fire wood carrier

[shine]

How do you carry fire wood with your Kubota? Three point carryall, bucket modifacation, forks?

 

[veresjwv]

I just use the bucket on my L3400, I don't mind making a couple of trips from the wood shed to the house. I love the seat time.

 

[Q-Saw]

I modified some pallets and use the loader forks to move them around. My next project is to add some steel roofing to the top of each one. Each pallet holds about one 16" face cord of wood.

 

[BigD23]

Front loader when I want to haul more than what I need for a night or two...Wood pile's not that far from the house...Still saves on the back though.

 

[JTPass]

I have used the front loader on my older (sold) L2550. I now have a B3200 with a front snowblower. I don't yet have a plan for moving firewoor now that I have to take the loader off when the snow flies. I will keep my eye on this thread for any ideas.

Jim from NH

 

[radioman]

I have used the bucket of BX24, used little dump cart, and found none to my satisfaction. Dump cart is too long, and it suxs when ground is wet, making ruts. The FEL is good enough for a few days worth of wood so a few trips is needed. I have been meaning to make little pallets with tall sides to carry wood with to pile in ahead of time but first I need to make 3pt forks for it. This summer I made "clamp on forks" to FEL and I will test it this winter to see how well it works carrying more wood.

 

[peterc38]

I just use the bucket too. 3 Full buckets fills up a rack I have on my front porch and a small rack in the house for the day's supply. My pile is maybe 75 ft from my front door. Here is some of my current supply

 

[Q-Saw]

Peterc38 -

Nice collection of firewood, it looks like you've been busy!

Good idea on putting pallets under the pile to keep the wood off the ground - I'll have to give that a try.

- Marty

 

[Ed_Indiana]

I fill up my 4 X 8 trailer and park it in an out building near the house. As I start using wood out of the trailer I resupply it using the FEL. If I want to haul more I hook up the carry all and use them both.

 

[peterc38]

Peterc38 -

Nice collection of firewood, it looks like you've been busy!

Good idea on putting pallets under the pile to keep the wood off the ground - I'll have to give that a try.

- Marty

Its hard to tell from the picture (which is actually 4 pictures stitched together) but there is 6 cords in the racks which I split by hand w/ a Fiskars super splitter and the pile has about another 4 cords which I used hydraulic splitter. Plus I have more wood "down back" that I am processing. I always stack on pallets that I scrounge from work.

 

[mcnitt]

I do something similar to qsaw. I used scrap pieces of 4' x 4' OSB to make three sided boxes on pallets. Then I use the bolt on loader forks to move them around and stage them where I need them.

 

[Ken45101]

Going from the woods to the wood shed, I mostly use the RTV-900. Dump bed is great and it gets to locations that the tractor can't get to. If I have a large amount, I may pull a utility trailer with the tractor.

From the wood shed to the house, I use one of the small carts behind the 4 wheeler and park both in the garage. That's good for 3-4 days.

 

[Ken45101]

Going from the woods to the wood shed, I mostly use the RTV-900. Dump bed is great and it gets to locations that the tractor can't get to. If I have a large amount, I may pull a utility trailer with the tractor.

From the wood shed to the house, I use one of the small carts behind the 4 wheeler and park both in the garage. That's good for 3-4 days.

 

[BigD23]

I just use the bucket too. 3 Full buckets fills up a rack I have on my front porch and a small rack in the house for the day's supply. My pile is maybe 75 ft from my front door. Here is some of my current supply

That's some serious looking wood there bro...Makes me feel like I'm lazy.

Don

 

[pfatz]

Is the forklift attachment a Kubota item? I need to build something to do the job with my B7510.

Pfatz

 

[Q-Saw]

Pfatz - I have the quick-attach on my loader. The pallet forks are standard skidsteer forks (not made by Kubota). Switching from the bucket to the forks takes all of about 30 seconds with the quick-attach.

Sometimes I throw an empty pallet on the forks (angled back) and just stack firewood on the pallet against the backstop. I can carry more that way than I can in the bucket.

I also use the Carry-Hauler (not my tractor in the picture) on the 3PH for moving firewood. The bed is 4'x6', so it will hold quite a bit, and it dumps (manual/gravity dump). Mine has been beefed up at the lift pins, and also has expanded metal fitted to the sides to match the deck. It will carry a full basket (3/4 face cord) with no problem. It's rated at 2,500 lbs. I got it at Tractor Supply when I had a coupon.

- Marty

 

[Ken45101]

Is the forklift attachment a Kubota item? I need to build something to do the job with my B7510.

Pfatz

If your loader has a standard skid steer quick attach (e.g. "Bobcat quick attach") any standard skid steer forks will fit.

If you do not have the quick attach, you can get forks that clamp onto the bucket.

Ken

 

[Firefighter Kubota]

Is the forklift attachment a Kubota item? I need to build something to do the job with my B7510.

Pfatz

I bought these for my 7510. Very Happy with them..

48" Useable Length Clamp & Chain on Loader Bucket Forks - eBay (item 150377005531 end time Oct-31-09 04:20:20 PDT)

Contact him direct, Has has mulitple models...and lengths....

 

[newbury]

I don't burn much wood, but my favorite method of moving it is just pick it up.

 

[NIdaho]

FACE CORD ?

That is a new one on me? I have been around wood cutting all of my life, but had never heard that term so I had to Google it (**** what did we do before Google!). a cord is a unit of volume that is 4' x 4' x 8' I have always heard 1/3 of a cord or a 1/2 of a cord.

I guess with a "face cord" you would also need to say what length the wood is cut to 12", 14", 16", 18", or 24" as that would make a big difference.