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Blue Diamond light duty 66 inch double lid . I have been having real good luck with this grapple . Quite pleased . 450 lbs or so . Great for brush , roots and getting logs to the mill. The semi flat bottom makes it good for moving lumber around as well.

That's the type of tooth bar I would like to get at some point for my bucket .

Picture thread it is . I love my grapple :cool: . Makes trees to mill way easier.

The wife and I bought a Woodland Mills HM130 max about a year and a half ago to mill lumber for a garage / shop. One of our better purchases by far. Very satisfying milling your own lumber. You wont be disappointed and you likely wont have buyers remorse once you get a taste of milling . Go for...

I do have a monitor and 2 cameras but procrastination has hindered my installation :) . I will have to work on that ! Maybe a canopy first to keep it somewhat dry. ( That makes 2 things to do. It's getting worse )

The set of Agriease forks I was after got seriously backordered so I ended up ordering a set of Walco Renegade 3700 lb with 42 inch forks from the same Guy. They were supposed to be 1100 landed but because I had already waited 2 1/2 -3 months he lowered the price by a nice amount for me. Nice...

I dialed my mill in a little bit better on the weekend. When I assembled it I noticed that the rails are ever so slightly different in height from one end to the next. Maybe a heavy thirty second plus or minus depending. I didn't giver it a whole lot of thought but I have noticed that it will...

Apparently the club is smaller than you were thinking ! ;)

I just ordered a set of 42 inch 2200 lb. Agriease skid steer pallet forks . 1300 landed. Most stuff around here starts around 1300 before taxes and shipping.

Hi Blue . I have a G3033H that I bought new in the fall of 2014. The only issue I have ever had was that the digital panel messed up a bit . I disconnected the battery and Let the chips/computer ( or whatever it is ) reset itself. That was 5 or 6 years ago and all has been well since. I have...

I have been milling lumber for my Garage / shop while clearing the land this summer. I only work the mornings as the afternoons are too hot for me. Having a good time at it though. I am really liking my Woodland Mills HM130 max. I bought a laser and put it on the mill with a piece of white...

Sounded like an easy fix ;). Happy Tractoring .

That's the ones right there . (y)

Hi all . I have been shopping for pallet forks this last little while and i came across a guy that's selling implements about an hour and a half from me with some good pricing. He has 4000 lb 48 inch pallet forks for 995 plus taxes. I texted him and his response to my questions was " the forks...

Not much snow this year . More rain and ice storms than anything in my area. Here are a few pics from a few years ago. All kinds then !

So what you end up with is a non constipated cookie :cool: . BTW , the PEG that we buy comes from the states ( quite pricey too ) and comes in plastic jugs looking much like powdered laundry soap that has gotten damp and clumped. We then dissolve it in water to make the solution . When in the...

We submerge any cookies that we get for particular customers in a solution of peg (Polyethylene Glycol) and water. Depending on the size of the cookie (some as big as 3 feet across and 3-4 inches thick) , they can stay in the solution for as long as 4 months . We continuously check the solution...

Walnut would be mine . Love the smell when machining . Mind you we do sell a fair amount of cherry at my work for good reason . :)

The ssqa on my LS tractor is fairly easy to line up once you get used to it. I can see the top but not the sides so I just line up evenly side to side on my levers and come in square. The only thing that I have found is that some things require your loader to be levelled out before the plate...

I have a bunch of kd birds eye maple that I have been hoarding for years (amongst other woods) that I have been waiting to have a proper shop of my own to work it in. Almost there . Then I will need a helical head planer so it won't chip as much as a traditional planer does sometimes. wishes ...

A lot of my poplar trees are 50-60 feet tall and 12-16 inches at the butt. The first 20 feet or so is pretty much branch free so this will make for a lot of fairly clear lumber. And they grow like weeds so pretty sustainable .

