Tractors and wood! Show your pics

[ruffdog]

We split a bit of wood this weekend
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What kind of wood and how large and straight are the logs? I helped the neighbor when he had a processor for a day last year. It was about twice the size but we had a crew of about 8 people. One guy was running a Lull bringing logs and one in a skidsteer cutting/loading logs. The biggest problem was the logs were crooked so they needed cutting before going in the processor. I think I still have some sawdust from that day in my eyes and hair!

 

[2diamondfarm]

What kind of wood and how large and straight are the logs? I helped the neighbor when he had a processor for a day last year. It was about twice the size but we had a crew of about 8 people. One guy was running a Lull bringing logs and one in a skidsteer cutting/loading logs. The biggest problem was the logs were crooked so they needed cutting before going in the processor. I think I still have some sawdust from that day in my eyes and hair!

mostly maple oak and cherry a few ash . When you buy firewood logs around here they are 8' 4" or so and they were fairly straight, there were four that were too large and or odd shaped that I will have to cut up with a saw.

 

[dodge man]

My firewood is all free, you know except $800 for the splitter, $900 worth of chainsaws and $20,000 for my tractor.

 

[Jstpssng]

My firewood is all free, you know except $800 for the splitter, $900 worth of chainsaws and $20,000 for my tractor.

If you own the land you also need to factor that in... Taxes as well as purchase price.

If it was all about the money I would be renting a room with a microwave and dorm fridge, riding a bicycle and buying my meals from the bargain bin at the local grocery store.

 

[ruffdog]

I like to follow the tree service guys as they are happy if I take the wood off their hands.

 

[BnRidge]

This is the log splitter that I built last year. The tractor moves the logs, the splitter lifts and separates. No more sore back. I used the 1907 stanchions I took out of the barn for the outfeed table, wheels and spindles from a 1965 hay rake, and an I-beam my dad scarfed from the feed mill in 1968 but never used.

 

[Alan46]

If you own the land you also need to factor that in... Taxes as well as purchase price.

If it was all about the money I would be renting a room with a microwave and dorm fridge, riding a bicycle and buying my meals from the bargain bin at the local grocery store.

Don’t forget the hot plate! (Old school))

 

[Gordon Gould]

This is the log splitter that I built last year. The tractor moves the logs, the splitter lifts and separates. No more sore back. I used the 1907 stanchions I took out of the barn for the outfeed table, wheels and spindles from a 1965 hay rake, and an I-beam my dad scarfed from the feed mill in 1968 but never used.
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You have a well thought out rugged splitter there !!

gg

 

[WinterDeere]

If you own the land you also need to factor that in... Taxes as well as purchase price.

I sleep better at night by telling myself I'd have bought these things, anyway.

In all reality, if I didn't heat with wood, I'd still own a tractor, a trailer, and a chainsaw. So it's really just the differential cost of having bought more expensive (and/or multiple) versions of each, for the purpose of processing firewood, that should even be considered.

 

[Runner]

Chipped up the results of Saturday's elm tree carnage. Everything 3" and smaller went in. The old BX42 handled that dead wood like a champ. Help, I'm drowning in wood chips!

NOTE: The author in NO WAY endorses operating tractors with ROPS in lowered position, even when not actually ON the tractor. You might hit your head on the folded ROPS.