Tractors and wood! Show your pics

[Loaderman22]

If you can stretch the definition of tractor just a hair, then these fit here!

Load 1

Then loads 2 & 3

 

[Hoobie]

Fits just fine. Works for me. Better than arm loading the wood

 

[Jstpssng]

THAT would be a handy rig at times.

If you can stretch the definition of tractor just a hair, then these fit here!

Load 1
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Then loads 2 & 3

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It would also plow my driveway in record time.

 

[Loaderman22]

Load 4. It's poplar, but will work for my buddies firepit.

& Yes, she's a handy machine. It needs lockers in the axles to be a true snow machine, but she does pretty good. Engine is a 4 cyl. Industrial Ford. I think it'll pick up about 1600lbs, as long as it's not turning. You try to turn and the rear outside wheel comes up.

 

[deezler]

Double stacked, finally! Ever since I upgraded tractors last year, this capability was on my mind. I wasn't sure the 4030 loader was up for lifting a wet face cord up 4 feet in the air - especially without loaded rear tires or my heaviest implement (backhoe) on the rear of the machine. But it easily did with just my ~500 lb land plane on the 3-pt. Wahoo!

 

[Gordon Gould]

Double stacked, finally! Ever since I upgraded tractors last year, this capability was on my mind. I wasn't sure the 4030 loader was up for lifting a wet face cord up 4 feet in the air - especially without loaded rear tires or my heaviest implement (backhoe) on the rear of the machine. But it easily did with just my ~500 lb land plane on the 3-pt. Wahoo!

That makes for much more efficient storage - looks good. 16" sticks, so 1/3 cord ?? That's a good amount of weight 2' out.

gg

 

[aeblank]

Double stacked, finally! Ever since I upgraded tractors last year, this capability was on my mind. I wasn't sure the 4030 loader was up for lifting a wet face cord up 4 feet in the air - especially without loaded rear tires or my heaviest implement (backhoe) on the rear of the machine. But it easily did with just my ~500 lb land plane on the 3-pt. Wahoo!

Looks to me like it should be triple stacked....

 

[deezler]

That makes for much more efficient storage - looks good. 16" sticks, so 1/3 cord ?? That's a good amount of weight 2' out.

gg

Yep, 1/3 or “face” cord per tote if stacked to the very top - 2 rows of 4x4’ stack. So I’m probably just a tad under in most of mine. Still probably ~1200-1400 lbs (fresh cut/split wood) to hold out in front of the loader on forks.

The kioti 4030 loader is rated over 1800 lbs to “59 inches”, curiously, but that would definitely tip the machine over without any counter balance.

Yeah AE, a triple stack would be cool, but i cut most of the front side out of each tote to ease in unloading. Triple would likely be sketchy. I’m sorta surprised that double wasn’t.

 

[Gordon Gould]

I pulled out a couple more uprooted pine yesterday.

The one on the right ran up the slope on the ground and then extended out over the top. I cut the top first like you would a very heavy leaner.

Before I cut the bottom I dug the dirt out with a trowel best I could. On the first cut I could tell the stump was most likely going to sit back. Stuck a single wedge for insurance anyway.

And sit back it did - very sudden and violent. Look at the stump and ground.

The butt of the other tree was in the air.

The stump also set back but in a much milder fashion.

Looking from the top. Warm enough to make the sap flow.

I made a video of winching these up the hill then through a small opening and down to the tractor trail. The camera timed out just as I was going to to winch the log in the road to the tractor for the first hitch. Like winch work it takes patience to watch. I put a vibration damper on the camera so the quality is better. About 7:00 minutes or so I am looking for a choker. I thought I brought up two on the first trip but it was gone. I watched the video and saw that I left it on the ground then winched a log over it. Went out and found it right there covered in duff

I put the camera on the front and made a video of the 10 minute skid out . I pass under the last pine for tomorrows work and then a spruce I pulled half over a couple days ago when I hung a snatch block on it and it wasn't up to the task.

gg

 

[Loaderman22]

I cut most of the front side out of each tote to ease in unloading. Triple would likely be sketchy. I’m sorta surprised that double wasn’t.

I actually cut down 1 more course on the front, leaving only 2 horizontals, not 3, with zero structural loss. I'm not stacking mine as I use the plastic inner to make a "roof" over each one, instead of a shelter over all of them. It also gets me another 12"+/- of stacked wood on top, getting me closer to 1/2 cord per tote. Mine don't look nearly as neat since I split everything, usually with very few rounds mixed in.