Tractors and wood! Show your pics

[dodge man]

I split a little bit today, the pile is growing.

 

[WinterDeere]

WD, Man that is good backing up! It must take quite a bit of practice to be able to do that! Without scraping any of the house. I'm pretty sure I "couldn't" do it!

You probably could, with some practice. The wagon is definitely a mental challenge, the first several times you do it, as it's backwards from a regular trailer. But once you get that pounded into your brain, it's actually better than a standard trailer, when it comes to having to jack knife it around a corner like that.

My only real trouble with the maneuver photo'd above is visibility, I can't really see that back corner of the trailer when trying to put it close to the wall like that. I keep telling myself I should arrange a mirror, but that chore is still sitting fairly low on the priority list, when each new weekend arrives.

 

[Rustyiron]

I had this wagon load just hanging around down on a landing, mostly just keeping the wood off of the ground.
I need the wagon for something else but I wanted to unload it up where I work up my firewood, up about a 1/8th mile hill through the woods.
It was very icy and anyone who's ever pulled a wagon before knows there's no tongue weight to help with traction and backing a wagon through the woods while sliding backwards because I ran out of traction had planted a terrible image in my head. Hold my beer! not really, but I decided to try.

I chose a low gear (3 out of 6 in low range) at about 1.6 mph with the rear diff locked from the start without any problems.

I did put a weight on the back and the tires are loaded, but for good measure I grabbed a big rock with the grapple.

That's a 84" bucket for size reference and I am running screw in tire studs.

 

[Gordon Gould]

Whoa ! Your way icier than we are. No wonder you wanted a big rock and rear weight. I would have brought a spare pair of skivees too.

gg

 

[WinterDeere]

That's a 84" bucket for size reference and I am running screw in tire studs.

"Now, where did I leave that rock, this time?"

 

[CalG]

Isn’t your TW-2 a 24” splitter? What are you using for 28-30” rounds?

Sledge and wedge!

 

[Rustyiron]

"Now, where did I leave that rock, this time?"

It's seem like about a 3 rock to 1 dirt ratio around here.

 

[Runner]

I had this wagon load just hanging around down on a landing, mostly just keeping the wood off of the ground.
I need the wagon for something else but I wanted to unload it up where I work up my firewood, up about a 1/8th mile hill through the woods.
It was very icy and anyone who's ever pulled a wagon before knows there's no tongue weight to help with traction and backing a wagon through the woods while sliding backwards because I ran out of traction had planted a terrible image in my head. Hold my beer! not really, but I decided to try.View attachment 2075846
I chose a low gear (3 out of 6 in low range) at about 1.6 mph with the rear diff locked from the start without any problems.
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I did put a weight on the back and the tires are loaded, but for good measure I grabbed a big rock with the grapple. View attachment 2075848
That's a 84" bucket for size reference and I am running screw in tire studs.

That tractor is just plain bad-ass.

 

[arrow]

Sledge and wedge!

I find two wedges slipped into grooves made by the chain saw on the edges of the round as very effective for doing this kind of work.
Once split 10, 24”-30” rounds in 15 minutes.
Wedge stays put this way and the edge is easier to split the round than a center strike.
Two wedges helps the split force on the round most efficiently.
These were red oak rounds so straight grains certainly helps.

 

[WinterDeere]

Moved more wood up to the house this morning, so grabbed a photo of the wagon hitch for Gordon and anyone looking at these wagons.



Uppy-downy is achieved by hinge back at wagon, shown below. Side roll by looseness of small pin in large tongue hole, and wide spacing of tangs on drawbar.