Posted by Billy NY on November 19, 2013 at 07:25:27 from (72.226.79.200):
In Reply to: Skidding Firewood Logs posted by Brian G. NY on November 19, 2013 at 07:09:40:
At least you have a loader on the front for some weight, and not fighting hills, or traction. I have to get my logs in a similar fashion, it can be hard on the tractor,or well.... as soon as you notice traction, weight or what have you, definitely time to stop, reduce the load or use another route. Mine is heavily ballasted and has a loader, I could not use it for this if it were not. I always wished there was a reasonably priced log arch that could be bought, or fabricated, it would make this task a lot easier and presumably safer. Often times rolling the log to where its least gouging in works well for me, its just the straight logs, some sort of skid plate would be nice.. LOL all in my imagination. I recently logged an area of dead, dying, or storm damage trees, towed them in to a header by my driveway, was smart enough to get that done before that rich loamy topsoil got slick, and boy does that change everything. Seems the ruts were minimal and very little dirt on the logs, I brush it off, wash or what have you before cutting anyway. That ought to make great firewood, I don't get a lot of oak off this place, we have it but much of it is young, more of it here than I thought, some is older, seems to be one of the best wood you can burn. I took an oak down on another farm nearby, something I've never seen before, I think it was barrel stave type oak, it had an aroma to it that smelled like whiskey, excellent firewood.
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