Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[MustangMike]

If you are cutting today, more power to you, hope you brought good gloves & boots!

We saw minus 12 here this morning, the the high is supposed to be plus 14.

Thankfully, today is not as windy as yesterday was, it was brutal out there, even just to fill the car with gas.

 

[Fordhighboy1]

If you are cutting today, more power to you, hope you brought good gloves & boots!

We saw minus 12 here this morning, the the high is supposed to be plus 14.

Thankfully, today is not as windy as yesterday was, it was brutal out there, even just to fill the car with gas.

In my case i better not cut today if i dont want to end up single.

 

[svk]

If you are cutting today, more power to you, hope you brought good gloves & boots!

We saw minus 12 here this morning, the the high is supposed to be plus 14.

Thankfully, today is not as windy as yesterday was, it was brutal out there, even just to fill the car with gas.

I was going to try and arrange a charity cut today here until I realized it was Valentine's Day. We are cutting Tuesday but obviously tough to get volunteers on a week day.

 

[chipper1]

I was going to try and arrange a charity cut today here until I realized it was Valentine's Day. We are cutting Tuesday but obviously tough to get volunteers on a week day.

You know I'd be there if it wasn't such a long drive
Was the charity cut to support the 562 purchase lol.

 

[Fordhighboy1]

Also @ MustangMike congratulations on page 700

 

[svk]

Also @ MustangMike congratulations on page 700

Nice work! We are averaging over a page a day and rolling into 2 years next week!

 

[svk]

You know I'd be there if it wasn't such a long drive
Was the charity cut to support the 562 purchase lol.

We could have picked you up on our way lol.

The 562 was more or less a gift to myself, and Spike60 is a short hour and fifteen minutes from where I'm staying. The only two things I still *needed* for my firewood hobby was a mid size saw and a splitter. I have a few things to sell to fund the splitter purchase so once the springtime stock of DHT arrives I'll pick one up.

 

[Fordhighboy1]

Nice work! We are averaging over a page a day and rolling into 2 years next week!

Is that an accomplisment or does that mean we all have too much time.

 

[Ryan Groat]

Ok guys I need some tractor advice!

I have a john deere 4010 with apprx 600lbs lift capacity. I'm thinking of selling it and buying a new Kubota or John deere. I need a midmount mowing deck and loader. Whats your suggestions.

 

[cantoo]

Even when I don't go into the bush sometimes the bush still gets me. I was moving crates of wood over to my OWB and noticed a few yellow drops in the snow, the drops soon turned to trails. Took a quick look underneath and it appears a hose or hardline was leaking. I finished moving the wood, took off the snow blower and the forks and parked it in the shop. Took the seat off and found that a branch had pushed the hardline off the bracket under the motor, this in turn pushed the line up and it cracked the line where it connected at the rear end under the seat. Pretty much the same thing that happened to the hardline up by the pump last fall. Good news is my son has a tig welder now and is going to weld it tomorrow, don't have to wait weeks for a new part. So far anyway, we'll see if he can fix it. Real awkward spot to get at and a pain to get it turned and twisted around to get it out. One thing is for sure I'm real hard on this thing in the bush. Next year I'm going to spend more time keeping the trails clean and maybe a few longer chains instead of backing up over brush to get close to logs. I have the real tight sections of the bush done so should be less damage. At least I got the wood up to the OWB before I had to take it apart.

 

[JustJeff]

Ok guys I need some tractor advice!

I have a john deere 4010 with apprx 600lbs lift capacity. I'm thinking of selling it and buying a new Kubota or John deere. I need a midmount mowing deck and loader. Whats your suggestions.

I have a kubota and love it. Mines a little bitty bx1870. Comparing apples to apples, John Deere can't touch the price.

 

[macattack_ga]

A buddy got a new mahindra and really likes it.

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[Ryan Groat]

I have a kubota and love it. Mines a little bitty bx1870. Comparing apples to apples, John Deere can't touch the price.

I am really happy with the mowing capacity of my current 4010, however the lift capacity really limits me, about 500-600. I am looking to about double it. I can pick up a B2650 which has about 1150lbs.

 

[beentown]

Ok guys I need some tractor advice!

I have a john deere 4010 with apprx 600lbs lift capacity. I'm thinking of selling it and buying a new Kubota or John deere. I need a midmount mowing deck and loader. Whats your suggestions.

We went with New Holland. It was the only option for front loader, belly mower and backhoe. Most have issues with belly mower/backhoe because pf the frame mounts for each.

We love it. We lift around 1,000 pounds with ours at times and does well. We had to fill the tires for our uses. Workmaster 35.

 

[beentown]

This has saved my back many times.

 

[cantoo]

You can never have enough lifting power. I had a smaller tractor so I bought a bigger tractor. I promptly made my firewood crates bigger and now of course I need a bigger tractor. Just tonight my son said we need a tractor that will lift more. I'm starting to think we need to smarten up a bit and stay with what we have because it's small enough to be useful. Any bigger and I need a bigger trailer and a ton new bigger attachments.
If you are looking to keep using a belly mower then you are likely limited to a max of 40 or 45 hp I think. Koiti make a 40 hp that will hang a belly mower.
PS, ( I have a brand new Koiti belly mower for sale, chipper1 can pick it up for you. ) Belly mowers make good use of the tractor but are slow compared to a Zero turn.

 

[Ryan Groat]

This has saved my back many times.

Can I ask what you payed? I have a monthly payment in mind that I would like to stay within.

 

[beentown]

We purchased all new. FEL, extended back hoe, 6' tiller, belly mower, box blade and mower for right at $30k with tax. The back hoe was a HUGE portion. $6500 with thumb I believe. Been a while now so it is a little fuzzy.



If i didnt need the write-off we woulda purchased used.

 

[JustJeff]

I found that used tractors were tough to find in good shape and the ones that were, really held their value. Just like stihl vs husqvarna, local dealer support is king. Deere, kubota, new holland... All have extensive dealer networks. My dealer actually called me Friday to let me know my bumper to bumper warranty was about to expire so if I had any issues now would be a good time. I have had zero issues for two years but it's good to know the dealer is there for support.
Mytractorforum is a good place to find opinions from other owners.

 

[cantoo]

Ryan, you are close enough to the border, Canadian dollar is in the crapper so you get 20% more value right away just slipping across the border.
Hodges have a purty looking International and a really nice looking Kioti TLB sitting there for 20,000.
http://www.hodgesfarmequipment.com/Used_Tractors.php