Found a Beauty

[DelawhereJoe]

Just find an old car hood to a land yacht, it should work great to skid that log.

[Southside]

I can't believe that you don't have a Logrite arch Magicman... ;D

[LeeB]

Oliver, mine is a 1974, 45hp M1530.  I wish that it was the 68hp M2030 like yours.  :-\

I would love to have a FEL on it, or rather just a larger hp tractor with a FEL.  ;D

You can have. I'm sure the bank will help you get one.  :D

[Magicman]

I can't believe that you don't have a Logrite arch Magicman... ;D

 
Not a Logrite but I do have a homebuilt arch, seen here with our late FF Friend Andy White.

[Southside]

Ahh - very nice.  That will help as you build up your lumber business I have been hearing about.  :D

[Darrel]

Ahh - very nice.  That will help as you build up your lumber business I have been hearing about.  :D

He tells me that that ain't gonna happen. Maybe he's more magic than me, but whenever I say it ain't gonna happen, guess what happens.  :D ;D :D

[KirkD]

I've wondered but have never tried it, if you chain to something up front on the tractor and run the chain loose through a clevis on the drawbar, would you stay down? It's a dead drag then though.
We dropped a 3' red oak Christmas day here and pulled the upper sections with the truck in 4 low, there are still 2 8' bottom logs to go. There are a number of these to come out, I've let the trees around the house get too big for too long.

With that much weight you should only pull it with a chain to a "real" drawbar that is bolted to the belly of a tractor not a 3 point hitch. This transfers the pull below and ahead of the rear tires to prevent flipping over. MM blowing up a frontal shot of your JD with the wheels in the air looks like you have a drawbar bracket on it. It there a reason you don't use it instead of the 3 point?

[WDH]

Oh, he sells lumber.  He just uses a pimp ;D. 

[Magicman]

MM blowing up a frontal shot of your JD with the wheels in the air looks like you have a drawbar bracket on it. It there a reason you don't use it instead of the 3 point?

I was using the 3 point with the blade attached.  That way I could lift the nose up to prevent it from digging in.  No way could I pull that load flat.  Also the blade effectively prevents a back flip.  I am liking the Tajfun because it will also prevent a back flip.

We had much rain yesterday and last night but with more rain coming we decided to try to skid that log out that I found a couple of days ago.


 
Bucked and ready for a try at skidding.


 
Ready for the skid attempt.


 
Success.  Hopefully this will be enough for Marty's flooring.  If not, we will drop a tree.  Now finally we are ready for sawing.  ;D

[WV Sawmiller]

Lynn,

   From the weather reports I've been seeing for areas near you in Mississippi looks to me like you may be able to just float the logs out. Stay safe and keep us informed how this project works out.

[Southside]

MM what about using a forecart for those bigger logs, basically a log arch that only picks up the nose so  you don't plow with the log.  Back when I was foolish, broke didn't own a skidder, I pulled a fair number of logs behind a work horse, it got a lot easier on both the horse and I when I acquired a forecart.  I mean, you won't look as cool doing a wheelie and all, but your brakes will last longer!!!   :

[Crossroads]

I look forward to seeing the inside of those logs

[Magicman]

I hate to see a topic begun and never has an ending.  With that in mind, I will add links to show this log being sawn and later the actual flooring.

Logs staged:  Whatcha Sawin' ??? in Sawmills and Milling

Sawing:   Whatcha Sawin' ??? in Sawmills and Milling

Slab cleanup:  Whatcha Sawin' ??? in Sawmills and Milling