The Daily Firewood Picture Thread

[g_man]

These three pics of this afternoons work tell me something.   
I really got to start taking the tractor with the forks to these jobs so that I can load them in 10 ft lengths instead of by hand.  Take the time,  move the machine, save my back. 
That's why the good lord gave us hydraulics.
And, a little processor would be the bees knees.   

How do you like to load them into your trailer with the forks - Over the side and let them roll in. Or, come from the side behind the trailer and set one end in the trailer then come around and push the log up and in from the end ? Or another way maybe ?

gg 

[Andries]

"One and one half cigars N." 

Nobody bit  , that was an actual callout on an early NC survey a friend had to rectify. We were wondering, big, small, on horseback or on foot?

Sounds like it might be 12" North, doesn't it?  
Burn rate is way too variable depending on humidity and pony speed.
Glad you 'splained it, I just scratched my head and moved on.

[Mooseherder]

I'm picturing someone with their head tilted back with one eye shut saying that. 

[B.C.C. Lapp]

These three pics of this afternoons work tell me something.   
I really got to start taking the tractor with the forks to these jobs so that I can load them in 10 ft lengths instead of by hand.  Take the time,  move the machine, save my back. 
That's why the good lord gave us hydraulics.
And, a little processor would be the bees knees.   

How do you like to load them into your trailer with the forks - Over the side and let them roll in. Or, come from the side behind the trailer and set one end in the trailer then come around and push the log up and in from the end ? Or another way maybe ?

gg

g_man I usually cut a couple dozen rounds 16 inch and toss them in. That gives me a base on the trailer floor so what I drop from the tractor forks don't fall long or hit hard. Then I very gently put the forks over the trailer side tip em just ever so much till the log rolls or slides off. I put the smallest diameter in first. large one in last cause I can practically set them there. Easy on the trailer.   But I'd love a trailer mounted loader.  But the cost is nuts.

[thecfarm]

I filled the back of my truck many times. One stick at a time.

[g_man]

These three pics of this afternoons work tell me something.   
I really got to start taking the tractor with the forks to these jobs so that I can load them in 10 ft lengths instead of by hand.  Take the time,  move the machine, save my back. 
That's why the good lord gave us hydraulics.
And, a little processor would be the bees knees.   

How do you like to load them into your trailer with the forks - Over the side and let them roll in. Or, come from the side behind the trailer and set one end in the trailer then come around and push the log up and in from the end ? Or another way maybe ?

gg

g_man I usually cut a couple dozen rounds 16 inch and toss them in. That gives me a base on the trailer floor so what I drop from the tractor forks don't fall long or hit hard. Then I very gently put the forks over the trailer side tip em just ever so much till the log rolls or slides off. I put the smallest diameter in first. large one in last cause I can practically set them there. Easy on the trailer.  But I'd love a trailer mounted loader.  But the cost is nuts.

Thanks - good explanation. I've never run forks but can see they are pretty useful for lots of stuff. I have seen guys load flat construction trailers with forks  with great finesse but wondered about your deep trailer. 

gg

[GRANITEstateMP]

B.C.C. Lapp,  Does your tractor have rear hydraulic remotes?  If so, a grapple is a game changer.  My grapple is plumbed to my rear remotes, not ideal, it'd be great on my loader joystick, but I didn't have the coin for that!  Once you get used to it, you'll be trying to figure out why ya didn't do it sooner!


I loaded this up with the tractor, then hooked back up and brought it home.  It was a clearing for a new driveway, I got a call asking if I wanted it and it was a mile away.  It was all softwood and went to some of my campground customers

[GRANITEstateMP]

Sunday got a STRONG cord of 22in wood done up.  Its mine and now I got to get it stacked

[SwampDonkey]

We always loaded a straight truck with 10 cord of 8' aspen pulp with a John Deere with FIL. An old 2930 from the 70's. Sold it for $32,000, was more than was paid for it new. The hydrostatic shift on it worked better than on the new tractors we had. Only needed a clutch to stop quick. Best John Deere we ever owned besides a little small one we used a lime spreader on. But newer ones we had had cabs and 4x4, never liked them.