I cut my first couple of poplar logs on the mill today. (the first bunch of logs on the pile were spruce). It is really nice and white as opposed to the green hue that a lot of poplar that we sell at my work has. I am not sure of the exact type of poplar I have but there is a ton of it on my...

Resetting the rule on a woodland mill saw is really easy. Once the saw head is adjusted to level you simply put the magnetic rule on the metal post and slide it up and down behind the pointer to match the height of the blade off the bunk . I like its simplicity.

That would have been a head scratcher until you checked your scale and saw the problem . You would not see that coming . The saving grace for me is that I work with fractions all day every work day so it is second nature to me.

I also went with the normal scale on the mill and do the calculations in my head to compensate for the saw cuts as I go. This is what I am used to at my work and I find it works best for me on the sawmill as well.

I may do that because I went to the top a few times simply because the old pointer worked that way. I caught myself before messing up a cut. I may try a bright red line right in the middle before I do that. Just messing around to see what works best for me.

The pointer on my log scale was annoying me. It obscures an inch and a half of the graduations when moving up and down. I noticed on some of the other woodland mills sawmills that they had a clear pointer so I made one out of Lexan for my 130 to try it. I like this way better. It was throwing me...

That would be a fun machine to setup and operate. I love old woodworking machinery.

When I built the base for my mill I wanted the levelling feet to be centered on the 2x6 cap sitting on the 6x6 frame. Only trouble was that my log stops catch the base by about 3/8 of an inch. ( didn't see that coming ) The solution was to chisel a 1/2 inch grove down the side of the base...

Finally up and running ! The mill runs smooth as silk. It started on the second pull. I still have to buy a battery . Feels pretty good for height so I am glad that worked out well . The whole machine feels pretty solid.

I found the biggest thing was to make sure your branches are dry . Green spruce and fir branches on a wet day will clog for sure. That being said I still try to alternate the spruce with the hardwood even on dry days. BTW I have a woodland mills wc68 chipper.

Best Christmas in October ever :-)

We got the saw head up on the tracks Sunday afternoon. Should be milling next weekend. I still have to tighten everything up and level the saw head to the bunks. Then I can prep the motor for the first run. I did tap the base from the end when loading the head so I need to slightly readjust the...

Hi Zmann. Older thread but I am thinking you will see this. I hooked up my backhoe about a month ago and quickly noticed that there was a lot more movement in the whole backhoe when I was digging . I stopped to investigate and low and behold the 4 main bolts holding the hoe onto the subframe...

My track is 37 inches wide and 231 3/4 inches long. The base is 38 1/2 inches wide and 20 feet long.

Almost there .

here we go

Can only post 2 at a time i guess.

So it took me 2 months of weekend mornings to get to this point. Near melted more than a few times :) . Anyway , the base is made from pressure treated 6x6 and held together on the inside with 1 inch x5x5 angle brackets all lag screwed in .There are 2 1/2" x 8 x 16 concrete blocks under every...

Yes I have had the mill for a while now. The heat is just slowing me down getting the land cleared. It will go right at the back of the clearing somewhat crossways . One more weekend of cleaning up and I should be ready to start Building it. Really getting itchy to get it put together. I could...

Making my sawmill road just a little bit bigger on the weekend . Last of the trees are down so now it's just a matter of moving the last of the logs and a bit more wood chipper work . Always have to stop around dinner time or so. I pretty much melt when it starts getting up around 30 degrees...

Hi Doofy. I have 2 Makita sets the same as yours bought a few years apart . I use them regularly . The first set of batteries will not take a charge now . I did some reading and apparently after trying 3 times with an unsuccessful charge the battery has a chip that locks you out from any further...

I hear you on the heat issue. I have been slowed down a bunch because I can only work in the mornings on the weekends preparing a spot down in the woods for our Woodland mills 130 max mill. It gets way to hot for me usually from 12 o'clock on . All the grunt work is done now and I can begin...

