The wood lot

[Budweiser John]

As for equipment I use my Polaris Sportsman 500HO, the B2620 Kubota, and my Stihl 029 saw.



Then I clean up branches and bark with the Wallenstein chipper/shredder.

Those Stihl 029s are like the Enegeriser Bunny they just keep on running. Mine dates from the mid ?0s and but for a new carb kit and fuel hose (too late smart on the ethanol gasoline thing) it痴 all original.
Thinking the ole 029 would soon pass on to chain saw heaven, I bought a larger new Stihl. Can稚 recall the model just now, but after a year on the new one and bypass surgery on the old saw, the 029 is the still the favorite son.

 

[rocketfish]

Those Stihl 029s are like the Enegeriser Bunny they just keep on running. Mine dates from the mid ?0s and but for a new carb kit and fuel hose (too late smart on the ethanol gasoline thing) it痴 all original.
Thinking the ole 029 would soon pass on to chain saw heaven, I bought a larger new Stihl. Can稚 recall the model just now, but after a year on the new one and bypass surgery on the old saw, the 029 is the still the favorite son.

X2 on the 029! I also have one although not my go to saw anymore (bought a new MS 261 CM) it still keeps running every time I get it out.

 

[TnAndy]

Thanks, that phone number led to this site:
Air Bag Void Fillers - Corrugated Dunnage | Tyoga Container

And these bags:
Firewood Bags | Dino Bags

Any idea on the cost of these bags ?

 

[TnAndy]

Any idea on the cost of these bags ?

I emailed them. $9.75/bag Minimum order of one skid of 200 bags + freight.

Little steep for me.

 

[Green Acres Homestead]

As for equipment I use my Polaris Sportsman 500HO, the B2620 Kubota, and my Stihl 029 saw.

For splitters I have the old one my father built in the late 70's/early 80's at his welding and fab shop. It was an old Lincoln welding machine trailer he made into a splitter. It has had Ford, GM, Mazda and currently Toyota engines on it. (he always lent it out and got it back dead, LOL)
Now I also just bought a new 25 ton Forest King that is easy to pull around with the ATV.

Then I clean up branches and bark with the Wallenstein chipper/shredder.

Nice man. You have a nice looking property. Doing it your way is improving your property making it worth more as apposed to clear cutting and devaluing your property. Nice job.

 

[deezler]

I emailed them. $9.75/bag Minimum order of one skid of 200 bags + freight.

Little steep for me.

Shoot. $10/bag is pretty reasonable, but 200x is.... not. Wonder what you could flip them for here on tbn or on craigslist, etc. $15 apiece? Might take a while but could end up worth your while.

 

[4570Man]

I'd be interested in some more pictures and description of your trailer and it's attachments. The crane, does it swivel? What's the hoop/arch for and how do you use that?

The reason I ask is because all of our firewood is located 9 miles away (or further at friend's houses), and I'm thinking I'd rather load the long poles onto the trailer and bring them home to cut, VS cutting at the property and loading the rounds onto the trailer, then unloading the rounds again when I get home.

I much prefer to haul firewood home in logs vs cutting onsite and then hauling the rounds home. The problem with that approach is you have to have a machine to load it and without the dump another machine to unload load it. The other disadvantage to that approach is it’s a little more efficient to cut firewood from whole trees vs 10” logs and it makes more mess at your house. If I was working without equipment I’d probably just take my splitter and cut and split it where it lays to reduce handling.

 

[4570Man]

Shoot. $10/bag is pretty reasonable, but 200x is.... not. Wonder what you could flip them for here on tbn or on craigslist, etc. $15 apiece? Might take a while but could end up worth your while.

I wonder what it would cost to ship them in small quantities of maybe 10. It seems like a promising idea. To those that already use the bags how long do they last and how heavy are they? If I could handle them with the L3800 that would be better than having to use my backhoe.

 

[MossRoad]

I much prefer to haul firewood home in logs vs cutting onsite and then hauling the rounds home. The problem with that approach is you have to have a machine to load it and without the dump another machine to unload load it. The other disadvantage to that approach is it’s a little more efficient to cut firewood from whole trees vs 10” logs and it makes more mess at your house. If I was working without equipment I’d probably just take my splitter and cut and split it where it lays to reduce handling. View attachment 588533

I don't have much of a choice. If I take the machine out to the remote property to load the logs on the trailer, I can't get the machine onto the trailer with the logs to bring it home to unload the logs. So currently I cut into rounds and throw them on the trailer, bring them home and split them. I've tried taking the splitter the remote property. That works OK and does leave the mess there. But I think I'd just rather bring home the long poles and cut and split right at home at my leisure, whenever I have time.

