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Tom Posch

Quote from: SawyerTed on December 04, 2018, 08:07:15 PM
I'm thinking the value of a crane/winch truck is unexplored here!



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That's a cool wrecker. 

SawyerTed

The wrecker/winch truck/crane truck is one of those "use what you can scrounge up" kind of things.  It belongs to a friend with whom I swap work.  I saw his logs that don't fit through his firewood processor and I trade sawing for the use of this wrecker.  It has 200' of cable on the winch drum. As long as I chock the wheels and keep it on high ground, I can winch out any log on our farm.  It will not skid a log worth a darn.  If I lift the log, I can carry it easily. 
Woodmizer LT50, WM BMS 250, WM BMT 250, Kubota MX5100, IH McCormick Farmall 140, Husqvarna 372XP, Husqvarna 455 Rancher

Tom Posch


BrandonSchiller

Welcome! I'm new also and have found this place a wealth of information 
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Skipper11A

Quote from: WV Sawmiller on December 03, 2018, 09:34:36 AM
  Welcome and good luck. If you have not bought your bands yet I'd suggest 4 degree doublehards for my WM mill if I planned on cutting hard wood like oak. I assume you can get them to fit your mill. Keep us informed.
I second 4° blades for the oaks, especially the big white oaks.  Also, 4° blades will mill any other wood you put on your mill, albeit a bit slower.  You might want to set up a pressure washing station to clean those logs when they come in covered with mud.

Tom Posch


thecfarm

Looks good!!!
I myself try to keep equipment away from my mill. I put my logs onto 2 logs that I have sawed the top flat on. Easier to roll logs on to,no little bumps,all flat.These 2 logs goes the other way of the bed rails. Than I use a peavey to roll the logs on. I bridge the gap with a piece of ¼x4" by 3 foot long flat iron stock. This way I am not hitting my mill.
You will need a peavey,the one with the point, to roll your logs on. Get it from Logrite,sponsor on the left.
Have fun sawing.  
Model 6020-20hp Manual Thomas bandsaw,TC40A 4wd 40 hp New Holland tractor, 450 Norse Winch, Heatmor 400 OWB,YCC 1978-79

Old Greenhorn

Very pretty setup, love the slab, but the fact that you have some flat ground really caught my eye, very jealous. Nothing is flat here and there are 'two stones for every dirt grain'.  I found the flattest area I could down in the woods and one end of my 24' run is 12" higher off the grade than the other and 6-12" of side slope too. Will maybe do concrete in the spring, but I need to get a machine in to cut out a flatter spot, pull stumps and bigger rocks, and that costs. You are a lucky guy.
Tom Lindtveit, Woodsman Forest Products
Oscar 328 Band Mill, Husky 350, 450, 562, & 372 (Clone), Mule 3010, and too many hand tools. :) Retired and trying to make a living to stay that way. NYLT Certified.
OK, maybe I'm the woodcutter now.
I work with wood, There is a rumor I might be a woodworker.

Tom Posch

OGH, excavating is what I do.  I am going to set the stalks on the machine with an excavator much like a crane would.  I don't want to put the mill through any trauma. I do need to get a cant hook.  Tried today to locate one to no avail.  Have to get it on Ebay or somewhere online.  Should I get one or two?  I'm thinking two. 

Tom

Skipper11A

Quote from: Tom Posch on December 07, 2018, 04:30:13 PM
OGH, excavating is what I do.  I am going to set the stalks on the machine with an excavator much like a crane would.  I don't want to put the mill through any trauma. I do need to get a cant hook.  Tried today to locate one to no avail.  Have to get it on Ebay or somewhere online.  Should I get one or two?  I'm thinking two.

Tom
Get one 60" cant hook and one 48" peavey from Logrite.  Nothing replaces a peavey when you're moving logs around the yard and it can also do the turning like a cant hook.

samandothers

Logrite!
listed on the left!  I have 2 cant hooks from them, great tools.  

Get some Blue Creeper for your rusted bolts etc.

Southside

Their tools are second to none. Seriously, you can not come close to their quality with anything else. I went through many Peavy wooden handles over the years, then decided to try a Logrite, I don't buy anything else now if they make it. 
Franklin buncher and skidder
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Riehl Edger
Woodmaster 725 and 4000 planner and moulder
Enough cows to ensure there is no spare time.
White Oak Meadows

btulloh

Probably ought to get a hookaroon while you're ordering your cant hooks.
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Tom Posch

Hate to look dumb, but what's the difference between a peavey and a cant hook?  I've only seen pictures of them and can't tell the diff.  

Southside

Not a dumb question at all. A Peavey has a point at the end and works well with moving logs, it will cut into a cant and does not do as well as a cant hook on cants which has a hook at the end allowing it to grab the edge of a cant. Likewise a cant hook will move a log, just not as well as a Peavey .
Franklin buncher and skidder
JD Processor
Woodmizer LT Super 70 and LT35 sawmill, KD250 kiln, BMS 250 sharpener and setter
Riehl Edger
Woodmaster 725 and 4000 planner and moulder
Enough cows to ensure there is no spare time.
White Oak Meadows

Magicman

 

 
Slightly different tools and everyone has their own preference.  A Peavey has a point/spike on the end and a Cant Hook doesn't.  No Peaveys for me but all Logrites.  logrite_cool

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thecfarm

Peavey,starts with a P,and a peavey has a point is how I remember it.I have read on here,if turning expensive wood the point might leave a mark in the wood,a cantdog does not. 
I like the peavey myself. I use the point for prying the logs apart. I can also put the point in the ground and it will stand up.
Model 6020-20hp Manual Thomas bandsaw,TC40A 4wd 40 hp New Holland tractor, 450 Norse Winch, Heatmor 400 OWB,YCC 1978-79

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