Hello from Norton New Brunswick ! Welcome to TBN . Enjoy your new ride . Btw , if you don't post pics it didn't happen :-)

We bought the Starlink package a while back and couldn't be happier. It spikes up to 350 mbps but usually runs around 120-150 . 50 Mbps on a really stormy night . We can now run multiple things in 4K. Sure beats the Xplornet that we had before. . It was a 10 Mbps package that ran off cell...

The better half and I were out for a drive today in the country and drove by a half ton hauling a tractor on a duel axle trailer. Pretty normal thing to see except this guy had a fairly large vintage tractor on his trailer , the type with the 2 front wheels close together. It had rear tires...

Hi Gordon , I am not sure how many tons are in a tandem load but I get it delivered for that price. Feeling pretty lucky considering the price of diesel . As for the chips , most of it is either spread out around the edge or filling in the hollows in small amounts. Surprisingly it didn't add up...

It's a Woodland Mills WC68 wood chipper. Works awesome . I am chipping every bit of brush as I go . The only problem I have with it so far and it is my own doing is that if I put it up high on the 3 point it is angled. It tends to drip hydro fluid out the cap if left that way. And I forget to...

Crushed shale . I get it from a pit about 3 miles down the road. 80 dollars per tandem load. Very good deal in my opinion and it packs down really good.

I have been putting in a little road down behind our house in order to make a spot for our bandsaw mill. I am in about 100 feet or so and something like 35 feet wide at the back. I will push another 15 feet into the woods at the back and widen it out by another 15 or 20 feet before I set the...

My experience has been that if you dress dry rough lumber and leave it for a long period before using it , chances are it will move again on you to a degree. Best to simply store it until you need to use it then mill it. What I do with wider wood after dressing is stand it on edge on a bench...

Pushing a small road down into the woods to set up the new sawmill . I will get 5 tandem loads of shale this Saturday to finish it off and make a nice flat place about 100 feet in for the mill. Cleaning up the logs and the brush as I get down in there with the tractor. Getting closer to milling...

Looks really rugged (y) . Enjoy!

I would suggest that you use your new mill to make some lumber to build a dog house and then , you guessed it . You can be in the doghouse ! :)

How about , sounds like rustole ium . Threads going sideways lol.

I have a 2 camera setup that I got for my Birthday last October. I haven't got it on the tractor yet , not that I procrastinate or anything . Nice setup BTW !

The problem with a great idea like that is that I get payed on Fridays and the bills wait for no man or sawmill for that matter Ha HA . One more sleep and I will get it in the yard and opened up. I did open up the extension box and loaded the parts into my car and took them home tonight . Very...

I won't be able to bring it home until Friday but it sure is good to have it at my work until then . :cool:

Talk about a company under promising and over delivering ! I ordered my mill on May 29 and they said that it could be anywhere from 6-12 weeks delivery. Fair enough right ? At least you know . I got an e-mail today telling me my mill and accessories have shipped . Barely a week . Hats off to...

I know that when we mill eastern cedar from here in New Brunswick , it dulls the jointer and planer blades down fairly quickly ( high speed steel ) as well as putting tiny nicks in the blades if you are doing any amount of it . We always figured that maybe the cedar we use , which is in swampy...

That's about as cool as it gets . Good catch .

Yeah I figured until I get a roof of some sort the laser would be hit and miss . I also have trees all around me so that should help .

Yes it is the HM 130 Max . I corrected my post (y). From everything I have read their customer support is top notch. Now the waiting 😶 .

Well I am officially in the que at Woodland Mills . My order was confirmed today . I ordered an HM 130 max mill with extension , 2 boxes of blades , 1 peavey , 1 winch post kit , sawmill cover until I get something up to cover the mill and a spare parts kit . Right now they are saying 6-12...

Really glad to see this thread started. I just ordered the solar fans for my kiln and they will arrive this week. (was waiting for the price to drop some) . The kiln will hopefully be built this summer . I will be ordering a woodland mills HM130 Max with extension in 2-3 months. I figure...

