clawmute
ArboristSite Operative
Cut a nice White Ash down by the Middle Fork weekend before last.
Got part of it split and hauled then and finished up this past weekend. Also got a nice Hickory cut up on the high ground and started splitting that yesterday.
I estimate 3/4 of a cord in the Ash. The Ashes both White and Green, are very common in the river bottoms but not on the high ground.
I really like to walk the woods identifying trees. There are many I am unsure of. Found a White Walnut (butternut) and I'd never seen one before.
I've added a 12-14" high removable fence made of 1/2" pipe, on the back of the bucket and removable heavy forks about 18" long on the bucket cutting edge.
These forks are spaced at about 14" apart and are used to help carry logs, firewood & etc. The fence fits into a couple of pipe sleeves welded to the bucket, and is kept in place with a 5/16" through bolt at each side.
Added weight to rear wheels with anti-freeze solution to make for additional stability.
I Keep the rear tire pressures about 2psi lower than reccommended seems to help get a better rear tire grip.
The bucket bottom edge also has a grader blade welded on to stiffen and increase life of the cutting edge.
The add ons give nice extra capacity that is really beneficial when making trips to transport firewood over a half mile round trip. I have the backhoe mounted splitter mounted and after the wood is all split up I just turn around and load up every chunk of wood I can carry. I estimate that I doubled the volume of wood I can load with these additions. Realistically, about .83 of a face cord is my best estimate.
The pipe brace on the bucket is a handy place to
carry an ax, maul or other long handled tool. A bungee cord straps it in place.
I carry a home made long handled cant hook on the backhoe splitter and try to make as many of my own tools as I can.
I always fear that river since it has a nasty habit of claiming anything left there, but managed to get all of my labor hauled out
with no loss to high water. All those piled up trees are Sweet Gums the river took down.
I have just shy of 1000 hours on my L4200 and it has enabled me to do things I could never have done otherwise.
It's amazing how many tasks you can think of to be done with a tractor. The older I get the more things I think of for it to do.
Heading out of the bottoms now with 1200-1400 lbs of split Ash, around the tail of the old river channel and back up through Cedar hollow as I call it.
to home on ridge 100 feet above the River. Wouldn't come out of those winter bottoms without 4WD and sometimes chains! Some of the ruts
are 18" deep as I crawl back through the woods loaded down with split wood or logs. I've seen water 12-15ft above this point. I'm cutting and splitting now for next winter's wood.
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Got part of it split and hauled then and finished up this past weekend. Also got a nice Hickory cut up on the high ground and started splitting that yesterday.
I estimate 3/4 of a cord in the Ash. The Ashes both White and Green, are very common in the river bottoms but not on the high ground.
I really like to walk the woods identifying trees. There are many I am unsure of. Found a White Walnut (butternut) and I'd never seen one before.
I've added a 12-14" high removable fence made of 1/2" pipe, on the back of the bucket and removable heavy forks about 18" long on the bucket cutting edge.
These forks are spaced at about 14" apart and are used to help carry logs, firewood & etc. The fence fits into a couple of pipe sleeves welded to the bucket, and is kept in place with a 5/16" through bolt at each side.
Added weight to rear wheels with anti-freeze solution to make for additional stability.
I Keep the rear tire pressures about 2psi lower than reccommended seems to help get a better rear tire grip.
The bucket bottom edge also has a grader blade welded on to stiffen and increase life of the cutting edge.
The add ons give nice extra capacity that is really beneficial when making trips to transport firewood over a half mile round trip. I have the backhoe mounted splitter mounted and after the wood is all split up I just turn around and load up every chunk of wood I can carry. I estimate that I doubled the volume of wood I can load with these additions. Realistically, about .83 of a face cord is my best estimate.
The pipe brace on the bucket is a handy place to
carry an ax, maul or other long handled tool. A bungee cord straps it in place.
I carry a home made long handled cant hook on the backhoe splitter and try to make as many of my own tools as I can.
I always fear that river since it has a nasty habit of claiming anything left there, but managed to get all of my labor hauled out
with no loss to high water. All those piled up trees are Sweet Gums the river took down.
I have just shy of 1000 hours on my L4200 and it has enabled me to do things I could never have done otherwise.
It's amazing how many tasks you can think of to be done with a tractor. The older I get the more things I think of for it to do.
Heading out of the bottoms now with 1200-1400 lbs of split Ash, around the tail of the old river channel and back up through Cedar hollow as I call it.
to home on ridge 100 feet above the River. Wouldn't come out of those winter bottoms without 4WD and sometimes chains! Some of the ruts
are 18" deep as I crawl back through the woods loaded down with split wood or logs. I've seen water 12-15ft above this point. I'm cutting and splitting now for next winter's wood.
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