Worked with a friend today who had this Kubota tractor set up for wood gathering. He made his own grapple for it and counterweight for the rear. Very handy tractor, it can get into some tight places and lift quite a bit.
Tractor for wood moving
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Good stuff! A tractor is a must have!
Are most of you able to keep the wood clean using a grapple, or does it get a fair amount of dirt on it ?
The wood stays pretty clean, but it's easy to grab grass and other junk if you're not careful with the lower teeth.
Mine (grapple I designed, build and sell) keeps the wood pretty clean as long as you take some care while grabbing the logs.
I've done very well with home made bucket forks on my sub compact massey ferguson. Drag out the tree cut it into a few pieces and move it and stack it. Keeps it clean too.
Scottiechop
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My setup, normally do this in the winter but opportunity has put me in the woods a lot this summer..
Welcome Scottiechop!
I’m jealous of your guys tractors. It Dosent make financial sense with 1/4 acre Of land but I want a tractor so bad to help with firewood. All I gotta do is tell my wife I’ll put up a fence for the dogs with it and I’ll be golden haha. It’s just a tough one for even me to rationalize in this case. I’ve been trying!
Hopefully mine will be ready very soon. I got a low hours engine swapped in, and the log grapple is getting close to being ready too. I’ve only used the bucket previously, so I’ll have to get used to the grapple.
Unless that’s a very small dog you got one hell of a big machine there!
This last spring I invested in a new tractor after kicking it around for YEARS and can't believe how much work I can get done with it!
Most of those above look pretty HD. But, I went with the medium-duty landpride grapple and it is a close second to the backhoe as my favorite. I haven't gotten serious back into firewooding yet this fall and can't wait to see how this helps having done things the hard way all these years!
This summer I moved over 30 tons (real number based on my trailer capacity) of rotten deadfall and stumps to clean up a decade of accumulation around my place.
It's great for brush, limbs, and general-purpose stuff. Next up is a more protective grill guard
Most of those above look pretty HD. But, I went with the medium-duty landpride grapple and it is a close second to the backhoe as my favorite. I haven't gotten serious back into firewooding yet this fall and can't wait to see how this helps having done things the hard way all these years!
This summer I moved over 30 tons (real number based on my trailer capacity) of rotten deadfall and stumps to clean up a decade of accumulation around my place.
It's great for brush, limbs, and general-purpose stuff. Next up is a more protective grill guard
There‘s already a thread on this subject.
https://www.arboristsite.com/threads/firewood-tractors.256752/page-78
Dang!!!
CatMan Fetters
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Close-up of the grill guard that I had made, works great!
This thread should be removed, now the subject is split into two places. Some people will find one and stop looking, missing out on information.
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