I had my 2014 G3033H give me blinking numbers on my dash panel a few times over the years (not an error message) . It would not go away even when shut off . Everything else worked fine .I unhooked the battery for a few minutes and reconnected it. Back to normal. I chalked it up to computer chips...

Woods BSM72P . Works awesome . Very well built and Lots of weight.

Once in a while the wind will wake me up with a face full of cold dust but on the whole it's quite enjoyable. :-) It's the very best when you wait and go out the next day with no wind and a sunny day for cleanup. Good tractor therapy 🚜

72 inch fully hydraulic Normand blower from Pattersons on my 33 hp HST LS tractor . zero issues , never bogs me down and throws snow pretty far. Your tractor should handle this with ease .

My Tag is the same as yours BlueLS . LB 1100 series. Here is a shot of my manual cover.

No I am still in the shopping stage. I thought back when I was looking at titan that their thumb would require a 1/8th or 1/4 inch shim to make it work properly. Been a year or two since I looked at it though. Things may have changed or I simply may have misread.

It's an LB1100 series with subframe .

I got really lucky with mine. I had not used the backhoe in a bit and I noticed it after I unmounted it . For some reason I reached up and jiggled the joystick and noticed it was extra wobbly. Had I reattached the hoe and drove around for a few hours I would have been picking up the pieces all...

Exact same implement . I did have one of the levers loosen up this summer . Just something to check once in a while just like every other bolt on a tractor. Thanks for the parts info .

I bought this a month and a half ago to rake my 250 foot driveway. I would love to have a land pride or something like that but this will only get used every 2-3 years or whenever I have a bit of a washout . Hard to justify the money . Anyway , I used it to get the rocks off after box blading...

Try the pic again . I resized it. I don't remember ever having to do this on TBN .

The first thing . I bought a backup camera kit (2 cameras and 1 screen ) on Amazon for my tractor. mostly for hooking up implements and hopefully for snow blowing . The question is does anybody know the proper name of the spare electrical connection that is on the back of my 2014 LS G3033h...

That seems to be a very reasonable price to me. It will be more up here in Canada but still still probably not bad. Thanks for the info. Gonna look into this . (y)

Compare this to yours .

I thought I had read somewhere a long time ago that it was Ansung . Not sure about that by any means though. lol

Thanks for that. I noticed early on that my backhoe and one size of the kioti backhoes looked like the same manufacturer . The KB2465 seems to be a match for my unit. I will look into the pricing and availability up here . I was always hesitant because of a possible mistake . Pretty pricey if...

Hi there . That looks awesome. I have been searching for a bolt on thumb for the backhoe on my LS g3033h . The Titan bolt on would have done the trick I think but it seems to not be very available in Canada . Any time I saw it (rare) , it was hugely over priced. If you don't mind my asking ...

Number one is working well for me . I also like the ability to stack lumber and such in the grapple while working around the yard.

Thanks for all the input guys. TBN is a great place to get schooled when you are not sure what to do . My wife picked up the shortest top link the other day and it is 20 inches retracted. We wanted to make sure we go one of the 3 that were in stock at princess auto ( I always seem to miss the...

Thanks for that . The one I am looking at is the right length and category . Do you know if the cylinder size of this top link is big enough for my tractor or if it matters . 2 in. Bore x 8 in. Stroke Top Link Cylinder rod diameter is 1 1/4" The other two that the store offers are bigger...

Hi all . I am trying to figure out if this top link would be suitable for my tractor . The length is fine but I am not very schooled in what size cylinder I would need or if it matters. This is what I was looking at . "2 in. Bore x 8 in. Stroke Top Link Cylinder" Hopefully that's enough info...

Lol 😁 . My tears are done sir. Btw where did you get your chipper wax 😜?

I am a little late posting this. My chipper arrived July 28 . A full 2 months ahead of the due shipping date. Fine by me. I have not had much of a chance to use it yet but the few pieces that I ran into it went no problem. It was packaged really well but it still had some noticeable dings on the...

