Firewood Equipment Pics

[Stihl051master]

I know you guys love pics, so I snapped a couple pics after cutting and splitting a bit of wood this evening. I've been working on the back 40 that was severely damaged by a tornado last fall. I basically have to cut a trail where I need to go and need something small and mobile to get back and get the wood out.

This is my old mule. I built the side racks today to be able to haul a little more wood out at once. Once I was done, I figured I'd add a chainsaw scabbard and some hooks to hang the splitting maul or an axe also. Normally I wouldn't load this much on, but I had to test it out and see how much it held. I also scabbed together a small trailer to pull behind it that will hold just over a facecord at a time. It works pretty well, although I'd like a 4x4 with a little more ground clearance.

This pic is of a 3 point splitter my dad built a long time ago. Normally, I split everything by hand, but there are some really big gnarly twisted rounds I have cut that are near impossible to get through by hand. It was simple to build, and runs off the tractor's hydraulics. It works VERY well. He says it cycles a lot faster when he uses it on his new John Deere, but all I've got to use is the ol' Ford, which does the job.

 

[Chuck Diesel]

Whats the old stihl on the back of the quad? 056 av?

 

[Stihl051master]

It's an 051 AVE.

 

[cjcocn]

Nice pics. Thanks for posting them up!

That Ford is in pretty good shape. Is that a 3000?

 

[gink595]

Whats the old Ford a 5000? Great pics and nice ole Ski-Doo, it's great to see they ole stuff still around, brings back a ton of great memories.

 

[Stihl051master]

Close guess on the Ford. It's a 4000 Row crop, bought new by my grandpa. I restored it last summer. It's actually filthy in the picture. I've been using it to pull a set of drags on a deer food plot to keep the weeds down before we seed it, plus I've been in and out of the woods with it splitting wood the last couple weeks.

 

[gink595]

Looks good, that isn't dirty come look at my tractor somewhere on it, it shows some Red.

 

[Jkebxjunke]

The ford maybe dirty... but its getting used like it was meant to and not become a trailer queen tractor

 

[Stihl051master]

The ford maybe dirty... but its getting used like it was meant to and not become a trailer queen tractor

Exactly! Dad says the hourmeter broke in 1967 (it reads just under 2000 hours). I haven't the slightest idea how many hours it has now. It was repainted in 84, and then I redid it last year, the main reason was just to preserve it and keep it from rusting. I did a lot of sandblasting and also a lot of "bodywork" fixing dents it's accumulated over the years.

When they first got the tractor, it ran a 4 row cultivator and a beat topper. When grandpa retired from farming, my dad got it and used it on a small cattle farm for baling hay, working up fields, cleaning out barns, etc. general tractor stuff.

He got a new John Deere, so he just left it over here. Kind of like a "you take care of it, use it, I know where it is kind of thong." I use it for working up food plots for the deer, clearing snow, hauling wood, lifting heavy things with the loader, still pretty much general tractor stuff. I have a big 3 point wood box and a 6' bucket to haul wood out with, but it's pretty tight where I've been working so I've been using the quad and the mule. The next thing I have to make is a skidding attachment to get some big logs out of the woods for lumber.

 

[mga]

so....how do you keep that chainsaw looking so new????

 

[Stihl051master]

lol...
I just rebuilt and painted that one a couple weeks ago, so it doesn't have much run time. Just enough to try it out and tune it in so it'll be ready. My friends make fun of me because I wax my saws and armor-all all the plastic, but hell - I've got a lot of work and money in them and like to keep them clean after I use them. A little time cleaning and maintaining now will keep them going (and not looking like crap) for along time. I figure you take care of your tools and they'll take care of you.

 

[mga]

lol...
I just rebuilt and painted that one a couple weeks ago, so it doesn't have much run time. Just enough to try it out and tune it in so it'll be ready. My friends make fun of me because I wax my saws and armor-all all the plastic, but hell - I've got a lot of work and money in them and like to keep them clean after I use them. A little time cleaning and maintaining now will keep them going (and not looking like crap) for along time. I figure you take care of your tools and they'll take care of you.

amen to that.

i always blow them off with an airhose and wipe them down.

but, damn...after seeing yours, i felt bad. lol i feel beter now knowing you just painted it.

 

[jags]

Sweet operation. I had an old skidoo like that. Mine had a single lung (300 cc, I think) engine. Not fast, but it worked. Took about a 2 acre field to turn around.

 

[Jkebxjunke]

I think I saw somewhere a 3pt skidder attachment for tractors I cant remember where I saw them but they are out there.. help on this anyone?

 

[toddstreeservic]

baileys has them

 

[Jkebxjunke]

baileys has them

Go figure.. I just got the baileys catalog... i haven't got through it yet
e-catalogs are nice.. but i still prefer paper ones... its much easier to take one of those into the 'reading room' than a computer... and its the only place where I can be left alone for a bit.. anyone else have this problem?

 

[Valkyrie Rider]

Go figure.. I just got the baileys catalog... i haven't got through it yet
e-catalogs are nice.. but i still prefer paper ones... its much easier to take one of those into the 'reading room' than a computer... and its the only place where I can be left alone for a bit.. anyone else have this problem?

Get a laptop and wireless internet..... problem solved :greenchainsaw: :jawdrop:

I'm not saying I do it, But others certainly do!

 

[Jkebxjunke]

Get a laptop and wireless internet..... problem solved :greenchainsaw: :jawdrop:

I'm not saying I do it, But others certainly do!

got that... wife has laid claim to laptop... need i say more?
:censored:

 

[Blowncrewcab]

Can I get more pic's of inside the pole barn? I'm about to build one and like the way yours looks, How wide is it? I'm going to go 30'+ wide and would like to have clear span. Can I see your rafters (Please)

 

[gink595]

Get a laptop and wireless internet..... problem solved :greenchainsaw: :jawdrop:

I'm not saying I do it, But others certainly do!

Where do you think I'm at right now!