 

[4570Man]

I don't have much of a choice. If I take the machine out to the remote property to load the logs on the trailer, I can't get the machine onto the trailer with the logs to bring it home to unload the logs. So currently I cut into rounds and throw them on the trailer, bring them home and split them. I've tried taking the splitter the remote property. That works OK and does leave the mess there. But I think I'd just rather bring home the long poles and cut and split right at home at my leisure, whenever I have time.

That’s kinda the problem with doing that. I’d love to have a truck with a knuckle boom loader on it. Then I could haul a years firewood all in one trip. But I guess my dump truck that’s already paid for will have to work.

 

[Hoobie]

I have a 225 acre woodlot property I inherited. Grew up here. Love the woodlot work but I don稚 work in summer heat. I have a kubota mx5100 which I love. Also a 1959 Ford 641 Workmaster which I use occasionally. Also a Wallenstein winch. My trailer isn稚 a walking beam kind and wish it was. But what I have works ok. With it loaded and the pallet forks loaded with smaller limbs and pieces I move one cord. Usually work with a partner for companionship and safety.

 

[MossRoad]

That’s kinda the problem with doing that. I’d love to have a truck with a knuckle boom loader on it. Then I could haul a years firewood all in one trip. But I guess my dump truck that’s already paid for will have to work. View attachment 588555

Yep, that would be nice, but highly impractical for my needs (and probably cause a wee bit of an issue with the spouse, too :laughing.

That's why I've been looking at a pickup truck crane with 2000# capacity. I figure I could mount it on the side of my car hauler, grab the pole-sized logs that are usually 18' and well under 1000#, pick them up and spin the crane around 180 to drop them onto the trailer. I have a very nice and easy accessible landing area where I can park directly parallel to the log pile. Maybe add an electric winch to the crane, or a hydraulic one powered by a gas engine, or even the gas log splitter. The crane could be used for loading and unloading.

Or I could parbuckle them onto the trailer. I'd still need a winch, though. And I think parbuckling would take longer with the small poles VS a crane. Heck, I can lift the ends of most of them myself, so I could probably do it by hand, but there's some fatter ones that I just can't lift.

Lots to think about over the winter.

 

[4570Man]

Something like this might work but I’d definitely want an electric winch and possibly powered hydraulics. I think you’ll need some way to level it or the load will swing downhill. But that’s priced completely out of line at $1700. Add 3 more bills and I’d sell you my bucket truck body and you can have a 30 ft hydraulic crane.

 

[4570Man]

Or drive to Muncie Indiana and buy this for $600

 

[Paystar]

That痴 kinda the problem with doing that. I壇 love to have a truck with a knuckle boom loader on it. Then I could haul a years firewood all in one trip. But I guess my dump truck that痴 already paid for will have to work. View attachment 588555

Nice truck there! Steel hood Paystar 5000. I've built many mile of logging road with one of those, but the six wheel drive models.

 

[4570Man]

Nice truck there! Steel hood Paystar 5000. I've built many mile of logging road with one of those, but the six wheel drive models.

Not my truck, but still pretty sweet.

 

[MossRoad]

Something like this might work but I’d definitely want an electric winch and possibly powered hydraulics. I think you’ll need some way to level it or the load will swing downhill. But that’s priced completely out of line at $1700. Add 3 more bills and I’d sell you my bucket truck body and you can have a 30 ft hydraulic crane. View attachment 588609

I was thinking more like this

https://www.northerntool.com/shop/t...MIpeaAuuWH4AIVVrjACh1etQFCEAQYASABEgI2CvD_BwE

and using two points to lift the logs so they don't swing.

 

[MossRoad]

And don't temp me with that bucket truck. I have a 40' blue spruce I decorate for Christmas every year and it's getting hard to do it from the ground. If I had a truck body to put it on, I'd seriously consider your offer.

 

[4570Man]

Got any ideas for a bucket truck quick attach? Putting it on a truck will cost me a couple thousand for a truck plus the yearly tags and insurance and upkeep. The bed in my dump truck is only held on by 3 pins and would be pretty quick to remove. I can live without the service bed and only want the boom and required structure. If it had some kind of mount on the truck that didn’t interfere with the dump bed it would be pretty quick to swap. The other ideas I thought about was mounting it on a heavy steel plate that I set on my trailer and chain down. The problem is it’s pretty limiting where I can take it. Or the obvious approach of putting it back on the truck it came off of but that would ruin my plan of making that a flatbed truck to pull my backhoe with.

 

[MossRoad]

Female side make a heavy plate with three sides of L-shaped overlap on a slight triangle on the truck frame. Make a corresponding male plate and weld that to the base of the lift.

Slide the male plate into the female socket, and pin it in place to keep it from sliding out.

Kinda like my Power Trac quick attach system, only much larger.