Re: Skidding logs 3 pt hitch

Posted by Hugh MacKay on April 18, 2005 at 19:51:15 from (216.208.58.136):

In Reply to: Re: Skidding logs 3 pt hitch posted by Joe Evans on April 18, 2005 at 14:00:10:

Joe: I didn't see the log that came down on 460 fender. I saw the tractor at repair shop, and it did have damage I described. I was told how big the log was. Remember also these softwood spruce in eastern Canada probably about 75% of weight of your cherry or oak. In my opinion 6" to 8" trees would be far more dangerous than the big ones. I've also seen guys hook their chain or cable around tree back about 3 to 4 feet, not very wise in my opinion. There is just all kinds of silly things this guy could have been doing.

We used to skid 5 days per week 8 hours per day, all through Jan. and Feb. Never had any problems, but I never liked short trees. I expect we piled up close to 100,000 board feet every winter. In 1975 I went to a John Deere forestry skidder. Workplace safety guys were on me quite bad allowing hired employees to drive the 560 skidding logs. By then I was milking 100 cows and just didn't have the time to operate 560 myself. Skidder had the protection for both operator and machine.

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