR
Portable
It's not a table but I use a pallet fork grapple on my lawnmower to hold logs so I can cut them right where they're going to be stacked by the stove.
- Joined
- Aug 13, 2014
- Messages
- 536
- Reaction score
- 875
I've got three of those, I run them on anything from the farmall cub and farmall M to a 6hp 1918 Fairbanks Morse Z Plugoscillator engine. Great fun as long as it isn't the dead of summer.
Sawyer Rob
Addicted to ArboristSite
If I was just cutting logs I wouldn’t bother with a bucking table either, but I have a sawmill and all off the falloff is cut into firewood, so that’s a bit different.
Sawyer Rob
Addicted to ArboristSite
Falloff ? I assume you are talking about slab wood.
All of the slab wood from my BSM gets picked up with the pallet forks on my tractor, and then cut for firewood with a chainsaw. It's the fasted most efficient way I've found, unless you have an automated circle mill.
SR
I store my logs on old RR ties. Keeps them off the ground far enough that its easy to get forks under them, and keeps my chain out of the dirt when I'm bucking them to length. Not as fancy as most, but cheap, quick, and easy enough for me.
Pictures or it didn't happen...
Didn't realize it would be so hard to imagine, but here ya go.
This is how I store my firewood. I can get 2 cords per stack. Where I buck them, I have a couple more RR ties in the middle to provide more support as I cut them.
This is how I store my firewood. I can get 2 cords per stack. Where I buck them, I have a couple more RR ties in the middle to provide more support as I cut them.
So you move them from this location to another that has more railroad ties ? Maybe spaced properly for the size you cut them to ?
Slab wood, falloff- I guess it has a few names.
Wish I had some equipment to move logs around. That would be handy.
After hitting the pallet forks a few times while cutting firewood off them I decided to build a thing. I took a trailer I wasn’t using and turnt it into a portable bucking table. I made the top solid as I have a few tree service guys that drop off the most random sized stuff you can imagine and this way I can dump a grapple bucket full on the table and none of the random stuff will fall through.
Complete with a saw holder on each end.
Build from lumber from the buildings we’ve torn down over the years for one reason or another. I thought about adding another sacrificial layer to the area we’ll be doing the cutting but I kept it far enough away from the trailer so I think I’ll just let the saw eat through the floor and will replace it later if it becomes an issue.
My eldest wanted to show off her saw skills
Complete with a saw holder on each end.
Build from lumber from the buildings we’ve torn down over the years for one reason or another. I thought about adding another sacrificial layer to the area we’ll be doing the cutting but I kept it far enough away from the trailer so I think I’ll just let the saw eat through the floor and will replace it later if it becomes an issue.
My eldest wanted to show off her saw skills
She's been watching KK too much.After hitting the pallet forks a few times while cutting firewood off them I decided to build a thing. I took a trailer I wasn’t using and turnt it into a portable bucking table. I made the top solid as I have a few tree service guys that drop off the most random sized stuff you can imagine and this way I can dump a grapple bucket full on the table and none of the random stuff will fall through.
View attachment 1229843
Complete with a saw holder on each end.
Build from lumber from the buildings we’ve torn down over the years for one reason or another. I thought about adding another sacrificial layer to the area we’ll be doing the cutting but I kept it far enough away from the trailer so I think I’ll just let the saw eat through the floor and will replace it later if it becomes an issue.
View attachment 1229841
My eldest wanted to show off her saw skills
View attachment 1229844
Sorry, I missed this question. Yeah. I have an add on wood furnace attached to my NG furnace which is in my basement. I use my loader to move the logs up to the house as needed, and stack them on a few RR ties near the house. I basically use 3 ties at that location, and they are spaced so that my forks fit between the two outer ties with a little room to spare, and then there's one tie in the middle. The middle tie keeps the log from falling to the ground while I'm cutting. On the last few cuts, I go 90%, then roll it off the stack and finish them on the ground. The main purpose of the ties is to allow easy movement with the tractor/loader with forks, and keeping the wood from getting frozen into the ground. Providing a little clearance for cutting is an added bonus. During the winter, my splitter is sitting right next to the stack. The wood gets cut and split, and dropped into the basement (house has a coal chute), and then stacked.
At some point in the near future, I need to modify my process so that I'm cutting the logs where I store them so that the wood dries faster. My current wood furnace was manufactured in 1980, and it's not picky about moisture content. I have a stainless liner in the chimney, and I clean it ever 4 to 6 weeks. I need to replace the wood burner in the next few years, and when I do, I will need to be burning dryer wood. I'll need to cut the logs into firewood the same year I fell the tree. My plan is to get some empty IBC totes to store and stack the cuts in. This will require a larger tractor/loader then what I currently have which is fine because my old Ford 1710 tractor and loader doesn't have a lot of life left in it anyway. I only gave $2k for it, and I've certainly gotten my money's worth out of it so no complaints. It was long in the tooth when I got it. I wasn't sure how much I'd use a tractor so I didn't want to spend much money. Within a year of buying it, I politely let my wife know that I'd NEVER be without a tractor and loader again. Next time around I'll get something big enough to handle the IBC totes when they are loaded.
I found that I have to be careful how I use the totes. My Kubota B2610 (not the cute baby tractor, the next size up) won't pick them up full green. If I toss wood in them, and let them dry all summer, it will pick them up full. I bought it as a lawnmower, but I wish I had gotten the next larger size.
My hydraulics are admittedly weak. The loader is a 770B and is supposed to have a lift capacity of 800 lbs at the pin, but I'd probably be lucky to lift 500 lbs with it. By my calculations, an IBC tote holds about 1/3 cord if I stack it in nice and tight. I burn mostly hickory (around 4,500 lbs/cord ) so a tote of seasoned firewood is likely going to weigh 1,500 lbs for me. I'll likely be pushing the limit of what I can lift with a 35 hp machine. I'll definitely have to be careful moving them, especially when stacking and unstacking them. Ideally I'd set it up to where I can use forks on the 3pt to transport them. It's all still a day dream at this point though... 
Similar threads
