Tractors and wood! Show your pics

[Mike68]

It is that time of year to start moving the firewood closer to the house. We season the wood a few hundred feet away in the sunny corner of the backyard.

Thought about using a method with pallet totes to reduce handling but my little JD 750 wouldn’t lift them. Besides, I like tearing apart the seasoned piles. Gets rid of mice and snakes that have decided to make a home there over the past year.

The spot we have under the deck is accessed by a door in my basement near the wood stove. The rows are 8’ W by a little over 6’ high when stacked. I move the wood with a 4x8 trailer and my wife does most of the stacking. I have two trailers so I am able to leap frog them between the wood pile and the deck. My wife unloads 1 and then fills the other. We go through 4.5 to 5.5 cords per year.

 

[Mike68]

I recently made some changes to my Timberwolf TW1 log splitter. At the time I could not afford their higher end model and started to regret not getting the one where I could add the hydraulic log lift.

So I bought a kit from Rugged Made and it works well. It is made for a splitter with a larger 6” beam so it sits a bit high. Haven’t had any clearance issues so far.

I also work alone to split wood most of the time so a decided an auto cycle valve would also be a good upgrade. I repurposed the old valve for the log lift. Some of the plumbing is temporary. Wanted to make sure everything worked well. Over the winter I’ll bring it into the garage and clean it up.

 

[hunt4570]

It is that time of year to start moving the firewood closer to the house. We season the wood a few hundred feet away in the sunny corner of the backyard.

Thought about using a method with pallet totes to reduce handling but my little JD 750 wouldn’t lift them. Besides, I like tearing apart the seasoned piles. Gets rid of mice and snakes that have decided to make a home there over the past year.

The spot we have under the deck is accessed by a door in my basement near the wood stove. The rows are 8’ W by a little over 6’ high when stacked. I move the wood with a 4x8 trailer and my wife does most of the stacking. I have two trailers so I am able to leap frog them between the wood pile and the deck. My wife unloads 1 and then fills the other. We go through 4.5 to 5.5 cords per year.

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Nice storage spot.. Why the tarpage??

 

[hunt4570]

So this is just so OP can have a chuckle about me.. he likes that you know...

I think I'm going to take down the roof on my tower, I hauled out a bunk of 1xs yesterday for roofing. My tractor was grunting and groaning a bit doing it and I started thinking about all that weight up on the top of that tower, I am not a structural engineer but I'm thinking I'm overloading the top of that deck! It is just a deer stand after all. I may cut the walls off at a good shooting height (same height as the window ledges) or leave them up, throw up some 2x6 rafters and throw a tarp or similar over them to keep me out of the rain and sun..

If I had started out with a regular footing or concrete pad and built up from there with full walls and such I'd have been ok, but its on6-6x6 posts and its just not worth the risk to me. I do go overboard sometimes.

 

[shooterdon]

thank you. actually the sides are hinged so i can fold it up and lay larger items across it.

That is a novel and useful idea!!

I built mine out of scraps and odd pieces I had, and was happy with it until I saw yours. Very nice. Mine has a "bin" at the back that holds over 700 lbs of lead for ballast as I had no need for something to carry firewood. I use totes for firewood to reduce handling.

I used the same frame and I have a slight bend it in near the pins. I have not exceeded the rating but effective load goes way up when bouncing around. You should be fine with just wood in yours. You built yours strong, and the frame will yield before the wood cracks LOL

 

[Revturbo9967]

How do you like the Land Pride quick 3pt? I just started looking at those, I think it would make switching implements easier. Now I just keep stuff mounted and switch tractors...

it seems fine thus far. i like it especially with the carry all because i can drop off a load of wood at the house quickly. that said the land pride qh15 is pricy. it takes cat 2 pins, so ive been changing over to cat 2 pins instead of bushing's. they're about half the cost.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I have some Beech cants around,

when I want some beech lumber I can put one on the mill and saw some out,

SR

 

[Revturbo9967]

That is a novel and useful idea!!

I built mine out of scraps and odd pieces I had, and was happy with it until I saw yours. Very nice. Mine has a "bin" at the back that holds over 700 lbs of lead for ballast as I had no need for something to carry firewood. I use totes for firewood to reduce handling.

I used the same frame and I have a slight bend it in near the pins. I have not exceeded the rating but effective load goes way up when bouncing around. You should be fine with just wood in yours. You built yours strong, and the frame will yield before the wood cracks LOL

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thank you. this was NOT my design. i saw it on youtube and changed it a bit for my application. i plan on making a straight bar that is threaded on each end that will thread on to the inside of the pins. ive seen where these bend at the pins with enough weight on them and figured if it was a solid pin, it would be able to hold a bit more weight.

 

[Mike68]

Nice storage spot.. Why the tarpage??

Only part of the deck where we store the firewood has the corrugated fiberglass panels to keep the underside dry. During the first year melting snow from the deck and wind driven rain and snow from the sides froze some of wood on the ends of the rows. The pallets and the tarps allow the water from the deck a path away from the wood.

 

[Revturbo9967]

Only part of the deck where we store the firewood has the corrugated fiberglass panels to keep the underside dry. During the first year melting snow from the deck and wind driven rain and snow from the sides froze some of wood on the ends of the rows. The pallets and the tarps allow the water from the deck a path away from the wood.

i hope we actually get some wind driven snow for once.