Tractors and wood! Show your pics

[ctrider]

This is half of one log. I’m glad there aren’t many more of these. I’m also glad I have a vertical splitter.

 

[hunt4570]

This is half of one log. I’m glad there aren’t many more of these. I’m also glad I have a vertical splitter.


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Thats a big one! And the main reason I keep a vertical splitter.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Thats a big one! And the main reason I keep a vertical splitter.

That's the main reason I keep a big enough tractor around so I can easily handle them. lol

SR

 

[Gordon Gould]

Anyone who maintains woods roads knows that it is an on-going job to keep them open. I thought that I was in pretty good shape until we had an ice storm followed by several days of snow squalls and continuous snow showers last week. I started opening things back up this afternoon. Mostly dead branches, dead trees, and bent over smallish trees. I used the grapple and winch, which ever was easiest, to get them off the trail and out of the way. I took a couple pics in two spots.

gg

 

[jeepcoma]

We had a lot of limbs down as well from the ice storm. Finally got around to getting some cleanup done, I was able to get the bigger branches pulled out of the snow but the smaller stuff will have to wait for the landscape rake and bucket in the spring. Forks sure beat pulling branches by hand, but a grapple sure would be nice... had about a dozen of these across the property, so I didn't have much time for photos. Thankfully, nothing really came down in the woods, it was all the wolf pines that had some massive branch reach that came down. Lost power, lost internet for a few days. Could have been much worse, as they were predicting 30 mph winds and we had tons of ice on everything, it would have been a disaster.

All the crud on the front is from turning the compost pile.

Sure is pretty though

 

[hunt4570]

That's the main reason I keep a big enough tractor around so I can easily handle them. lol

SR

To each their own Rob, but I’m just a 70-year-old man I don’t wanna work that hard! I pretty much only cut enough wood for my own. Use for lumber or firewood.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

To each their own Rob, but I’m just a 70-year-old man I don’t wanna work that hard! I pretty much only cut enough wood for my own. Use for lumber or firewood.

You are only 70? You are still young. lol

SR

 

[hunt4570]

You are only 70? You are still young. lol

SR

Well kinda young Rob, just kinda young.

 

[Loaderman22]

This is half of one log. I’m glad there aren’t many more of these. I’m also glad I have a vertical splitter.

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Nice trailer, looks to be a good size and rather handy

 

[ning]

Speaking of vertical splitters - is it generally a thing that they move around when splitting vertically? As the big round gets split parts of it get shoved into the ground and the whole thing moves around which can be a pain; I suppose having a bigger "foot" would help but I wonder if that would also interfere with the normal horizontal split, or at least interfere with me throwing splits into the tote.

 

[WinterDeere]

Speaking of vertical splitters - is it generally a thing that they move around when splitting vertically?

No. As long as the round stays on the foot, movement is not really an issue.

Now, on those rare occasions when a round slips off the foot, you'll find the splitter slowly pushing itself skyward, as the wedge comes down. Never a big deal, just reverse, reposition, and carry on.

 

[grsthegreat]

Speaking of vertical splitters - is it generally a thing that they move around when splitting vertically? As the big round gets split parts of it get shoved into the ground and the whole thing moves around which can be a pain; I suppose having a bigger "foot" would help but I wonder if that would also interfere with the normal horizontal split, or at least interfere with me throwing splits into the tote.

Mine is attached to 3 point, so no movement while splitting

 

[LouNY]

Mine is attached to 3 point, so no movement while splitting

I like that style, stick one of those big rounds under it, then slide the others out of the bucket onto it and split away no lifting involved.