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[retiredmgn]

Howdy folks,
Seems like a nice site. Like to hang around for a bit.
I just traded a Kubota 19 hp for a HST JD 3238. I bring in 6-7 cord a year for firewood. My question is this, what can I use as a rule of thumb to determine if a tree is safe to skid out without over stressing my tractor. I've been going on the idea the release valve will allow fluid to pass before any damage will happen to my tractor. After reading posts here I'm no longer sure.
I like to cut trees in the 8 - 10" range.

Thanks
Mark

 

[ihuntbear]

i have a fifty hp.I haul five at a time with my log winch.Full tree length.8 to 12 inches at the but .Some trees are forty five feet long

 

[Baby Grand]

Mark,
How much power does your tractor have and how much does it weigh? I could look it up myself, but I'm too lazy. How do you hitch the cut timber to your machine? Do you have FEL, ballast, chains, type tires? What's your terain like? Hardwood or softwood?
-Jim

 

[LD1]

Not sure about the HST, but as long as you are pulling from the drawbar, I think it will be safe for anything that you can move.

If you hook to the drawbar and it pulls, you are good, If you spin the tires, it is obviously too heavy and needs cut down. But as long as you can move it, I dont think you are going to hurt the tractor.

 

[ModMech]

Howdy folks,
Seems like a nice site. Like to hang around for a bit.
I just traded a Kubota 19 hp for a HST JD 3238. I bring in 6-7 cord a year for firewood. My question is this, what can I use as a rule of thumb to determine if a tree is safe to skid out without over stressing my tractor. I've been going on the idea the release valve will allow fluid to pass before any damage will happen to my tractor. After reading posts here I'm no longer sure.
I like to cut trees in the 8 - 10" range.

Thanks
Mark

If you are lifting them to skid, keep the front tires FIRMLY on the ground to be safe. If you are simply dragging them, traction will be the limiting factor.

 

[manganos]

I would say you can pull as much as you can without stalling or running out of traction.

 

[zman007007]

Welcome to our and maybe soon to be your world. LOL be careful it is addictive once you get on here. zman

 

[Thomas]

May depend on couple things.
What type of ground..hard or soft,flat or slope,log form or w/limbs.

Last thing you want log/logs breaking traction and slam into your tractor..cause damage or worse.

I'd try couple couple logs to see/feel the handling than go from there.

 

[retiredmgn]

i have a fifty hp.I haul five at a time with my log winch.Full tree length.8 to 12 inches at the but .Some trees are forty five feet long

Well ya, I can pull a bunch of stuff now (although I ain't gona try what you're listing with your 50 hp). What I need to educate myself about is at what point am I stressing the machine. I want to be able to keep pulling several years from now.

 

[retiredmgn]

Mark,
How much power does your tractor have and how much does it weigh? I could look it up myself, but I'm too lazy. How do you hitch the cut timber to your machine? Do you have FEL, ballast, chains, type tires? What's your terain like? Hardwood or softwood?
-Jim

Howdy. I need to back up here I guess - (you mean everybody isn't thinking and knowing about MY new tractor?? Probably not
Tractor is John Deere, 37 Hp, FEL, AG tires loaded, chains.
Terrain is basicly flat. I hook to the drawbar on the TPH to try to get the log butt up out of the dirt. Only cut hardwood.

Don't want to raise any hackels here but I'm thinkin' that Kubota B8200, 19 HP, HST with unusually wide rear tires could pull more than this JD. That's my concern .