Recent content by Gordon Gould

How wide is your trailer. My one-ton is 7' wide and my buckets 5' and 6' wide. I load the buck in the truck. When the pile gets to far forward to reach I close the tailgate and raise the bed go get the material back to the rear then go at it with the bucket some more. This is my 5'er on the...

Just for reference, talking green wood, a 10' white ash log 12" in diameter weighs 375 lbs and at 18" diameter it would be 850 lbs gg

My loader is an LA482 with the heavy duty curved bucket - 1060 lbs. gg

This is how I did mine back in 2011. It is on an L3010. Much cheaper than a kit but more work. Finished 3rd Function Valve Project gg

Had to move a big old pasture spruce blow-down that was across a trail. At first I thought it was hung on another tree. But once I cut in under it I could see that it was not hung up on anything. It was propped up and spiked into the ground by all the underneath branches. I cut enough of...

Very nice indeed. And welcome to TBN. Next time include some pictures of your equipment so we can see what it takes to do a nice job like that. gg

We have a lot of down fir from last winters high winds and heavy snow. I am going to salvage what stud wood logs I can from it. Only need a 5" diameter to make a 2X4. Since I haven't had a tractor in the woods for a while I started with the smaller stuff just to get the rust and cob webs out...

I didn't think it was possible to have to much wood. Especially up where you are. gg

It is unbelievable when you see the amount wood going through one of those stud mills. gg

Looks like fir and aspen will fund your garage if you keep going like that. What are the specs on the aspen ? Chip Board ?? Good job piling with your tractor. gg

I think you can make either method efficient with some thought and experimentation on your set up. There are a lot of variables and trade-offs. Especially if you work in different locations like in the woods one tree at a time and out back beside the log pile. And everyone's priority list would...

My wife took some pictures while I was working on our wood today. Shows my system pretty well. gg

Looks pretty enough to me (y) (y) (y) gg

Welcome to TBN fc1. That loader must be good for about 1500 lbs. An upgrade for sure (y) gg

^^^^^^ That is a really nice picture BackRoad. You have a beautiful spot there ! gg