Looks awesome ! Your gonna have some fun now 👍

I don't think I have enough tractor for that one . The 68 will do bigger wood than I have the HP for from the looks of the stats but if I ever get a bigger tractor the 68 will still suit.

I have been saving my pennies since last fall for this wood chipper. I like to have most of the money ready for purchases this size . I don't like bills. Anyway I have been following Woodland Mills lead times and it was August 31 ship date on the WC68 6″ PTO Wood Chipper . Got up this morning...

Finally got around to taking the blower off and putting the grapple and box blade on to move them out of the way. The driveway needs some loving as it gets rutted up every spring So the box blade will get some use real soon. Looking forward to using it. The little tractor looked naked in between...

Mine is forward for down and back for up. Seems logical .

Got this last fall and used it quite a bit already . Dug up some smaller stumps and moved quite a few logs around.

This was actually in December but It was good fun moving the wood around .

I may have posted this before but it is still a good one. I took this across from the Sussex New Brunswick Tim Horton drive thru .

We had a storm on Saturday of 6 or 7 inches of snow . Sunday was a nice calm day for cleanup. It took about 3 hours or so . Nice relaxing time on the tractor. Almost therapeutic I would say .

I finally got some time to clean a bunch of stuff up . Gathered all the loose lumber and off cuts and made a fairly tidy pile . It's all stickered so the carpenter ants don't have a new home in the spring. I also got to play with my box blade a bit more . I changed the angle a bit to get the...

Hi CoyPatton. I do have 2 sets of rear remotes and a hydraulic top link is on my list of needs for the tractor. I have the 3 point all the way up or very close to it in that picture. If you look in the pic I have posted here you will see that my 2 side links have 2 more settings each to raise...

Finally got around to hooking up our new box blade. I think I will adjust the 3 point arms a bit more to gain a bit more height . Other than that it seems to work fairly well . I had a partial load of shale spread around nicely in about 15 minutes . This thing is good fun to use . Lots more to...

Not exactly seat time but ........... I will call it bucket time . This is the best fully mobile and adjustable workbench you can get lol.

Well this was over the last few days but who's counting . Tore out my old front step and built and hoisted the new one into place. Scratched some dirt away with the backhoe and bucket (added some crushed shale to level with ) then put in the new patio stones and then set the posts . Lots more...

Ken's bolt on hooks work A-1 :thumbsup:

Well I got the hoses on and routed . It will have to be made more permanent but i was really itching to see how it performed . Grill guard coming soon before I get into any brush! Smaller stumps come up pretty easy . I need to get used to the weight as it comes down a lot quicker than my bucket...

We picked this up from the freight terminal Friday afternoon . No action shots yet But I am really impressed with how rugged this thing is. Because I never had the bucket off the tractor since I bought it (2014) I had to lube the ssqa a bit . It worked great after that. I was able to mount the...

Time to continue on past the culvert. We started pushing into the woods last week. Dug out a fair amount of stumps and moved a bunch of brush and logs aside. The boss even gave me a hand. She is getting good with the loader ! We have a grapple coming this week and that will easily take care of...

I would love to get a titan bolt on but as far as I can see it is only available in the US. There doesn't seem to be a whole lot available up here that i like. One of these days I will price up the duty,exchange and shipping. Then I will cry and order it :-) Right now I have to worry the big...

I dug out 12 or so stumps today while clearing land for a new building. Mostly small poplar and spruce but a couple of fair sized maple stumps. Maple (hardest) always takes a while to get loose.

We just ordered a Blue Diamond 66" light duty grapple . Should be about 2 weeks for it to get here . I think it will be a long 2 weeks :thumbdown: I need to fashion a grill guard and get a couple of 3/8 " x 14 ' hoses made up and primed. I will run this off the rear remotes. From what i am...

