Tractors and wood! Show your pics

[CalG]

The first log load I ever worked up was cut with one of these.

A Mac-15.
Dang that was heavy, and needed constant attention to leaking fuel or oil.
I knew nothing of chain sharping, and don't even recall having a chain file...

I was heating a big old house in Bethlehem New Hampshire.
Stoking both a "riteway" and an Ashley stove.

A few hours cutting was followed by more than a few hours splitting with a maul. Then moving the splits by hand into the cellar to dry. The cellar was EXACTLY 14 stair steps and 45 paces from the log pile. Amazing how some details stick with a fellow...

I was young then..... ;-)

 

[WinterDeere]

Imagine working up a winter's wood with just an axe! It wasn't that long ago....

Estimates of average household firewood use in the 18th century were nearly always in the range of 20 - 30 cords. That's initially hard to imagine, until you remember that they were mostly heating and cooking from open fireplaces until at least the late 18th century, and that most worked in agriculture and thus had more time for things like processing firewood in winter than those rushing off to the office or factory each morning.

Was that the blue one ? My dad had one of those.

My favorite Tonka truck was indeed blue! That'd be the tow truck with blue body and white cab I got at age 4. But my Homelite Super EZ Auto was red and black.

 

[CalG]

Do any of you old timers recall the jingle, "You're in luck, when you've got a McCulloch ..Chain ..S.A.W." ?

 

[goeduck]

First saw I ever used was one like this, but without the bow bar. Back when Homelite made real saws.

 

[Runner]

My first chainsaw was a Homelite from Kmart in about 1986. Wouldn't start right out of the box, so took it back and bought a Stihl O11AVT and never looked back. I cut TONS of wood with that saw until it was stolen in 2011 and it never let me down.

Replaced that with a Husky 435 which is OK. Favorite saw now is my Echo 271. Starts second pull every time and works for about 80% of what I need to cut. I would kind of like to have another "big" saw and leaning toward another Echo based on good experiences with the 271 and my Echo pole saw (which also starts on the first or second pull every time).

 

[Runner]

My favorite Tonka truck was indeed blue!

My favorite Tonka was the trackhoe. Tractor bug bit me early I guess.

 

[groundcover]

Was a great day when dad got the Homelite super XL12 ! Was quite the saw in its day.
12 pounds as advertised, never put it on a scale though. 16:1 fuel mix . Manual oiler, no AV or chain break , and pretty loud . Did a lot of cutting with it as I older.

 

[WinterDeere]

My favorite Tonka was the trackhoe. Tractor bug bit me early I guess.
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Oh, I had some real cool ones, including that backhoe! Had a grader that must have been 3 feet long, and an excavator, too!

But my parents were cash poor in those days, so they were all old hand-me-downs in various states of rust. The grader was so rusty almost none of the joints would move.

That blue tow truck, and later a tanker semi, were the only two I can ever remember receiving new (or at least relatively new), all pretty and rust-free.

But keeping this on-topic, I also buy most of my saws used. I'm not cash-poor anymore, but still frugal. It's hard to forget being poor.

 

[Runner]

Oh, I had some real cool ones, including that backhoe! Had a grader that must have been 3 feet long, and an excavator, too!

But my parents were cash poor in those days, so they were all old hand-me-downs in various states of rust. The grader was so rusty almost none of the joints would move.

That blue tow truck, and later a tanker semi, were the only two I can ever remember receiving new (or at least relatively new), all pretty and rust-free.

My Brother was 10 years older than me (yes, I was an accident) so not much in way of hand-me-downs. When he was young, all they had to play with was rocks and sticks so I did get mostly new stuff, except for the Lionel train set.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

Estimates of average household firewood use in the 18th century were nearly always in the range of 20 - 30 cords. That's initially hard to imagine, until you remember that they were mostly heating and cooking from open fireplaces until at least the late 18th century, and that most worked in agriculture and thus had more time for things like processing firewood in winter than those rushing off to the office or factory each morning.


My favorite Tonka truck was indeed blue! That'd be the tow truck with blue body and white cab I got at age 4. But my Homelite Super EZ Auto was red and black.

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Growing up in the 50s our neighbor had 2500 acres, lived in a small log cabin, no electricity or plumbing and had a fire going in fireplace year round since he & wife cooked on it.
Never had a tractor and in one barn was a post war Chrysler with less than 100 miles on it. He drove home from dealer and it frightened him so he parked it.
He worked around part of his place using draft horses but never had a job since he inherited lots of money.
He lived like someone from early 1800s.