[cutterboy]

Cut down an ash tree this morning for firewood. I got it skidded out of the woods and up beside the barn. The main stem got cut in half and skidded out separately and then another trip for two long branches.


I wanted to get that tree out of the woods in a hurry as the temp was rising. It got up to 50 this afternoon. So, the tractor is out of the woods for a while till things either dry up or freeze up again. I do have a lot of wood to split so I'll manage to stay busy.

[thecfarm]

Looks like a good one for firewood!!!
I try to get rid of those too.

[GRANITEstateMP]

I ended up hauling manure for my wifes family today instead of working up firewood.  It got up to 50 here also, fields started getting greasy about the time I ran out of gumption!  Got a bunch moved between me and my brother in law, but after tomorrow am, its gonna be a while before we can haul again

[newoodguy78]

You hauling and dumping or hauling and spreading?

[SwampDonkey]

Cousin had several semi-loads hulled in of chicken manure the first part of the month. A lot of chicken manure and what looks like black carbonized wood gets spread around here. 

[GRANITEstateMP]

newoodguy78,

Hauling from a too full manure pit and dumping in the fields.  We finally got to the.easy to move, don't make a giant mess material and thats when the sun warmed everything up and even the frozen ground was too slick

[B.C.C. Lapp]

GRANITEstateMP I was spreading manure fast as I could Sunday and the last hour of light yesterday.   Rain moving in again and the fields will be soft for days.    

Yes I do have rear remotes on all my tractors.    And I have been wanting a grapple for some time, just haven't pulled the pin.   I'm always hoping to spot one at a farm auction cause sometimes stuff goes cheap there.  Sometimes.

A grapple would be a game changer.  Way better than the pallet forks I use now. 

[g_man]

We're on our third or forth mud season and it isn't even mud season yet. I'm pretty sure this wood I pulled out this morning on my little trailer will be last last for quite a while. Blocked it up on the trailer and made a pile. This area usually dries up quick. But maybe not this year. When it does I'll block up the main pile and then split it all.



gg

[B.C.C. Lapp]

Third or forth mud season. And it ain't even mud season yet.
A perfect description of this year. . 

[upnut]

Cleanup from the neighbor's walnut harvest continues, a whole load of busted up hard maple saplings and a nice load of bone dry dead red elm ready for the brother's OWB...


Brother's latest project, build a mount for the hoist on the front bucket to assist with big chunks...a couple mods needed but saves heavy lifting...



Old guys still cutting

Scott B.

[upnut]

The end of the cleanup of the big maple tree, plus a couple other yard trees that were removed. A little dirt work from the landing spot, plus whatever the stump work entails. In my opinion, tree removal outfits earn every penny they charge, it's a lot of work...


The little Stihl MSA 200 C battery saw delimbed all the trees removed plus this pine that blew over yesterday. It worked perfectly in this scenario....



Scott B.

[thecfarm]

And no snow. 
Yesterday I had a little snow, if I took a picture like that. With the rain with had in the night, I would think the snow is gone in my field now. Dark so can't see the field yet. But with temps in the 50's that little bit of snow I had in the open will be gone.

[woodroe]

Had a call for seasoned firewood couple weeks back so had to use the snowmobile and sled to get it up to the driveway. About 3 trips made a 1/3 cord load $160 delivered. Red Oak

[B.C.C. Lapp]

I found 4 good tri axle loads of poles that were cut last fall.   Got them for a good price.   Doing this kind of thing I don't make as much as I do with the wood off my own jobs but it speeds up getting a bunch of cords stacked and drying.

Still to wet to log. But I had a great  morning of splitting and stacking.

[21incher]

Cut some of the darkest EAB killed ash I have seen on my property. Those little m18 saws are awesome for firewood. 

 

[Old Greenhorn]

I have never seen any ash around here that had anything like that in it. We have white, and some green ash. Anybody know, could this be black ash?