Post pictures of your woodpile/splitting area

[Rudedog]

Hey guys, new to the site, been doing alot of reading on here and figured i would finally post something. This is the landing at my wood lot in Groton VT. I log for my firewood on the weekends.I cant wait to talk with others that have the same interests as me.View attachment 259720View attachment 259721View attachment 259722

Sweet tractor!

 

[artbaldoni]

+1 on the tire chains. I had a 4wd backhoe and the thing worked so much better in the soup with the chains!

Do you use the rope for skidding?

Welcome to the asylum where everybody would rather cut wood than anything else...well maybe not anything else. We like to split and burn too...:cool2:

 

[NHlocal]

Hey guys, new to the site, been doing alot of reading on here and figured i would finally post something. This is the landing at my wood lot in Groton VT. I log for my firewood on the weekends.I cant wait to talk with others that have the same interests as me.View attachment 259720View attachment 259721View attachment 259722

Howdy neighba'!
Welcome, that's a nice setup you have to work with. :msp_thumbup: Hope to see more of what you're doing "next door".
Thanks for posting the pics.
Work safe. :msp_thumbsup:

 

[zogger]

Nice logs! You got any pics of your split and stacked as well?

 

[Denis Gionet]

Welcome to A.S.!

Great first post. I like the saw rack on your tractor.

Philbert

I agree, nice box, and the saws are the right color too :jester:

 

[Ronaldo]

Looks like a nice set up for firewood logging, thanks for sharing the pics. Welcome to A.S.

Ron

 

[tramp bushler]

Hey guys, new to the site, been doing alot of reading on here and figured i would finally post something. This is the landing at my wood lot in Groton VT. I log for my firewood on the weekends.I cant wait to talk with others that have the same interests as me.View attachment 259720View attachment 259721View attachment 259722

Nice looking setup. I was back in Maine a few weeks ago and the land and timber looks the same. .
Welcome to Arborist Site.

 

[kjp]

+1 on the tire chains. I had a 4wd backhoe and the thing worked so much better in the soup with the chains!

Do you use the rope for skidding?

Welcome to the asylum where everybody would rather cut wood than anything else...well maybe not anything else. We like to split and burn too...:cool2:

Thanks for the reply. Couldn't go half the places I do without the chains. I use a chain with a choker that I hook to the drawbar then lift the end off the log off the ground. Sometimes when I can't get to a log ill use the rope and sometimes a snach block to get it close enough to hook onto. I'll post some skidding pics

 

[owbguy]

thanks, i got tired of always having my stuff in the bucket because it seems like i always need it. I may be getting a winch in the spring and i hope the tool box clears the winch, I would hate to lose it.

if you're are talking about a pto driven winch like farmi or wallenstein, then i'm pretty sure the toolbox will need to be modified/relocated. when you raise the winch the space between it and the rops disappears quickly.....

 

[kjp]

if you're are talking about a pto driven winch like farmi or wallenstein, then i'm pretty sure the toolbox will need to be modified/relocated. when you raise the winch the space between it and the rops disappears quickly.....

Yeah I figured it would. Just wishfull thinking

 

[tramp bushler]

On my loader I have a challenge packing my saw around .. I finally tied it right behind the cab on the engine cover. I need to make a box there for it.

 

[owbguy]

On my loader I have a challenge packing my saw around .. I finally tied it right behind the cab on the engine cover. I need to make a box there for it.

I have an ASV PT80 and I'm trying to figure out a good setup for carrying my saw etc. into the woods. Any great ideas out there?

 

[tramp bushler]

What is that? ? . On a tractor like his, I think a metal box/basket above the engine cover. Make some legs to hold it that go down and bolt to the tractor or loader frame. Make it so that it hinges from either end put pins in place incase the engine cover needs to be opened or removed for maintenance.

 

[kjp]

Nice logs! You got any pics of your split and stacked as well?

not yet. that will be next springs mission, I think im going to leave them in long lengths over the winter unless anyone chimes in and thinks it shouldnt be left that way. Always open to sugestions, and alot of you have been burning and preping firewood alot longer than me.

 

[marcomjl]

not yet. that will be next springs mission, I think im going to leave them in long lengths over the winter unless anyone chimes in and thinks it shouldnt be left that way. Always open to sugestions, and alot of you have been burning and preping firewood alot longer than me.

If you got the time and room it does help the longer you season and sooner you start. If not, it's not a major deal.


On that note, my backyard neighbor's 30"+ cherry came down about 2 hours ago when I was fixing my cover on my loader. Love me some free and close wood.

 

[tramp bushler]

I was amazed at how fast wood rotted in Maine.

I personally Hate it when wood that I harvested rots!
If it were me I would process it soon .. at least buck it up.
. But. As long as you process it in the spring it will be good by fall.
I bucked up 20-25 cord of wood this summer forthwith guy I was working for. It was mostly good and sound when it was fell and logged but laid in the deck too long with the bark on it some of it rotted to mush.

 

[kjp]

I was amazed at how fast wood rotted in Maine.

I personally Hate it when wood that I harvested rots!
If it were me I would process it soon .. at least buck it up.
. But. As long as you process it in the spring it will be good by fall.
I bucked up 20-25 cord of wood this summer forthwith guy I was working for. It was mostly good and sound when it was fell and logged but laid in the deck too long with the bark on it some of it rotted to mush.

thanks for the info. Maybe i will process it soon. The snow gets real deep where im cutting so i dont have to long to get it done at only one day a week but maybe ill try harder.

 

[tramp bushler]

How many cord do you estimate you have there? ?
Do you use a splitter or split by hand. What saw do you run for a saw for bucking.

 

[kjp]

How many cord do you estimate you have there? ?
Do you use a splitter or split by hand. What saw do you run for a saw for bucking.

I don't know maybe 6-8 cords, I split everything by hand, keeps me from going soft. I buck everything with a 2172 and limb it with a husky 460

 

[tramp bushler]

So if u figure half to 1 cord per day processed and you just ease into it youll geterdone. With some wood it splits easier to split it when its below zero ..
One thing I do is when I buck the rounds I stand them up and stack them 2 high so the bottom one acts like a chopping block for the top one. Another thing I do is, any round that has a part that is tough to split I use the chainsaw. I don't even hit them once till I've sawn them up. . Most years I split 15-20 cord by hand. Last winter I only split 10cord . But I've done efficiency time runs over the years and have proven that a lot more wood getsprocessed by the end of the day by using the saw for any rounds that are tough to split with an ax or maul.

TOTALLY FORGET ABOUT USING SPLITTING WEDGES! !!!!
If u have any, hide them! !
I use a Collins 5 lb rafting ax or a 5.75 lb.chopping ax.
A 6 lb maul works good also.
some of the newer European design splitting mauls look good but I haven't tried one yet.