Tractors and wood! Show your pics

[JimR]

I use the same containers for my wood, they work great!
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They are so easy to handle and move around.

 

[ultrarunner]

coot - YouTube

INCREDIBLE COOT ATV IN ACTION !! - YouTube

 

[Sawyer Rob]

You could get an I-beam and an axle and make a small log hauler using a 55 gallon drum cut in half the long way. lift the log onto the hauler with your bucket and hault it away from the other end. I think I will make one of these just to try it out.

It was faster/easier to just hit them with some water after I got them to the mill...

SR

 

[John_Mc]

Every once and while when you bring that coot up you need to refresh my memory with a picture, no I dont get tied of looking at repeats, even if it's atv's or tractors.................

Here one of mine on its trailer (trailer has since been painted, so it looks a whole lot nicer. One of these days I'll get the Coot sandblasted and painted). Another picture shows how the front and rear tub are articulated, keeping all four wheels on the ground, even in very rough terrain. That articulation, the fact that it is 4WD with no differentials, and 12" of ground clearance over a smooth belly mean that it rarely gets stuck. If even one wheel has traction, it eventually gets itself out. The turning radius does suffer due to the lack of differentials, but the 4WS partially makes up for it.



and, since this is a Tractors and Wood thread, here it is pulling about 3000# trailer + green American Beech. (This was before I put the new tires on and reinstalled the rollbar.) It pulled it OK on level ground, and up a moderate slope. Going down hill was quite an adventure. I don't pull those kind of loads with it anymore

 

[MossRoad]

coot - YouTube

INCREDIBLE COOT ATV IN ACTION !! - YouTube

I liked the first video.... everyone had guns and smokes. :laughing:

 

[John_Mc]

coot - YouTube

INCREDIBLE COOT ATV IN ACTION !! - YouTube

Thanks for that! I had never seen that first video. That was one of the 2 wheel steer models. In later years, they offered a 4 wheel steer option, which improved the cornering significantly (it took a good bit of room to turn the 2WS models around, due to the lack of differentials). The second video is a 4WS model.

One of the more unique features of the Coot starts at about 3:13 in the first video. The one I pictured has too many holes in the old tubs to float, but my other one is in better condition. It did not come with the propeller outdrive option, but I finally found a stock Coot prop and will be putting together the other parts required to add it in the future.

 

[Jstpssng]

coot - YouTube

INCREDIBLE COOT ATV IN ACTION !! - YouTube

Great links, thank you for posting them.
Trailer that behind your Unimog and you are ready for anything!

 

[Jstpssng]

It was faster/easier to just hit them with some water after I got them to the mill...

SR

As much sawing as you do I've often wondered why you don't have a debarker mounted in front of the saw blade.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

As much sawing as you do I've often wondered why you don't have a debarker mounted in front of the saw blade.

Because I really don't need one. It's really NOT often that my logs are that dirty...

Most of what I need to skid I can leave the upper end of the tree on, lift the back [logs] off the ground and skid to where the logs are cut out and loaded. The top that gets dirtiest ends up as firewood...

Also, I'm just not milling as much as I use too, so not spending much money on the mill...

The above picts., were from a big project I took on, I doubt I'll ever do that again...

SR

 

[Jstpssng]

Gotcha. I don't know what they cost, but believe it's >$1000 for a mill mounted unit. You can buy a lot of "careful skidding" for that kind of money.