chainsaws on your tractor

[beenthere]

I like the scabbard and I use one on my wheeler, but it seems like the weight of the engine bouncing around puts alot of strain on the bar mount. It just seems like alot of weight to be held by the bar.

Is this anything to worry about?

Of course it depends on how one drives, as even an anvil can be torn apart (they tell me).

On my tractor mount, I don't worry about it as it doesn't bobble or bang around like it might on a wheeler.

[Okrafarmer]

I like the scabbard and I use one on my wheeler, but it seems like the weight of the engine bouncing around puts alot of strain on the bar mount. It just seems like alot of weight to be held by the bar.

Is this anything to worry about?

Of course it depends on how one drives, as even an anvil can be torn apart (they tell me).

On my tractor mount, I don't worry about it as it doesn't bobble or bang around like it might on a wheeler.

Hopefully wheelers don't bang around nearly as much as tractors do, as that could be damaging to the undercarriage. Most of the time is spent on the road (which of course can be rough) and I suppose entering and exiting the landing, is rough on wheelers, but tractors are on rough terrain constantly.

My mom was very scared of wheelers in the wintertime, especially, which was when they were most active. I don't know if they stacked the logs on them higher than 13'6, but it sure seemed like it sometimes. They would come down the road swaying from side to side and she was always afraid they would tip over. Sometimes they did  but not while we were there to see it.

[John Mc]

I like the scabbard and I use one on my wheeler, but it seems like the weight of the engine bouncing around puts alot of strain on the bar mount. It just seems like alot of weight to be held by the bar.

Is this anything to worry about?

If you're really concerned about it, you could wrap a strap through the handle or around the powerhead to stabilize it. Velcro or quick release buckle would make it easy to get on and off.

You're question does have me wondering. I've never experienced trouble with my bar or the bar mount on any of my saws, but then I'm not a hard user, and don't transport them that way all that much. I'd be interested to hear if anyone who regularly transports their saws this way has had a problem.

[mjeselskis]

I like the scabbard and I use one on my wheeler, but it seems like the weight of the engine bouncing around puts alot of strain on the bar mount. It just seems like alot of weight to be held by the bar.

Is this anything to worry about?

Of course it depends on how one drives, as even an anvil can be torn apart (they tell me).

On my tractor mount, I don't worry about it as it doesn't bobble or bang around like it might on a wheeler.

Hopefully wheelers don't bang around nearly as much as tractors do, as that could be damaging to the undercarriage. Most of the time is spent on the road (which of course can be rough) and I suppose entering and exiting the landing, is rough on wheelers, but tractors are on rough terrain constantly.

My mom was very scared of wheelers in the wintertime, especially, which was when they were most active. I don't know if they stacked the logs on them higher than 13'6, but it sure seemed like it sometimes. They would come down the road swaying from side to side and she was always afraid they would tip over. Sometimes they did  but not while we were there to see it.

I guess I should clarify 'wheeler'. That's a 3 or 4 'wheeler' ATV that I use it on, so it does shake around a little bit. I've never had a problem, but i only use it on my older saws. I don't want to damage the new, expensive ones.

[Okrafarmer]

 :-[ Oops. I should have figured out that's what you meant. I saw you were from Maine and I took the Mainiac definition of Wheeler.

http://www.woodopedia.com/display.php?action=view&id=1111&from=action=search|by=W

Wheeler         Term used in New England for a tandem axle straight truck with an auxiliary retractable axle, but especially used to mean such a truck designed to carry logs and equipped with a grapple loader.

[DeerMeadowFarm]

:-[ Oops. I should have figured out that's what you meant. I saw you were from Maine and I took the Mainiac definition of Wheeler.

Yes, but that would be a "Wheelah" correct?  ;) :D

[JohnM]

Yes, but that would be a "Wheelah" correct?  ;) :D

Ayuh.   ;)

[mjeselskis]

:-[ Oops. I should have figured out that's what you meant. I saw you were from Maine and I took the Mainiac definition of Wheeler.

http://www.woodopedia.com/display.php?action=view&id=1111&from=action=search|by=W

Wheeler         Term used in New England for a tandem axle straight truck with an auxiliary retractable axle, but especially used to mean such a truck designed to carry logs and equipped with a grapple loader.

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Good call, that is a wheeler too in my mind. Is that just a New England thing?

[Okrafarmer]

I know they don't call them that down here!

Besides which, they seem to be a much smaller percentage of the log truck force in our area. Growing up in Maine, seemed like 70% or more of the log trucks were classic wheelers, with a tag axle either in front or behind the tandems. Most of the remainder were smaller lighter duty trucks without loaders, loaded either by tractor, loader, etc, or  by hand. (especially in the days of 4' pulp. Come one, they don't still do 4' pulp any more, do they???)

[Maine372]

bucksport, madison, and one of the millinocket mills are set up to run 4ft only in the mill. millinocket and madison will by tree length wood and slash it before it goes in the mill. bucksport has run out of real estate and i guess theres a noise ordinance so they cant slash on site, so everything arrives 4ft.

[Okrafarmer]

So many people used to cut 4-foot pulp. I remember being at my friends' house in Burnham near the railroad track and seeing the pulp train roll through-- car after car after car after car of 4' pulp wood. Just thinking of all the blood, sweat and tears that went into it all, for all those years, is humbling. Old codgers hauling it out on jitterbugs and power trailers-- it was a rough and lonely way to try to make money.

[Maine372]

i grew up in a spruce swamp on the maine coast and starting about age 11 or 12 i would cut the dead trees out with a hand saw and hatchet. it all came out of the woods 4ft usually on a little red wagon. being smart i would sell it in the spring when the price went up. my first true logging job was stump cutting spruce and piling it on a 2cd trailer by hand. i have a respect for work that not many my age do.

sorry for being off topic.

[Okrafarmer]

sorry for being off topic.

My fault. I have a tendency to derail threads. I have TDD.

[DeerMeadowFarm]

I'll derail it just a little farther.... we have relatives in Embden; my uncle and my cousin's husband used to work for Madison. I remember visiting them when I was just a tyke; the bridge there was still a "humming bridge" and they still floated the pulp down the river to the mill. As a kid, I always wanted to try to walk across the river there were so many logs! Good think we never stopped the car there for too long on our way to the lake!  ;)