Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[JustPlainJeff]

For normal cutting, I prefer the 25", but since I've been using this cutting table recently (I don't know if I've posted any pictures of this before? I stole the idea from a guy on YouTube), and I really like using the 28" bar when using the table. I can cut an additional log when using it. I also really like not having to be bent over all day when bucking rounds. My back sure appreciates it when spending a few hours down in the processing area.

 

[bob kern]

most folk with tractors i have met or come across... if they need big one for large ranches/farms... that is what they get. especially if it is income producing. other folk get tractors more so with enhanced utility... tractor, mower, bucket... and that is cost effective to maintain their place. don't seem like JPJ needs 100 hp diesel with 24' bat wing finish mower....

only issue i would feel noteworthy is the size and style of his barn! mine is 7,000 sq ft! flying gables and full drive thru center... my barn!! no brag....
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shop with fireplace in it! office with fireplace in it, too....

my barn!

Never seen a house build a barn, but barns have built many a house!!!!

 

[JustPlainJeff]

Don't throw it out. You can get a calibrated weight on the internet (eBay) for not much money and then check if your scales are still accurate.

Good idea. I hadn't thought about that. Just assumed that it was garbage now.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Never seen a house build a barn, but barns have built many a house!!!!

well, maybe size matters.....

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Sssshhhhhh!!!!!!
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hi H-R - there are a handful of guys here on the AS that i admire... u r one of them!!! wow

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Love my little Kubota!

me, too!

 

[Squareground3691]

me, too!

Yes sir ,

 

[JustPlainJeff]

My little BX has taken a beating and continues to be a lifesaver in some of it's jobs.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Yeah, I have a BR700 for the last 6 years, it’s been flawless, the 800 a nice step up and it feels as light as my 700 ,

yeah, i got some old tools, too... some like me, go way back... but i oft forget where they are or i might have left them. in fact, just the other day....

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Wow, been gone for a bit again, trying to get some things accomplished. MAN do you guys chat a lot LOL! I'd bet that a good fifty pages have gone by since I last participated! I hope everyone's doing well! Now I need to try and catch up a little bit on what I've missed.

uh-huh! this site is pretty amazing...

one day i noticed there were over 112,000 subscribers.. then the next barely over 82K

 

[sean donato]

As a general rule, I really like kubota. Like their engines, tractors, mowers. But, we had a ton of issues with a 75hp M series not being able to handle the Alamo fail mower we bought it for. 3 point arms breaking at the lower transmission mount. Happened multiple times, with different operators, including myself and my boss. Neither of us are hard on equipment. Supposedly it was a casting flaw. Shortly after it was fixed for the 4th time, the top cover on the transmission developed a leak. Basically it got lemon lawed in a sense. Ended up with a new Holland t4.75 after trading the kubota back into the dealer we got it from and very little money out. I was very disappointed, I really fought to get the kubota over the newholland or a deere. The newholland was in fact built heavier out back. We found out at a later date it was a specific issue to running the Alamo flail mower.(and mowers like it.) Something about the weight and how it cantilevered the 3 point when it was stretched out the whole way. We never had an issue with the new Holland.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Got to a little more today.
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now THAT.... is a foto essay! ~

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Who hasn't? I thought it was a right of passage to own a stihl product... that or go broke trying to find aftermarket tanks that accept real caps... wait thats called a husqvarna.

mine never leak or get put on wrong... cause i got none.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

I had been looking for some light bars for about six months. None of the six or seven stores that I stopped in at ever had them. Finally got a 25" and a 28" bar for the 462 and 500.

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clean!

i am thinking a new bar is in order for my Echo. not that i need to change it, but i kinda like the SpeedCut Nano's Oregon puts out, chain... and calls for a dif bar and clutch drive gear ...



speed cuts....

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

According to AccuWeather there is no rain in Tx and hasn’t been for months. In fact, everything is drying up, according to those morons

hi sww - not accurate!!! maybe just not updated timely ~

oic

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

50 degree for the high on Saturday so we had out first of the season fire .
back to 70s later this week…

not sure if AW will comment, but we are predicted to see 50's for a low this weekend... as a high possibility! early morn temps

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

My little BX has taken a beating and continues to be a lifesaver in some of it's jobs.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

I had my first fires of the season as well. It hasn't been super cold, but has been dropping down into the 40's at night. At this point in the season, having the wood stove going is still "quaint" and fun. Check in with me in February and I'm wading through 4' of snow to pull more wood out of the wood shed and I might have a different outlook lol.

hi s-r

a good fire! campfires almost daily here at my camp. temps don't matter. mid 90s yesterday, yesterday's campfire start up... none yet in LR or MBR! soon

 

[JustPlainJeff]

As a general rule, I really like kubota. Like their engines, tractors, mowers. But, we had a ton of issues with a 75hp M series not being able to handle the Alamo fail mower we bought it for. 3 point arms breaking at the lower transmission mount. Happened multiple times, with different operators, including myself and my boss. Neither of us are hard on equipment. Supposedly it was a casting flaw. Shortly after it was fixed for the 4th time, the top cover on the transmission developed a leak. Basically it got lemon lawed in a sense. Ended up with a new Holland t4.75 after trading the kubota back into the dealer we got it from and very little money out. I was very disappointed, I really fought to get the kubota over the newholland or a deere. The newholland was in fact built heavier out back. We found out at a later date it was a specific issue to running the Alamo flail mower.(and mowers like it.) Something about the weight and how it cantilevered the 3 point when it was stretched out the whole way. We never had an issue with the new Holland.

I bought my Kioti RX 7320 (73HP) after doing quite a bit of research. The first factor in buying it was price, and I make no secret about that. It's Kubota counterpart is about 20K more for the same options/features. And the Deere 5075R was/is close to 30K more for the same equipment if I remember correctly.

That being said, when watching YouTube videos of a LOT of firewood guys, and what kind of tractors they had, I noticed that a whole lot of them had Kioti's. I'm guessing that a lot of them bought theirs for the same primary reason that I bought mine, price. But the Kioti sure has some outstanding specs compared to both Kubota and Deere. More lift capacity out front as well as at the 3pt, standard self-leveling loader, power sync shuttle trans, standard rear SCV (only one standard, but I don't remember for sure, Kubota didn't come with ANY standard?), and the cost of adding additional rear SCV's on the Deere like I did on mine was VERY expensive.

As for reliability, well that remains to be seen as I only have 40 something hours on mine at this point. I'm hoping that it proves to be reliable over time, but we'll see. I haven't seen a lot of terrible long-term reviews on their reliability from anybody, which was another reason I went the direction that I did though.

 

[singinwoodwackr]

hi sww - not accurate!!! maybe just not updated timely ~

oic

It was sort of a joke. AW is pretty far left and biased towards "warming" so...
On their site/app is a short "news" clip making it sound like everything in TX is drying up even though it is actually just one man-made lake in question.