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Pulling wood logs with my te20 Ferguson and 8n

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ejensen

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I have noticed that some people connect their backblabe in their 3 point and pull woodlogs connected to their backblade
Is this for weight on rear of tractor? I would do the same thing if there is an advantage. Maybe to lift the logs off the ground
 

Like has been said to prevent the tractor from flipping. One thing to note that those of us that have been there keep the rear attachment as low as possible to help prevent the back flip.

When the back flip tries to occur it can be one of those "Oh Crap" moments. Not fun.

Grew up on 8N and TO20's so yup been there before. We always used something back there to prevent the back flip. Saved my backside a few times.
 
rbhuntn,
Good reason for me to put my back blade in the 3
point
Thanks for the advice. Wasn"t aware that my old tractor have
a habit of the pinion gear climbing the ring gear for a
backward flip
Chris
 
One should never depend on the back blade or for that matter any thing else on the 3 point from you flipping over since all ti takes is the center link or the 3 point arms to break and it will still flip over and that 99% of the time equals death. If you can it is best to hook the chain etc your pulling with as far forward as you can so as to help keep the front end down and on the ground. My self I like to hook up to the swing draw bar under the rear end so pulling help pull the front end down instead of up
 
BE VERY CARFULL SKIDDING LOGS OR TREE LENGHT WOOD WITH ANY TRACTOR. I HAVE SEEN LARGE WOOD SKIDDERS FLIPPED OVER. YIKES.
 

I have done what Old suggested as well. Most of the time we had the 6 hole side to side draw bar (one that goes between the lower link arms) on and we used the stay bars so the lift arms would not raise if flip occurred.

If you don't have a set of stay bars I would suggest you get a set. not only will these prevent the lift arms from raising in the event of a flip but should your log some get slid up under there they can raise the lift arms to the point of damaging the lift assembly. This usually occurs when going downhill and through a low spot such as crossing a small ditch etc.

Stay bars are much cheaper than lift assembly parts and can be purchased at most good Farm and Home type stores. Around here Feldmann's and Orschliens handles them normally.

Hope this helps
 
I had an old guy tell me one time that he hooked to the small end of a log when he skidded it too. Less weight on the three point to start with so less risk of overturning. The old guy died of old age,so I kinda have to put a little stock in what he said.
 
For safety you use the drawbar sure people pull stuff hooking up stuff crazy and there are lote of deaths because of that fact
 
There is an arch that is pulled by both horses and four wheelers. It would hook to your drawbar and then the log is carried in the arch on wheels and by lifting the front of the log up it reduces the chance of catching the log
 
We have a special hitch for our 3-point on the JD 4600 with grab hooks on it, I hook as short as I can and lift the big end of the tree off the ground. I can pull a lot more that way and the wood does not get so dirty. I don't worry about flipping over because I always have the loader on, and it will spin before doing a wheelie, and I go pretty slow. I try to do all my skidding in the winter when the ground is frozen and the snow doesn't get the wood dirty.
 
Since there is no down pressure on the lift arms i would not depend on the box blade preventing the front end from rising up. Now, if one does decide to pull with it; low and slow.
 
Pete black

When pulling with the ferguson I put the Sherman in low gear and the main transmission in low
 
Russ,
You have a nice set up for moving logs. I like the ferguson due to it having a Sherman transmission which provides a very low speed. The other two tractors: 8N and Jubilee are high geared in low gear
 
Farmerwithmutt,
I have seen that piece of machinery on you tube. It was being pulled behind a Polaris 4 wheel drive
 
Gene,
Do you think pulling with a backblade hooked in the 3 point might cause more of a tendency for the ferguson to go over backwards? Seems there would be more leverage on back of tractor which might cause the tractor to go over backwards. Imagine thought is that the blade would stop the turn over
 
rbhuntn,
I 'll check into a set of stay bars from our host. I have the drawbar and sway bars on the tractor.
 
jocco,
I have found that me 1948 TD6 crawler is a good tractor for moving logs. Have it 15 miles away from where I am pulling some wood logs. The trees are on a hillside and we are moving them down the hill to the field below. Tractor is in the field and we are using 3/8 inch cable and 3/8 chokers. Distance logs are moved is very small.
 
I've made this for skidding logs and moving trailer can also hang weights on it for bucket work
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n100sb,

Nice job of making something for moving logs, trailers, and place to hang weights for bucket work. My ferguson doesn't have a bucket but my jubilee does have a front end Paulson loader.
Chris
 
We have skidded about 70 face cord of wood since I built them with out a problem , we added couple extra hooks on dads I've made a few of them for friends and they all have loved them
 
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