The snow & ice finally melted so I could get the truck & trailer in.
Cut a big birch (big for here) 19". Heavy wood, I could skid 3 round length from the base. Up & side hill.
Rolled the ATV over (a 360°, I baled & let it go) on the side hill & over a stump. It was upside down on a stump & I pushed it on over, oil OK & it started & ran OK. Spent 30 minutes picking up stuff, & fixing the ATV. Sure has tough plastic fenders. PIA getting a usable trail.
Spent allot of time getting a trail to the wood. 5 hours & I got 1/2 a cord +/-.
I fought the big one a long time & cut 2 others that had a better trail. Next trip may be more productive now that I have a safer, usable trail.
Had fun, (except for the ATV roll-over) got sunny for a while , was in a "T" shirt feeding the mosquitoes.
Folding tail gate worked great, just rolled the big ones on.
The log skidder/dray didn't work for shi#. Side hill & the logs kept rolling it over. Back to the drawing board.
Looking like rain so I loaded up, had room for 1 more tree but it was time to "call the dogs".
+ I was tired.
Cut a big birch (big for here) 19". Heavy wood, I could skid 3 round length from the base. Up & side hill.
Rolled the ATV over (a 360°, I baled & let it go) on the side hill & over a stump. It was upside down on a stump & I pushed it on over, oil OK & it started & ran OK. Spent 30 minutes picking up stuff, & fixing the ATV. Sure has tough plastic fenders. PIA getting a usable trail.
Spent allot of time getting a trail to the wood. 5 hours & I got 1/2 a cord +/-.
I fought the big one a long time & cut 2 others that had a better trail. Next trip may be more productive now that I have a safer, usable trail.
Had fun, (except for the ATV roll-over) got sunny for a while , was in a "T" shirt feeding the mosquitoes.
Folding tail gate worked great, just rolled the big ones on.
The log skidder/dray didn't work for shi#. Side hill & the logs kept rolling it over. Back to the drawing board.
Looking like rain so I loaded up, had room for 1 more tree but it was time to "call the dogs".
+ I was tired.