The wood lot

[Green Acres Homestead]

At age 14 my father gave me my first power saw. Since then I spent many enjoyable days and at age 51 it is still my hobby. Having a nice tractor and a walking beam dump trailer certainly makes it even more enjoyable. Anybody else have the same addiction. Would be interested in seeing you operation and discuss wood lot management.

 

[JGL]

Just seen your thread. I think that I have the same saw as yours. I bought it last year, it was rusty and dull. After a little work to clean it up, I sharpened the blade and put some set on the teeth. Last spring I junked 6 cords of firewood with no problem.The only thing that I did since is put a guage, and gave it a new coat of paint. At one time it ran with a belt, whoever changed it knew what he was doig. He put a rear end of a car to the output shaft. The tractor turns at 1250RPM, the saw turns around 1300RPM. Do you have a name or a model No on yours? Will send pics as soon as I figure how. Thanks

 

[Green Acres Homestead]

Just seen your thread. I think that I have the same saw as yours. I bought it last year, it was rusty and dull. After a little work to clean it up, I sharpened the blade and put some set on the teeth. Last spring I junked 6 cords of firewood with no problem.The only thing that I did since is put a guage, and gave it a new coat of paint. At one time it ran with a belt, whoever changed it knew what he was doig. He put a rear end of a car to the output shaft. The tractor turns at 1250RPM, the saw turns around 1300RPM. Do you have a name or a model No on yours? Will send pics as soon as I figure how. Thanks

Do not see any label. Rusted and painted over many times. Been collecting stuff since I was 14. I am 51 now. Due to health I do not get to use my stuff much. Not even sure when I bought this piece. Perhaps someday I will get to spend a few hours with it again.

 

[JGL]

I've got a 1986 Kubota L2250 with 2270 hrs on it,never had it the shop, except for routine maintenance, oil change, filters, etc. Changing system let go a few years after I bought her, retrofited a 37 amp Delco alternator, works fine. Got a Farmi JL290 winch, saves a lot of backbreaking work. I cut the trees down, limb some branches off, and haul to a pile. When I get roughly 5 cords, I'll go up with the cordsaw and junk it, after I'll split with the hydrolic splitter and pile on pallets. I will cover with plastic on top,will leave to dry for 7 to 8 months.My wood is 80% maple with the remaining being poplar and spruce and grey birch.

 

[andrehoude123]

I'm only 16 my dad gave me the little ms180 and I Kubota l45 to go play in the woods with and every weekend when we go up to the camp I can't wait to work out in the woods it's so fun I wish I could just move up there full time an do that!

 

[JGL]

It is fun, but make sure to take your time and be careful, remember that an accident in the woods usually take time to mend.

 

[JGL]

I'm trying to send you a pic of my woodcutter, don't know if it's going to work...

 

[Lloyd_E]

jgl,

Does it work? Is it loud? One for sale up here for $250.

 

[JGL]

When I use the saw, I always use my helmet with visor and earmuff. It works very well and it's not back breaking like junking with the chainsaw. When that pic was taken, I hadn't put a gauge, now it's on the left side of the saw and I can set it for 16 to 20 inches.

 

[Green Acres Homestead]

I'm only 16 my dad gave me the little ms180 and I Kubota l45 to go play in the woods with and every weekend when we go up to the camp I can't wait to work out in the woods it's so fun I wish I could just move up there full time an do that!

Once you love this work you will always love it. You build up an endurance to the flies, heat, cold. Etc. My father worked in the woods until he was 85 years old because he build up the endurance his entire life. I worked in the office for 28 years and I can say working in the woods on your own property is the most enjoyable job there is. Just be careful. I worked beside my father for 2 years before he let me go on my own. It can be danagerous.

 

[Green Acres Homestead]

Wood lot safety conversation. Anybody that worked in the woods knows there is countless amount of things that can badly injure or kill you. Let's list them.

Before cutting a tree always look up and make sure no broken branches is ready to fall on your head and kill you or break your neck.

Always where safety gear.

Anybody want to add anything cause there is lots.

 

[Green Acres Homestead]

I'm trying to send you a pic of my woodcutter, don't know if it's going to work...<img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=343763"/>

Looks like the same kind as mine. Yep. They are loud but they are great for stuff smaller then 8 inches. I have a conveyor that when I push the next stick through the cut stick gets pushed onto a conveyor which loads it into my truck. Less handling which makes the smaller stuff more feasible to process. Not wasting the small stuff makes for good wood lot stewardship.

 

[Lloyd_E]

Wood lot safety:

Do not work if you are tired or rushed.
Be patient.
Have an exit route if the tree starts to fall in the wrong direction.
Leave lots of room between the tree and your gear.
Do regular maintenance on your gear/winch.
Check all cable runs before winching.
Clear communications between other workers: know where they are and what they are doing.

 

[andrehoude123]

Don't worry I've been by my dad for many years and I try to never work alone things happen to fast!

 

[Brimfield]

I'm trying to send you a pic of my woodcutter, don't know if it's going to work...View attachment 343763

jgl,

Does it work? Is it loud? One for sale up here for $250.

Man $250 I would be all over that.

Wood cutting WARNING!!! I worked with a guy who like me burns wood and drops trees by himself, he was ggod at it. One day he dropped his first tree and then went for the one next to it. It took a bad fall and pinned him shattering his knee. No one knew he was out cutting and 5 hours later a cousin happened to ride a quad and saw him. He was flown out and almost died. He had severe swelling and later a bad infection almost cost him the leg. He came back to work 364 days later to save his job. They built braces for him to walk because he still had no knee and they were not sure if they could do anything. Now I make sure someone is around when I cut.

 

[Green Acres Homestead]

I had property that was black loam. The tractor would sink even when the property was dry so I killed two birds with one stone by using the long pieces in the slash to build a corduroy road.

 

[Green Acres Homestead]

What about road building. Anybody ever use Geo material and put gravel or soil over it. Did it keep the tractor from sinking?. Normally I make a corduroy road but i was wanting to make a better driveway so I am thinking of geo-material.

 

[dave1949]

Geo material is not a substitute for a good base. It keeps a good base "good" by preventing mud from squishing up into the base material.

The first two or three hundred feet of my driveway crosses a wet area. Geo material went down first, then a base of bank run gravel on top of that about two feet deep. The bank run varied from fist size to watermelon size rock with some fines. A layer of 3" minus came next, then topping. It's had more than a few heavy trucks on it and is holding up well.

 

[JGL]

Since my last thread, I've finished cutting my wood for next year, about 4 cords. I'm going to wait till frost sets in the woods, then I'll go up with the cord saw, and splitter and stack my wood on pallets.

 

[Green Acres Homestead]

Geo material is not a substitute for a good base. It keeps a good base "good" by preventing mud from squishing up into the base material. The first two or three hundred feet of my driveway crosses a wet area. Geo material went down first, then a base of bank run gravel on top of that about two feet deep. The bank run varied from fist size to watermelon size rock with some fines. A layer of 3" minus came next, then topping. It's had more than a few heavy trucks on it and is holding up well.

Great info thanks.