Taking logs to the mill

[Billrog]

 

[Thomas]

Nice...very nice.

 

[jyoutz]

Nice logs. Oak?

 

[Billrog]

Cedar 30" at the butt. Never measured the length but it was a tall tree. Got enough lumber out of it to fill an order of 6x6,2x6, 4x4's & 1x6.

 

[jyoutz]

Cedar 30" at the butt. Never measured the length but it was a tall tree. Got enough lumber out of it to fill an order of 6x6,2x6, 4x4's & 1x6.

Nice. Hard to see the species from the photo. Now I see you’re from BC.

 

[Jstpssng]

Nice cedar. Not only does it have some size, but you somehow grow it straight up there!

 

[ddbackhoe]

Cedar 30" at the butt. Never measured the length but it was a tall tree. Got enough lumber out of it to fill an order of 6x6,2x6, 4x4's & 1x6.

Lucky to find 16-18 butts around here. Any that you do find usually has barbed wire buried in it. I would much prefer to build my outdoor stuff with cedar instead of this “new” pressure treated stuff.

 

[arto98607]

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Bill,
Looks like a nice trailer & tractor set up for hauling logs from the forest!

Just curious, how do get the logs into the trailer - are you using a winch?

 

[Billrog]

I unhook the trailer and load with the tractor. I had a regular set of forks yrs. ago but soon found that's a good way to take front seals and bearings out on small tractors by over loading. So I made of 16" detachable forks. You can see in the pick I'm carrying a log in front of my bucket as well.

 

[arto98607]

Yes I see what you mean - for the same reason I ended up dragging whole bunch of logs behind my tractor last fall by using a short logging chain.
These logs were not nearly as big as in your photo, but some were very long & heavy nevertheless.


Hybrid Poplars, loaded with water:



It was an experiment, but I will never again plant these species!

 

[Snobdds]

Nice logs. Oak?

You're a forester...lol.

Come on.

 

[Billrog]

No poplar on my property but some large cottonwood they are heavy and full of water as well.

 

[jyoutz]

You're a forester...lol.

Come on.

It’s not like the photos are close up.

 

[arto98607]

It’s not like the photos are close up.

Here is little close view:

 

[marhar]

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Nice!

 

[jyoutz]

Here is little close view:

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Definitely a cedar species. The bark is definitive.

 

[RidgeTopWVA]

I have a Fransgard winch ( borrowed picture ) I have it on the back of my tractor 90% of the time , it is very useful not for only skidding logs but getting vehicles out of a ditch etc or even getting the tractor itself unstuck.
Plus it is a great counter weight with my 4 in 1 bucket on my tractor.