My firewood setup

newguy18

I bought a splitting maul yesterday,got about 3-4 rick of wood to split,ugh.

__________________
Have your say join us today.


old schooler

Therrin

*Ken looks at the gas motor driven splitter, looks at NG and starts laughing like silly*



Have fun with that maul NG!!!

newguy18

while your sending my books back,mind loaning me that splitter?

__________________
Have your say join us today.


old schooler

treevet

Let's see a shot of that splitter Kenneth.

Gunslinger

It's funny I looked at the pic before I knew where you took the photo. Initially I thought that this must be upstate New York. I was pleasantly surprised when I saw that it actually was. Nice country up there.

treevet

Where you from in Jersey, Gunslinger?

Gunslinger

Bergen County.

treevet

I lived in Somerset and Hunterdon counties for a while, that is why I asked. Not too familiar with that area.

treevet

Here is the conveyor I just bought. Wood prices are way up because of heating oil costs. Many trees are dead from last year's drought and EAB is right next to us. Seemed like a good investment on time.

Attached Thumbnails

 

TrevMcRev

Got any orange paint left for the conveyor???
Go on, you know you want to

treevet

Sign on trucks (and conveyor) ...."orange u glad we're here?". If you're not movin in that lot you may turn orange. Want it to look like hell in that Clint Eastwood movie.

newguy18

I just look at all the pics of equipment in this thread,thought about how sore i am from splitting wood with that maul,and now i'm insanely jealous of all you guys' equipment.

__________________
Have your say join us today.


old schooler

Gunslinger

Nice country out there. Spent many a day on Round Valley Reservoir.

treevet

Coool, I used to prune a giant beech in the woods on a crest and could see round valley reservoir and Spruce Run reservoir at the same time. I really miss that beautiful area but, you know, women have some mysterious effect and......here I am in the middle of the fjukin city.

Gunslinger

Yeah, although we take a lot of crap for being a lousy state there are many beautiful areas. In fact the immature Bald Eagle in my avatar was soaring over one of them a few weeks ago. My wife snapped the photo as the huge raptor soared over our boat on Greenwood Lake.

treevet

Yeah, everybody thinks Jersey is Newark, the armpit of the universe.

treevet

Come on Kenneth, where's the sthplitter? (do you serve towels when you speak?)

Gunslinger

Around here they say the same about Cleveland.
Newark is pretty lousy.

Bruce Hopf

I converted a Fork Lift Assembly, that I bought from a Neighbour, into a Skidder. All I did was Attach some Hooks to the Fork Assembly of the Fork Lift. Works Really Good for Skidding Tree Tops, and Wind Fell Trees.
I had to put some Extra Weight on the front of the Tractor, so I built a Bracket, and Mounted a Fly Wheel off of a Baler , that I Scraped, on top of the Existing Weight on the front of the Tractor. The Fly Wheel I figure is some where between 200 to 300 LBS. Helps keep the Front end Down pretty good, but if I have too much weight on the Back, it will still lift the Front End, and make it Bounce Up and Down while Driving , but not as Bad as Before the Weight I added. All I do, is stick the Forks under the Tree Top, or Wind Fell Tree, near the But, and Lift it up enough to Wrap a Chain around the Butt of the Tree Top, or Tree, reposition the Tractor, Hook the Chain, or Chains up, and I'm all set to go.
I Skidd them out of the Bush, into my Back Field, that is on the other side of the Bush, using the Fork Lift, I load them onto a Wagon, and haul them home to the Buildings, and unload the Wagon.
If I'm Skidding into the Front Field, I just unhook from the Fork Lift, leaving the Chain attached to the Tree Top, and once all my Chains are full, I hook up all the Chains, and Skidd the Tree Tops up to the Buildings, and shove them into a Pile, to be cut up later, once I can no longer get into the4 Bush. Bruce.

Attached Thumbnails

           

   

__________________
McCulloch chain saws
1- Pro Mac 60, 1- Pro Mac 700, 2- Mac 10-10 Automatic's, 2- Mini Mac 30's, 2- Mac 110's,
2- Mini Mac 35's, 1- Mac 140 with Automatic Chain Sharpener,
1- Pro Mac 10-10, 1- Mac Cat, 2- Eager Beaver
2.0's, 1- Mac 1-10
Stihl chain saws
2- 044's, 2- 034's, 2- 024's, 1- 064, 1- 084,
Strunk chain saws
1- Busy Beaver, 1- SpeeDemon Special
Stand Back, I Have A Very Extreme Case of CAD (Chain Saw Addiction Disorder).