Tractors and wood! Show your pics

[fc1]

These are parts of a big red maple I took down near the edge of my back lawn.

20"*120". ~1100# I think?

It was multiple stems merged. Here's its giant butt:

On the ground you can see the first cut, a much younger stem off the main. I had to cut it to drop the big one.
Pulled the 'baby' into the yard for first processing. Approx 90' but only maybe 10" dia?

 

[kozal01]

Are any of you guys using your wood chips for mulch in flower beds? How does it look compared to the commercially available mulch?

 

[cholland]

I put some of my chips on the walkways in the wife's flower garden. Depends on what you are chipping. If it's 1-3 inch branches, then yes they are good looking chips. But if feeding in tops with a lot of leaves and small stuff, you get a lot of twigs n stuff mixed in that is better for the mulch pile.

 

[Jstpssng]

Are any of you guys using your wood chips for mulch in flower beds? How does it look compared to the commercially available mulch?

Not chips,but last year I put sawdust between my strawberry rows to keep the weeds down. It also seems to be keeping the slugs away from them.

 

[Hoobie]

I chip a lot fall and spring clearing land and woods roads. My friend helps and we fill one or two trailer loads for his flower gardens each year. He likes them.
As mentioned above the larger wood is best. Tops and small stuff produces twigs. Especially birch.

 

[John_Mc]

late last week, I was out clearing blowdown off our trails and on some of the neighbors' properties. I ran out of gas (me, not the tractor) so called it quits and went home. I finally got a chance to get back out today, hoping to pick up where I left off.

I got part way out there and ran in to this new blowdown. If you look closely, you can see my chainsaw helmet sitting on top of the lower blowdown for scale.

Cleared that one, then two more where I had been working last week. Unfortunately, on the third one, I caught a hydraulic hose on my loader while picking up logs with the forestry grapple and tore it off. I've replaced worn hoses before, but this is the one I've blown out in the woods. Fortunately, it was the curl function, so I was able to limp back home. I quick trip to get a new hose made up, and I'm ready to go again.

 

[shooterdon]

late last week, I was out clearing blowdown off our trails and on some of the neighbors' properties. I ran out of gas (me, not the tractor) so called it quits and went home. I finally got a chance to get back out today, hoping to pick up where I left off.

I got part way out there and ran in to this new blowdown. If you look closely, you can see my chainsaw helmet for scale.

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Cleared that one, then two more where I had been working last week. Unfortunately, on the third one, I caught a hydraulic hose on my loader while picking up logs with the forestry grapple and tore it off. I've replaced worn hoses before, but this is the one I've blown out in the woods. Fortunately, it was the curl function, so I was able to limp back home. I quick trip to get a new hose made up, and I'm ready to go again.

You are a good neighbor

 

[John_Mc]

You are a good neighbor

We all help each other out in this neighborhood, and have a nice trail network that we all share and work on cooperatively.

 

[Gordon Gould]

Last winter I experimented with a crane mounted on my winch for loading my trailer in the woods -

It worked so well I decided to build one. I've been picking away at it and I'm getting close. This morning I mounted what I have so far on the tractor.

My grapple flopped over about a month ago when the ground got soft from rain. I decided to go down and see if I could right it.

Seemed good and solid lifting that (360 lbs). About like a Yellow Birch log 8' long and 12" in diameter. All I need to add now is add couple cable guides and may be some paint. Then I can try it in the woods with the trailer.

gg

 

[Jstpssng]

Nice job. Have you filed for the patent yet?