Tractors and wood! Show your pics

[JCMC]

And is that a wood powered boiler to the left?

Yes it is a Central Boiler CL-40 I installed in November 1998 (knock on wood)

 

[94BULLITT]

A truck load of work arrived friday.

 

[Creamer]

A truck load of work arrived friday.

That's cheating! And not near as much fun.

 

[Creamer]

It is a skate wheel conveyor that I sometimes use to get wood from trailer to splitter.

I would never have guessed that but great idea!

 

[94BULLITT]

That's cheating! And not near as much fun.

I have a little wood here to cut but not much. I would have to go somewhere else and cut. I don't have the time to load the tractor up and go and cut trees down, then drag them out. Then either load them up and haul them home or cut them up there. It is more cost effective for me to buy logs. By having the logs deliver I can process them when I have the free time. If I have 15min I can get a little cutting done. The guy that brought the wood said him and another guy can get 3 loads out in 2 days and they have a skidder and a loader on the truck. How long do you think it would take with a tractor?

 

[motownbrowne]

I have a little wood here to cut but not much. I would have to go somewhere else and cut. I don't have the time to load the tractor up and go and cut trees down, then drag them out. Then either load them up and haul them home or cut them up there. It is more cost effective for me to buy logs. By having the logs deliver I can process them when I have the free time. If I have 15min I can get a little cutting done. The guy that brought the wood said him and another guy can get 3 loads out in 2 days and they have a skidder and a loader on the truck. How long do you think it would take with a tractor?

I think buying logs makes good sense. I'm considering buying a load myself this winter. Around here we pay about $80-100/cord for a 10 cord load delivered. Yes, I have a tractor and a winch, but when you figure in the wear and tear on your equipment and your time, $100/cord isn't so bad. I can cut out myself for less, but it takes time, and if you wreck something like a tire or a hydraulic line, or snag an oil filter, those couple of logs can get very expensive.

 

[Gordon Gould]

Buying log-length firewood does make a lot of sense but it makes me think of what we used to do when there was more time and less money. In the seventies around the time of the first oil crisis. The state marked off 5 cord wood lots along a rough woods road in Groton State Forest (for one). A friend and I would buy two adjacent 5 cord lots for $5 each with the promise to cut all the marked trees, leave stumps no higher than a foot, and pile the brush. Starting around Labor Day we would go there every Saturday and Sunday, a 45 minute drive, with a saw, a 3/4 ton p/u truck each, thermos of coffee and lunch. We cut and blocked the trees where they fell and then hand carried the blocks to the truck. Many were to big and had to be split with a maul or wedge and hammer before we could carry them. It was tough when you got towards the back part of the lot, we worked mostly on Blake Hill. Each trip I would bring home a 1/2 to 5/8 of a cord in the p/u and unload it. During the week after supper I would go out and split last weekends cord of wood with a maul to stove size and stack it. Our goal was to finish by Nov deer season so it was pretty much our full time fall recreation. But it didn't seem like a burden - it was just what you did.

gg

 

[motownbrowne]

Buying log-length firewood does make a lot of sense but it makes me think of what we used to do when there was more time and less money. In the seventies around the time of the first oil crisis. The state marked off 5 cord wood lots along a rough woods road in Groton State Forest (for one). A friend and I would buy two adjacent 5 cord lots for $5 each with the promise to cut all the marked trees, leave stumps no higher than a foot, and pile the brush. Starting around Labor Day we would go there every Saturday and Sunday, a 45 minute drive, with a saw, a 3/4 ton p/u truck each, thermos of coffee and lunch. We cut and blocked the trees where they fell and then hand carried the blocks to the truck. Many were to big and had to be split with a maul or wedge and hammer before we could carry them. It was tough when you got towards the back part of the lot, we worked mostly on Blake Hill. Each trip I would bring home a 1/2 to 5/8 of a cord in the p/u and unload it. During the week after supper I would go out and split last weekends cord of wood with a maul to stove size and stack it. Our goal was to finish by Nov deer season so it was pretty much our full time fall recreation. But it didn't seem like a burden - it was just what you did.

gg

I never did it so consistently or as much wood as that, but when I lived out west that's how I cut wood too. A truck and a saw, and hopefully a friend. Thinking back to carrying/rolling those rounds back to the pickup and loading them by hand sure makes me feel like I've come a long way. Even though I'm not getting logs delivered, whichever way I'm cutting now seems way way easier than that.

 

[94BULLITT]

I can cut out myself for less, but it takes time, and if you wreck something like a tire or a hydraulic line, or snag an oil filter, those couple of logs can get very expensive.

Those are my exact thoughts.

Buying log-length firewood does make a lot of sense but it makes me think of what we used to do when there was more time and less money. In the seventies around the time of the first oil crisis. The state marked off 5 cord wood lots along a rough woods road in Groton State Forest (for one). A friend and I would buy two adjacent 5 cord lots for $5 each with the promise to cut all the marked trees, leave stumps no higher than a foot, and pile the brush. Starting around Labor Day we would go there every Saturday and Sunday, a 45 minute drive, with a saw, a 3/4 ton p/u truck each, thermos of coffee and lunch. We cut and blocked the trees where they fell and then hand carried the blocks to the truck. Many were to big and had to be split with a maul or wedge and hammer before we could carry them. It was tough when you got towards the back part of the lot, we worked mostly on Blake Hill. Each trip I would bring home a 1/2 to 5/8 of a cord in the p/u and unload it. During the week after supper I would go out and split last weekends cord of wood with a maul to stove size and stack it. Our goal was to finish by Nov deer season so it was pretty much our full time fall recreation. But it didn't seem like a burden - it was just what you did.

gg

Your are a hard worker Gordon.

 

[Happy Gilmore]

Last couple days work. Making good use of the new excavator. Big ole ash.