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[Firemoore98]

The picture above with the ms441 saw sitting on the two totes shows them @2/3 full and that is all my tractor can lift with WET wood and that's about 1,000 of ash.

When the wood is dry I can lift nearly a whole tote of ash again @1,000lbs.

I looked it up one time and I thought a cord of dry ash should weigh @2,700 dry up to nearly 4,500lbs wet. Also take into consideration green ash doesn't really exist around me it's all been dead for years, if it's remotely green I leave it for another year I call it my vertices wood pile.

I always called my totes @1/3-1/4 of a cord give or take for rough estimating.

For reference my tractor is a Deere 1025r TLB, H120 loader, w/beat juice loaded tires and rear ballast weight of course. The pallet forks are a bit heavy for this scut tractor, but I still think she has @1,000 of lift left in her, always been impressed with her.

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[ri chevy]

Wood will shrink as well when it dries. [emoji106]

 

[LoveStihlQuality]

The picture above with the ms441 saw sitting on the two totes shows them @2/3 full and that is all my tractor can lift with WET wood and that's about 1,000 of ash.

When the wood is dry I can lift nearly a whole tote of ash again @1,000lbs.

I looked it up one time and I thought a cord of dry ash should weigh @2,700 dry up to nearly 4,500lbs wet. Also take into consideration green ash doesn't really exist around me it's all been dead for years, if it's remotely green I leave it for another year I call it my vertices wood pile.

I always called my totes @1/3-1/4 of a cord give or take for rough estimating.

For reference my tractor is a Deere 1025r TLB, H120 loader, w/beat juice loaded tires and rear ballast weight of course. The pallet forks are a bit heavy for this scut tractor, but I still think she has @1,000 of lift left in her, always been impressed with her.

Jason


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Can you stack these totes?

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[Firemoore98]

You can stack them, but they are slightly different sizes and it might be a little precarious. I don't plan to stack them

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[rarefish383]

Thanks for the weight chart. I'm lucky that most of the wood I have available is Red and Chestnut Oak. But I can tell you that a cord of green Oak, in my dump trailer in the picture, will push my Ram 1500 all over the place. My trailer has brakes but I haven't hooked up a controller on it yet. My two wheel drive Dodge 1500 would handle a heavy load pretty well with the brake controller. As for my tractor, it has 300 pounds of front wheel weight, no loaded tires or rear weight. It was pulling the front tires off the ground moving those logs. My neighbor on my farm in WV has a Massey 165 with cast rear wheels that weigh 250 pounds each. I was thinking about buying his tractor and switching wheels until I got it in working order, Joe.

 

[WIslxer]

The picture above with the ms441 saw sitting on the two totes shows them @2/3 full and that is all my tractor can lift with WET wood and that's about 1,000 of ash.

When the wood is dry I can lift nearly a whole tote of ash again @1,000lbs.

I looked it up one time and I thought a cord of dry ash should weigh @2,700 dry up to nearly 4,500lbs wet. Also take into consideration green ash doesn't really exist around me it's all been dead for years, if it's remotely green I leave it for another year I call it my vertices wood pile.

I always called my totes @1/3-1/4 of a cord give or take for rough estimating.

For reference my tractor is a Deere 1025r TLB, H120 loader, w/beat juice loaded tires and rear ballast weight of course. The pallet forks are a bit heavy for this scut tractor, but I still think she has @1,000 of lift left in her, always been impressed with her.

Jason


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Are you using the loader or the three point hitch? How big of a tractor? I'm hoping I can afford a tractor for this purpose in the not too distant future. Thanks!

 

[Firemoore98]

John Deere 1025r 24hp diesel tractor with H120 front end loader.

I have pallet forks that install on the front end loader

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[CaseyForrest]

John Deere 1025r 24hp diesel tractor with H120 front end loader.

I have pallet forks that install on the front end loader

Jason


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Are you able to fill those totes with green wood and lift them with your 1025?


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[LoveStihlQuality]

Are you using the loader or the three point hitch? How big of a tractor? I'm hoping I can afford a tractor for this purpose in the not too distant future. Thanks!

If in budget [emoji3], get one with skid steer quick attach. JD has their own quick attach that's not compatible, buckets, forks, bale spear, manure forks (soon grapple ) all interchange tractor and skid streer

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[Firemoore98]

Are you able to fill those totes with green wood and lift them with your 1025?


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This question has been answered in great detail including pictures and weight charts of various green and dry woods.


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[CaseyForrest]

This question has been answered in great detail including pictures and weight charts of various green and dry woods.


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So it has.

 

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[ironpirate]

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These pics were taken on the day we cleaned up the wood lot back in January. Lots of bark and rotten wood to burn after several years of cutting. One full day of burning and moving wood and we got it whipped into shape. Tractor and front end loader was a lifesaver!

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[WIslxer]

John Deere 1025r 24hp diesel tractor with H120 front end loader.

I have pallet forks that install on the front end loader

Jason


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Sorry I missed that in your original post that live oak weight had me distractedly dumbfounded. Thanks for the reply, that's impressive for a tractor that little on the FEL.

 

[Ted Jenkins]

The weight chart was very interesting. For real world facts compared to the chart are some what in error. However I do understand how the real world can differ from other peoples point of view. I do not know if the chart is somewhat accurate or if it is out and out misleading. I have hauled wood around Southern California for 40 years and here is what I have found. Typically I would hand stack 8 to 15 cords on my truck and trailer then go get weighed. The driest wood that I have ever hauled was 12% moisture. More average is around 16 to 19 % moisture. Yes this is a very big deal when calculating how much wood can be hauled on a public highway which has a limit of 80,000 lbs. If you are a 100 lbs over loaded you can on bended knee go talk to the DOT officer and make excuses with a possible warning. On the other hand if the DOT guy is not happy that day then you will be fined delayed up to a couple of days while you hire someone to come pick up some of your load. Dried seasoned Pine weighs about 4,000 lbs per cord could be as much as 500 lbs less if the wood is decayed and of very poor quality. Mountain White Oak weighs at 5,000 lbs period. Never hauled Oak unless it was high quality. Oak that is well seasoned for up to two years or more often averages contains 15% moisture. Well seasoned Olive wood weighs in a 7,500 lbs per cord or more.

My last wood processing pile looked like this. Thanks

 

[Toy4xchris]

Did some some cutting and splitting today.

My pile of noodles

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[Hoosk]

So my 14# steel handle lickety splitter has gone missing. I hopped on the x27 bandwagon. Disappointed...... this isn't nearly the workout splitting with the old maul is. like butter through this ash..really happy so far.
Edit: 14# not 14'

 

[ri chevy]

Now you work smarter, not harder.

 

[Toy4xchris]

Made the split pile a little larger and cut up a few more logs in the pile. Had to cut my backyard time short have a hockey game to go watch tonight.

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[ri chevy]

I cut a tree that was stuck, leaning on a tree up high, and then cut up a 16" diameter tree that came down in a storm. Why do I always get the stuck trees? Lol
I actually pulled it down by rope and my Duramax. [emoji6]

Not sure what kind of wood. A fellow member said it was Aspen.