Tractors and wood! Show your pics

[Loaderman22]

Yep. But the poster said he wants if for firewood. That's a good use, too.

I do keep a lot of low shrubs, bushes, ferns grasses Moss leaf piles & cedar branches. It also helps me during hunting season for cover. I have a large brush pile on the other side of the wall in the photo, lots of things scurry into that whenever I get near. Sorry critters but I like my wood heat, so they will have to look elsewhere, & there are plenty of other options.

 

[Loaderman22]

I'm still looking for the birch, all I see is water, rocks and maples..........

The tree laying up the hill next to the wall is a black birch, at least it smells like birch beer when I cut into it. The tree in the water I thought was a white oak, but I could be wrong on that one.

 

[ultrarunner]

Tht's one of the most under-rated and misunderstood wildlife benefits. Wildlife likes a messy forest: downed wood rotting on the ground, brush piles, shrubby growth, the occasional standing dead tree, etc. A common mistake for landowners (especially new ones) is to come in and clean up their forest so it looks like a park. Then they wonder where all the wildlife went.

Here we don't have an option even with acreage

Just left a neighbor with a old heritage Oak that the wind split last night... he is spending $1800 to have the "Limb" removed from his very steep hillside to be in compliance with fire regs

The inspector basically don't want anything between 6" and 6'... so keep vegetation mowed and limb up to 6' for established trees.

 

[goeduck]

I'm still looking for the birch, all I see is water, rocks and maples..........

I am still looking for the problem. If the water is too deep to stand in, set some planks across the water and go cut it. If the concern is oil from a chainsaw getting into the water, use a hand saw. The tree is not that big.

 

[Loaderman22]

I am still looking for the problem. If the water is too deep to stand in, set some planks across the water and go cut it. If the concern is oil from a chainsaw getting into the water, use a hand saw. The tree is not that big.

The pic is a bit misleading then, that tree is about 24" at the base. I'm not concerned about the chainsaw oil, it's getting the logs/cuts back out. The tractor will dig monster ruts & it drips a little fluid here & there. The 4 wheeler won't pull that big of a log. I will try to get pics with something next to it for size reference. I want to get it cut & split, but not tear up everything getting it. It's just been too wet.

 

[ultrarunner]

Here we don't have an option even with acreage

Just left a neighbor with a old heritage Oak that the wind split last night... he is spending $1800 to have the "Limb" removed from his very steep hillside to be in compliance with fire regs

The inspector basically don't want anything between 6" and 6'... so keep vegetation mowed and limb up to 6' for established trees.

Update... I just dropped off my box trailer so the tree guy can fill it with 14" long oak rounds... this size is the max for the lite Lopi stove at the ranch... will be easy to split off the back of the trailer and stack...

 

[shooterdon]

Update... I just dropped off my box trailer so the tree guy can fill it with 14" long oak rounds... this size is the max for the lite Lopi stove at the ranch... will be easy to split off the back of the trailer and stack...

Nice score!

 

[Happy Gilmore]

I finally got the Frangard forestry winch on the tractor and ready to go. My father bought this a year before he passed and never got a chance to use it. It’s been sitting for 8 years or so. Everything is freed up now and working as it should. If only the ground would either dry out or freeze up......

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Happy Gilmore, that thing is going to make you happier! lol

SR

 

[Jstpssng]

I finally got the Frangard forestry winch on the tractor and ready to go. My father bought this a year before he passed and never got a chance to use it. It’s been sitting for 8 years or so. Everything is freed up now and working as it should. If only the ground would either dry out or freeze up......View attachment 585690

That's a rugged winch, Fransgard makes a nice unit. It's too bad that your father never had a chance to enjoy it.