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General Forestry => Forestry and Logging => Topic started by: thecfarm on October 16, 2017, 07:02:48 AM

Title: a new woods road
Post by: thecfarm on October 16, 2017, 07:02:48 AM
I finally have a woods road that goes from the woods up to the house. I always had a truck road,but don't want to drag my wood through the gravel.  :o
The truck road can be seen on the right hand side. Just a straight line.



 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10436/woodsroadalltheway.JPG?easyrotate_cache=1508150862)

The woods road is right in the middle. I post about the challenges of putting a road through my land. The rocks on the left side I put in there to make the road level. All the other rocks I had to work around. I had to haul in some rocks to level the road up too. In one section there was rocks sticking up 6-8 inches high. Rough on a tractor with a twitch behind me. Many loads of rocks smoothed it up.
It's about a 10 minute ride,one way.
I use to haul my firewood out to the wood yard,than when it would snow,I would pack down the truck road and twitch the firewood to the house.
Title: Re: a new woods road
Post by: coxy on October 16, 2017, 04:34:45 PM
Ray just go get your blasting license and have some fun than after your fun you will have all the gravel you will ever need  :D 8)
Title: Re: a new woods road
Post by: campwags on October 29, 2017, 04:24:36 PM
It just amazes me how FAST those rocks GROW!  :D   Once you start to remove that little rock sticking out of the ground, it turns into a bolder!

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/45902/BigRockGrapple1~0.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1502054958)
Title: Re: a new woods road
Post by: thecfarm on October 29, 2017, 06:39:06 PM
A nice set up you have there. Looks bigger than my 40hp tractor.
Title: Re: a new woods road
Post by: coxy on October 29, 2017, 08:09:05 PM
nice loader  only if trees grew as fast as them rocks :D
Title: Re: a new woods road
Post by: campwags on October 31, 2017, 02:13:16 PM
Quote from: thecfarm on October 29, 2017, 06:39:06 PM
A nice set up you have there. Looks bigger than my 40hp tractor.

That's my Kioti DK65s 65hp and that grapple can break my tractor, don't ask.   :(

We just had a storm come through here and washed out some of my gravel drive/trails.  I will be filling in with rocks like you first.
Title: Re: a new woods road
Post by: thecfarm on November 01, 2017, 02:14:20 PM
If I had a bigger tractor I would have a grapple on it with a rock in too.  ;D That would save me a lot of time. Rocks that size I have to put a chain around them and carry them. Sometimes I could get the rock into the bucket,but no place to push the rock against something in the middle of the field. The chain comes out.