Tractors and wood! Show your pics

[John_Mc]

You must get a lot more wind than I do I hardly ever get any blowdowns.

In much of Vermont, it's a combination of wind and the thin, bony soils in a lot of places. Often, you can walk into a stand and know it's subject to blow-down by the pit and mound topology - remnants of old rootballs from blown over trees.

 

[Gordon Gould]

Those are very nice logs and that's a nice piece of property Mr. Gordon.

The muddy section looks like it could be a challenge depending on the weather...

Running your trail video at double speed had me leaning in my easy chair dodging the limbs. Not quite a carnival ride, but way more enjoyable!

Thanks for creating it.
Terry

That muddy section wasn't part of the plan. We had had a good long dry spell when I started and all was good. Then a couple days ago we got 3/4" of rain and I waited a few days but then when they forecast almost 2" of rain for Friday night I thought I better get it done. It was a new experience for me skidding thru mud like that. 4WD and dif-lock was enough. It was a hard pull though - needed more fuel to hold the rpm's.

But I'm done with those. 4 trees and after I got them bucked up and the fiber pull cut off to make logs in spec I ended up with a little over 1K board feet. In good pine one tree would give that.

gg

 

[dodge man]

I split for a couple of hours today. It was to hot, 77 here in west central Illinois. I forgot how heavy oak rounds are, I did most of the splitting with it vertical.

 

[Jstpssng]

Yeah, I've been hiding or something... I'm still around though!

That's good to hear.

 

[Molalla1]

Yeah, I've been hiding or something... I'm still around though!

It's about time you poked your head up hunt . . . .

 

[Sawyer Rob]

It was a decent day again today, cloudy but not real cold. Anyway, I decided to mill another cherry that some folks told me that I should send it to the firewood pile,

It looked to me like that it would at least be a decent log to mill and so I got started by taking the slabs off and making some cuts,

and here's what much of the lumber looked like,

What do you think about them? Anyway, the pile is growing, and I'll soon be done!

SR

 

[Molalla1]

Beautiful cherry SR . . . nice! for throw aways . . . .

 

[ning]

Well... despite my screen name I no longer own a 4570 ;-( , had my shoulders redone and a 45/70 carbine kick was a little much. Had a contender pistol in 45/70 but then bought a 500 S$W revolver and it will do anything the 4570 will, so off it went also. Pretty big tree to go after it that way, hence the tannerite idea.

You absolutely have to video that!

 

[Skeans1]

So I found this guy the other day, not sure what to do with it. The top is hung up in a neighboring tree and I cant cut that one down without this one coming down on top of me! Its way back in the woods and I may just let nature take its course, I also thought about packing the split with a couple bottles of tannerite and having a go at it!!
No decision yet.
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If it was me looking at it I’d be tempted to face it up and a small back cut, then have at it with something bigger maybe domino all three at once.

 

[hunt4570]

You absolutely have to video that!

With out a doubt if I go that way, I for sure will take a video!