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#1
The Outdoor Board / Re: Anti-squirrels
Last post by barbender - Today at 10:58:07 AMDon't get a ricochet off the bird feeder and shoot your eye out, kid!😊
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The Outdoor Board / Anti-squirrels
Last post by Magicman - Today at 10:33:37 AMI know that squirrels gotta eat too but my bird seed feeder hangs by three chains and when squirrels dismount, they tend to flip it over spilling the seed. That plus the feeder is a 'treat station' not a filling station.
I joked on Robert's Custom Rifle topic about tuning my shooter which got me to thinking 'hey, that could work'.
I got er sighted in to butt popping consistency @25' and they jump sky high and leave when popped so we shall see.
I soon had to start shooting off of my left shoulder to prevent them from seeing me as I lean out of the door. Yup, smart and always watching.
I joked on Robert's Custom Rifle topic about tuning my shooter which got me to thinking 'hey, that could work'.
I got er sighted in to butt popping consistency @25' and they jump sky high and leave when popped so we shall see.
I soon had to start shooting off of my left shoulder to prevent them from seeing me as I lean out of the door. Yup, smart and always watching.
#3
General Board / Re: The weather 2025
Last post by SwampDonkey - Today at 09:08:55 AM54° this morning, sunny, high of 78° predicted.
Gave the tomatoes a haircut this morning.
Gave the tomatoes a haircut this morning.
#4
The Outdoor Board / Re: Fawns
Last post by WV Sawmiller - Today at 09:08:43 AM Neat to watch and I was happy to see how alert it was for its age. Makes me think it may survive your bobcat/lynx in the area.
Last week we had the 6 & 8 y/o grandkids up and I took the 4 wheeler around the place and they were able to see 3 spotted fawns. One was with it's mom and the other 2 busted out of heavy weeds right in front of us.
We have been blessed with a healthy fawn crop this year and see them almost every day.
Last week we had the 6 & 8 y/o grandkids up and I took the 4 wheeler around the place and they were able to see 3 spotted fawns. One was with it's mom and the other 2 busted out of heavy weeds right in front of us.
We have been blessed with a healthy fawn crop this year and see them almost every day.
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Sawmills and Milling / Re: Ideas sought - most effici...
Last post by WV Sawmiller - Today at 09:00:19 AM I know your question was how to pre-cut the log but after reading all of the high tech solutions and if you are only going to be cutting 300 or so 2X4s a month I'd go older school and just set up 2 chop saws with a bar between them to cut 99-3/4" and do the boards individually. You could saw out 100 or so then chop to length or hire a high school kid to come do them on weekends or after school one day a week/month as needed.
Dave Posten had a set up as described above he used (Uses?) make precision cut 8' 2X4s.
Dave Posten had a set up as described above he used (Uses?) make precision cut 8' 2X4s.
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Sawmills and Milling / Re: Ideas sought - most effici...
Last post by YellowHammer - Today at 08:53:21 AMOne of the companies we used to deal with had a portable pack saw, I had asked them to cut some 16 footers to 8 footers, and they said no problem. I don't really know what it looks like, but he described it as frame that straddles a pack, is positioned at the length the pack need to be cut, either at the ends or anywhere in between, and it uses what amounts to a forestry bar and simply drops through the whole banded pack, no problem. I never got a look at it, but he described it as portable enough that they moved it around to their various mills as they needed it.
Anyway, I would think it looks a lot like a Lucas style slabber mill, bar supported both ends, but set up to cut vertically down through the pack, instead of horizontally along the log.
Anyway, I would think it looks a lot like a Lucas style slabber mill, bar supported both ends, but set up to cut vertically down through the pack, instead of horizontally along the log.
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Sawmills and Milling / Re: Kubota SVL75-3
Last post by YellowHammer - Today at 08:39:14 AMThe actual working difference between the 75 and the 97 is huge in terms of lifting and stability. Plus the 97 is heavier and that is the main thing when working with logs and weight, and pushing dirt. I have a Cat forklift and a 100 hp beast of a custom built tractor loader form New Holland, and yet when I need to unload stupid heavy logs off the trailer, or do it real fast because I have multiple to do, I always go with the track loader, because not only is it stronger, it's faster, and the tracks eliminate any tire side wall flex and prevents "tripping" or going up on three wheels, which is the precursor to flipping over, especially when lifting heavy logs over trailer bunks, high off the ground.