We finally decided to fill in some of the big hole in the back yard a few weeks ago. 11 tandem loads of crushed shale in the hole and 2 on top for working around the yard with. Yesterday I put in a small culvert to get me across to where our garage /shop will go in a few years . now i can easily...

I have some driveway work and land clearing to do this summer and this should fit the bill quite nicely. Now I have to look up the very good box blade tutorial post that is on the site and give it a good read. Super pleased to have this piece of equipment .

I finally switched out the backhoe for the snowblower lol . I figure if I had waited any longer mother nature would have taught me a lesson on procrastination. First I had to move the blower out of the way to drop the hoe. Kens hooks are really handy ! I really need more yard space .(...

My driveway after the ice storm a week ago . Thank goodness the sand is free at the local gov. garages around here . Pretty hairy walking around until I got the sand going . Ice makes for a hard landing ! Managed to stay on my feet though :thumbsup:

Big storm tonight and all through tomorrow. Everything is fueled up and ready to go !

Pushing back the banks in the yard . Any reason at all to start it up :)

When my LS G3033H was delivered The backhoe was on the tractor and the top link was hooked up . The guy that delivered it made a point of telling me to make sure that it stayed good and tight . Check it lots . I saw some pictures not long ago on TBN of a top link sheared in half while connected...

Very cool machine !

This is a friend of a friend trying to pull his truck out. So , so lucky to be alive !

Well I gotta say , there are some pretty hard acts to follow (beautiful work) in this thread but I will throw some pics in here just for the heck of it. I have been working as a custom woodworker since 1985 and it's been good to me . And I am betting that almost every piece of...

Snow weapon #1 all pumped up , gassed up and charged up . Until the ground freezes this will take care of the white stuff . After the freeze I can try the new blower !

Today I got the dirt weapon uninstalled Then I had a naked little tractor for a couple of hours And finally I got the new snow weapon attached . Pretty pumped for some snow :D Taking the backhoe off for the first time went fairly well . Hopefully getting it back on will go...

Not a lot of seat time but I did get in lots of rock raking time ! Not the most fun thing to do but better than running into them this winter when clearing snow . I had 8 or 9 times this amount so I dumped it at the end of the driveway . Every little bit helps when you can use more yard space.

Anyone know how close Landini blue is to LS blue ? Puma snow blowers come in this color and New Holland blue . Thanks .

I scored this for next to nothing the other day . It's a new roll cage off a cat forklift . It measures up pretty good for bolt on points but the height will have to be modified for sure . I don't have a shop up yet but when I do this will be my first project . Hopefully it will make a good...

I got the G3033h out to move some logs this morning and my tachometer display was flashing . Its flashing all zeros then ones ,then twos ect . Fuel and temperature guages do not work either . All other lights and warnings are fine and the tractor is working normal . Nothing much in the manual...

Hi all . Well I got the 3033 out to clear back the snow banks on the driveway today . Warmed it up for 10 minutes and then played in the snow for about 5 minutes . I had the tractor on a slight angle and it started to bog down when I backed up . Looked at the fuel gauge and it was fairly low...

Hi All . My tractor loader is an LL3102 with a 66 inch bucket. It has a pc of rectangular steel tubing welded on the inside of the top of the bucket from the factory . I was wondering if anyone knew if this was strong enough by itself for bolt on hooks without welding steel across the top? Seems...

This is the absolute easiest that I have ever moved firewood around . :cool: I love this thing .

Ok , I am going to open myself up for some good old fashioned ribbing here :laughing: I have had the licence plate for the tractor since last week and I can't see an obvious place for it to bolt on . I even went so far as to look at pics on the web and nothing . Not a thing in the manual either...

Hi all . We just bought this tractor a week ago Friday. Awesome machine . I have never owned a tractor before but this does lots more that I expected. We got it for snow removal and clearing our treed property . Up here in New Brunswick Canada we tend to get lots of snow . I have a backhoe...