firewood tractors

[rwoods]

This is my son from last fall. This road was soft on the downhill side and having to back out of it. These situations would benefit from more rear weight. That log was only 6' long, but solid. I have a heavy piece of steel I am thinking about getting cut in half and welded together. The attaching it to the bottom of the winch, that way I can keep it on instead of adding the scrape blade which is a hoss.

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Shea

Should work. I like keeping the overall length as short as possible for better maneuverability. Since I use my 3 point for lifting, I split the ballast between it and the drawbar. Plus I made the ballast on the winch rig detachable if greater lift capacity is needed.

Ron

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Hey chipper, did you notice above, I got a new tractor too...lol Here it is again,

SR

 

[chipper1]

Hey chipper! I was hoping you were done with the pallet forks by now, I've needed them a time or two since I brought them over... lol

If you get some locust you want to sell of trade, let me know, I could use some more, to cut into boards for a floor for the addition I'm putting on my sawmill shed.

Looks like you've been busy!!

SR

Good morning Rob.
Did you get anything out of that last trailer load of logs.
I just have that one log here now, but it looks pretty nice, I think it's 12'6".
Waiting on a couple telephone poles to put the shed on to drag it with the tractor, doesn't look like I'll get that done until spring now since I was focused on clearing that area for the chicken coop/run. Yep, little busy.
I can bring the forks up anytime.

Hey chipper, did you notice above, I got a new tractor too...lol Here it is again,

SR

I saw that and was wondering. Congrats.
Picked up a 4' rototiller to do gardens this spring, everyone is going to want one .

 

[chipper1]

Well chipper1 that is some good looking firewood for sure. I would like to try some black locust if I ever come across some.

Black locust is great firewood. My woodshed is filled with 80% BL that was cut this spring. I have plenty of it in my woodpile along with hard maple, cherry, red oak all for three seasons from now. The pile is just as wide as in the pic below and about 30' long.

 

[mountainguyed67]

My woodshed

How much snow load can it handle? I’m thinking of building a woodshed at our mountain place, it could have as much as 4 foot snow pack on it. Hasn’t happened in recent years though. Also, why didn’t you make gaps in the walls like others do? Concerned about driving rain?

 

[chipper1]

How much snow load can it handle? I’m thinking of building a woodshed at our mountain place, it could have as much as 4 foot snow pack on it. Hasn’t happened in recent years though. Also, why didn’t you make gaps in the walls like others do? Concerned about driving rain?

Not sure, we haven't seen 4' of snow here in a long time, winter of 76/77. I haven't put any braces on the rafters or anything on the main joists. The most I've seen on it was about 16", but we could see more although if we did it would probably be much lighter than what we normally get as the bigger storms are lighter snow and not as much lake effect which is heavy.
There are smaller gaps in the wood siding, but if you load a side in the spring that was cut the prior fall it will be two yrs before it's burned so it should be plenty seasoned since the front and back is open.

 

[milkie62]

I was doing some thinking out loud on one of those tracked tractors. Was it Landini or Long that made them.

 

[milkie62]

40-60k for a 60hp tractor with a cab. Tough to get around the wood lot with one as well. Can't say I would complain if I had one. View attachment 882346
I've been really happy with my 2120. 40 hp. Suits my needs.

Would like to find that or a 1920 without loader for my woods tractor. Have a 1520 with mower deck and bagger.

 

[rwoods]

Lamborghini C553 Crawler Tractor W Loader Great Running Condition Very low Hours | eBay

Ron

 

[cumminstinkerer]

@Oldtoolsnewproblems it is a special foam for the purpose of adding ballast and flat resistance, I am not sure in your area, we have a couple of tire shops locally that do it. You will need to more than likely get new rims as well, it usually won't work to try and break a set down thats been filled. The one place around me that fills them is CFI Tire.

 

[captjack]

Well I still have green on the farm but added some yellow .... Cat 262b 82hp -bucket and forks came with it. I may get a set of rubber tracks for it. Way more useful around the wood yard than the big loader tractor. Going to pick up a grapple for it this week.

 

[Lee192233]

Would like to find that or a 1920 without loader for my woods tractor. Have a 1520 with mower deck and bagger.

That is a great series of tractors. They really punch above their weight. Engines are loud and parts have the NH premium price but mine has been pretty solid. I also appreciate the fact that they are mostly simple mechanical tractors.
Hope you can find one,
Lee

 

[milkie62]

Lamborghini C553 Crawler Tractor W Loader Great Running Condition Very low Hours | eBay

Ron

That looks like a sweet little firewood woods machine. Too bad its across the country for me.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

That looks like the old series SAME, mostly tractor, to make a crawler.

That series of tractor was fairly simple and a decent design, but the next series was/is a lot nicer.

SR

 

[Big_Eddy]

I got tired of splits falling off the top of the bucket on the way to the pile, so built a back rack.pops into 2 pieces of tubing welded to the rear of the bucket.

One load is half a face cord exactly.
Tractor has no problem with the weight.

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[rwoods]

Nice workout for my little Deere today pulling down wind blown hangers. One red oak proved quite a challenge. Pulled it until refusal, then pulled it sideways until the supporting tree split.




Ron

 

[Ryan'smilling]

Nice workout for my little Deere today pulling down wind blown hangers. One red oak proved quite a challenge. Pulled it until refusal, then pulled it sideways until the supporting tree split.

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Ron

Some pretty nice sticks there! Always gets fun when you've got to start doubling the power with blocks.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

When they get stuck in a tree, that's when the real fun starts! lol

And looks like a saw log or two there!

SR

 

[rwoods]

When they get stuck in a tree, that's when the real fun starts! lol

And looks like a saw log or two there!

SR

18+ foot saw log from the downed tree and 22+ foot saw log from the hung tree. Will make firewood from the rest.

Ron

 

[ElevatorGuy]

My tiny little tractor brought some wood in the garage and got ready for the snow!