Make sure you get real track loader forks with a walkthrough backstop like in the picture. Regular tractor pallet forks will bend under strength of the 97. The hydraulic in cab quick detach is a joy to use. Plus the high flow hydraulics will let you later use attachments you couldn't with the 75.
The 97 will pick up anything that will fit on the forks, here I am carrying two big cherry logs, without any hesitation.
A 4 way hydraulic clamshell bucket is like a Swiss army knife, and I used the dozer blade to strip the topsoil off a 4 acre pasture just last week, in dozer mode. I figured it would take all day, but I was rolling dirt and done before lunch. I can drive up to saplings, break them off and drop the open clamshell over the stump, clamp it and literally pops the stump out of the ground.
Kubota has a very roomy cab, and an inward opening door, which is a huge safety factor.
My machine gets used every day, and has never been to the shop, and as I said the regen is a pretty much non event, and if it decides to go into regen and I have something else to do, I just get out and let it do it's thing, and come back every few minutes until it is done. Always let it finish the cycle is what the dealer told me, so I do.
Make sure you get real track loader forks with a walkthrough backstop like in the picture. Regular tractor pallet forks will bend under strength of the 97. The hydraulic in cab quick detach is a joy to use. Plus the high flow hydraulics will let you later use attachments you couldn't with the 75.
The 97 will pick up anything that will fit on the forks, here I am carrying two big cherry logs, without any hesitation.
A 4 way hydraulic clamshell bucket is like a Swiss army knife, and I used the dozer blade to strip the topsoil off a 4 acre pasture just last week, in dozer mode. I figured it would take all day, but I was rolling dirt and done before lunch. I can drive up to saplings, break them off and drop the open clamshell over the stump, clamp it and literally pops the stump out of the ground.
Kubota has a very roomy cab, and an inward opening door, which is a huge safety factor.
My machine gets used every day, and has never been to the shop, and as I said the regen is a pretty much non event, and if it decides to go into regen and I have something else to do, I just get out and let it do it's thing, and come back every few minutes until it is done. Always let it finish the cycle is what the dealer told me, so I do.
#8
Forestry and Logging / Re: loading containers
Last post by nativewolf - Today at 08:30:21 AMJust go visit an exporters log yard. They will fill logs into a box that is open ended, the they use a giant push rod with a flat plat on the end mounted to a big front end loader, just pushes the whole stack of logs to end of the container. Fill more logs, repeat.
Exporters are all competitors for the same orders so they have to be efficient.
Exporters are all competitors for the same orders so they have to be efficient.
#9
Forestry and Logging / Re: loading containers
Last post by teakwood - Today at 08:21:04 AMQuote from: timberjack97 on Yesterday at 09:07:28 PMmy logs are cut 10 feet 6inches longThen my method will not work.
For shorter logs they pile it up in the door or the container with a grapple machine and then chain a telehandler to the container and instead of forks they mount push boards and push the whole pack to the end of the container. remember a 40' container is only loaded maybe 4' high because lumber is heavy and if not you will exceed weight restrictions. a 20' is loaded up to the roof. also do you need to balance load on a long container or they will reject the load at port.
#10
Sawmills and Milling / Re: Newbie introduction
Last post by Stephen1 - Today at 08:05:31 AMI agree Lyn, once you have the idle at the factory spec, alternator works as it should and power up to saw is not a problem.
Dave you have me confused with your electrical knowledge, I use to go thru potentiometer quite regularly on my old mill, 1993, not so much on the 2018, which is good as the cost of these has skyrocketed. I'll read some more of the post about reconditioning
I like the idea of a trouble shooting link, but I think there is something in the maintenance thread.
Dave you have me confused with your electrical knowledge, I use to go thru potentiometer quite regularly on my old mill, 1993, not so much on the 2018, which is good as the cost of these has skyrocketed. I'll read some more of the post about reconditioning
I like the idea of a trouble shooting link, but I think there is something in the maintenance thread.
