Tractors and wood! Show your pics

[Scar0B2150]

Have a wood splitter or going at it like Paul Bunyan?
I thought that tractor looked in good shape for being 30 years old.......

We have a hydraulic wood splitter. One on wheels with the vertical tip up for splitting on the ground. We got that long before the tractor. I'll leave the heavy hand splitting to the young bucks! I try to work smarter, not harder as I get wiser.
The tractor was in great shape and well taken care of. I know the original owner, and had helped him many times in the past using this tractor. When he no longer needed it, he offered it to me. I could not pass up the deal!

 

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All it needs is a steering wheel and FEL and I'm in.

Here ya go:

 

[Jstpssng]

This

was my meager accomplishment after work yesterday. I had planned to drop and limb a few trees, but after spending a couple of hours digging this

out of two feet of slush, I wasn't feeling copacetic enough to run a chainsaw.
OTOH if I hadn't been carrying my new 490 Echo

I would never have gotten it out.

 

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I guess Just you win the Old P contest of using that word in a sentence.
Seriously thinking to moving to Echo chainsaws from the usual Husq, Stihl, Jonsered choices.

I think I'd only need their 501 and some 60-65cc saw they might have.

 

[Jstpssng]

I guess Just you win the Old P contest of using that word in a sentence.
Seriously thinking to moving to Echo chainsaws from the usual Husq, Stihl, Jonsered choices.

I think I'd only need their 501 and some 60-65cc saw they might have.

Husky's are nicer saws but don't seem to last very long for me. My 545 never ran right, and one day a log rolled onto it. I wanted something a bit lighter for brushing out property lines and was considering a 543XP, which would have been $529. I stopped by the saw shop for files and they had this 490 on sale for $300... it's about a pound heavier but I'm also about $230 richer. Plus they don't keep the 543 in stock so I would have had to order it... and I wouldn't have been carrying my 590 on the sled yesterday.

 

[Oldpath05]

Here ya go:

Great now find one with a logging winch......

 

[Oldpath05]

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out of two feet of slush, I wasn't feeling copacetic enough to run a chainsaw.
OTOH if I hadn't been carrying my new 490 EchoView attachment 689948
I would never have gotten it out.

Oh great now instead of just looking up $400.00 work boot wearing words we now have acronyms to look up by people that go sledding in 60* temps on a sled with no winch, no wonder you wasn't feeling hunky dory........

 

[Jstpssng]

Oh great now instead of just looking up $400.00 work boot wearing words we now have acronyms to look up by people that go sledding in 60* temps on a sled with no winch, no wonder you wasn't feeling hunky dory........

You just had to rub that in. Before leaving the truck I told myself "No need to bring the shovel and ratchet strap, I'm staying on the main road." Famous last words...

When I go exploring I generally carry a shovel and a 2" ratchet tie down to use for a winch. I've even used that same strap to pull my truck back onto high ground... again, after going someplace that I shouldn't have during mud season.

 

[Oldpath05]

I guess Just you win the Old P contest of using that word in a sentence.
Seriously thinking to moving to Echo chainsaws from the usual Husq, Stihl, Jonsered choices.

I think I'd only need their 501 and some 60-65cc saw they might have.

If flip caps is a none issue I'd pick Echo CS501p, thats one I went with two years ago because really like captive bar nuts, and rim sprockets. I dont see it on Echo's site but HD still sells it but a $100'00 more then what I paid.

Chainsaws: Battery & Gas-Powered | ECHO

Chainsaws built to tackle the toughest jobs. ECHO chainsaws start easy, run smooth, and provides years of dependable performance.

www.echo-usa.com

ECHO 18 in. 50.2 cc Gas 2-Stroke Cycle Chainsaw-CS-501P-18 - The Home Depot

The gas powered X Series ECHO chainsaw CS-501P features a 50.2 cc professional-grade, 2-stroke cycle engine and a 18 in. bar and chain. Its ergonomic, aluminum front handle is great for improved comfort

www.homedepot.com

 

[Oldpath05]

You just had to rub that in. Before leaving the truck I told myself "No need to bring the shovel and ratchet strap, I'm staying on the main road." Famous last words...

When I go exploring I generally carry a shovel and a 2" ratchet tie down to use for a winch. I've even used that same strap to pull my truck back onto high ground... again, after going someplace that I shouldn't have during mud season.

5 years ago my son got his two-up Artic Cat 4 stroke stuck on power line, he went to turn around and buried it, took two hrs to shovel it out, been 4 hr without cell phone. I told him the first think I'd do with a sled that size is put a winch on it, he said it cant be done, when comes to putting a winch on something dont tell me it cant be done........