My Little Loggin outfit

[tramp bushler]

or worded another way , I get the value out of Value add Forest products industry ....

. Here,s last winters .

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I need to get the pics off my LG phone for this winters truck and show .

 

[tramp bushler]

It booted one of my pics out of my post ????

 

[superfire]

wow

ya have have a good lookin setup

 

[tramp bushler]

Ya , I get to keep most of the money I make , as opposed to giving it to Insurance companies , equipment dealers Ect. ect. ....

 

[Cedarkerf]

Ilike the tracked skidder

 

[Meadow Beaver]

Looks a little cold there for my taste buds, trees are awfully skinny too.

 

[tramp bushler]

I got the sno go for 900 $ . I have about 100$ in the sled so far .. I have logged more than 60 cord so far with that sled . and about 30 with the Arctic Cat so far . . That truck has hauled about 102-105 cord of wood so far . I bought it for 1500 $ just to move from Southeast to here in the Interior , So it,s well paid for itself so far , and will probably haul that much again ......I have a 1990 F 350 4x4 6 pack w/ 7.3 diesel in it now also that is my primary truck . I have $ 3500 into it , it has hauled over 30 cord so far ...........I,m trying to find a set of dual wheel adapters for it so it will take 2 cord easier .. The wood I,m logging and selling is most all bettle killed white spruce , so it isn't very heavy .... I would like a small wheel cable skidder or a small dozer . But I can pretty easily put 1/3rd cord on the sled and 5 or 6 sled loads is a big truck load depending on how much I wood down the sled .........sometimes I put less than 1/4th cord on it .. I don,t have very far to yard so it is good and fast .. AND , and this is a big AND .. If it gets stuck , I can pick up the front , then the back , stretch out the bridle on the sled and zoom , off I go .... Not like burying a piece of heavy equipment .......AND I don,t tear up the ground .. I gain a bit of local support from the rabbit hunters because I have sled trails thru the woods and the bunnies like to eat the limbs and willows that get cut .. It makes for nice , park like walking thru the woods when it,s not bitter cold .....

 

[tramp bushler]

The first one . with the 4 whlr on the woods trailer is a schoose under -40 . the 2nd is self explanatory.

 

[tramp bushler]

here we are

Here it is . Sorry about the big pics . must be alot of people on here at the moment , I can,t get them resized .

 

[dancan]

Wow ! That's a little nippy , I can see that wood sales would be brisk to say the least .
Keep warm .

 

[mdavlee]

Nice little setup. Looks like some really cold weather to deal with.

 

[bullbuck]

Ilike the tracked skidder

gotta be good for at least an 8 footer or two?

 

[tramp bushler]

gotta be good for at least an 8 footer or two?

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. I,ve been working on a way to use it as a skidding sleigh and have come up with a system that works good so far . In an effort to stop picking up each piece of wood 4 or 5 times per truck load I will fall limb and buck . but buck some of them 16 plus feet long . I throw the sled over on it,s side and slide the stakes under the log then grab a stake and tip the sled back up on it,s runners , chock the log w/ a rope and tie it to the hitch on the sno go . Throw on as much as I can , tie them off and whind on er !!!!! . Got a half cord to the truck in one sled load yesterday and saved some back work ....... The sled is stable way out of bounds with it,s width, it pivots well and with the P Tex runners ,I can push a half cord load down a flat road if I have my corks on ..... It fits in little alley ways thru the brush and doesn,t tear stuff up ............ I,m SO environmentally friendly ... I save my rapeing the earth for the coast ......

 

[bullbuck]

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. I,ve been working on a way to use it as a skidding sleigh and have come up with a system that works good so far . In an effort to stop picking up each piece of wood 4 or 5 times per truck load I will fall limb and buck . but buck some of them 16 plus feet long . I throw the sled over on it,s side and slide the stakes under the log then grab a stake and tip the sled back up on it,s runners , chock the log w/ a rope and tie it to the hitch on the sno go . Throw on as much as I can , tie them off and whind on er !!!!! . Got a half cord to the truck in one sled load yesterday and saved some back work ....... The sled is stable way out of bounds with it,s width, it pivots well and with the P Tex runners ,I can push a half cord load down a flat road if I have my corks on ..... It fits in little alley ways thru the brush and doesn,t tear stuff up ............ I,m SO environmentally friendly ... I save my rapeing the earth for the coast ......

haha thats funny!i have been on sleds since i was a youngun and have yanked a few xmas trees out with moderately modded sleds,works like a charm!but a half a cord thats impressive,i would imagine if you utilized the little bit of sun you get to pack your trails,some could turn to concrete solid,but even better because your footprints match up on that hardpack,i bet you keep a spare belt handy moving that kind of wood

 

[tramp bushler]

This load I brought out with a 340 Yamaha Enticer . The Enticer has Reverse :rockn:.It is close to 1/2 cord .. I haven,t been thru a belt yet ....

 

[Meadow Beaver]

Looks like your dressing a little light for -60

 

[tramp bushler]

This is a friend of mine . I also got out his wood that day .. Brought out 2 full cord that day with the little 340 ... The 440 Arctic Cat has alot more power than the old 340 Yamaha . But if you are careful the little sled will fill the truck just fine also ... It is best I have found to load light and go often ...1/4 th - 1/3 rd is good ..

 

[tramp bushler]

Looks like your dressing a little light for -60

Ya don,t go to the woods when it,s 60 below . My cut off it - 35 F . that is a friend of mine it was nice and warm that day , about 5 below ..

 

[bullbuck]

thats impressive!wonder what you could skid with the modded mountain max i used to own?it registered at 148 ponys on the dyno,nothing compared to the new stuff,but im sure you would manage lol

 

[logging22]

way too cold man.:yourock: