Moved my log pile today

[Shane N]

One of the joys of living down the road from my parents is the ability to bum their tools. I've had my father's new-to-him Bobcat S185 out on my property for the past week. Well, he wants it back, so I rented a rock grapple type attachment this morning to do the last pre-winter heavy machine work.

I moved roughly 4-5 cords worth of log length wood onto a couple skids in the backside of the property where I plan on bucking and splitting. I don't know how you guys can get perfect stacks of log-length wood. Mine is more of a "pile" than a stack, with logs sticking every which way . My main intention was getting 95% of it off of the dirt and into a central & permanent location for processing.

I still have random felled trees here and there that I didn't get to before I had to get back to the day job. So those will have to get bucked and thrown into a trailer to haul to the back.

This is addicting...

Hopefully I can get some pictures of my mess tomorrow and start doing some bucking, splitting (my favorite part), and stacking.

 

[bogydave]

Don't you just love hydraulics ?
Will speed up the processing & be easier for sure

4 - 5 cords is more than a days work, have fun.
Almost feel sorry for you to have to move some with a trailer, but I don't LOL

The process all the way to stacking should create several pictures

 

[PapaDave]

The process all the way to stacking should create several pictures

My thought exactly Dave.
He's got cool equipment, some property, a bunch of trees........or so he says.

 

[Shane N]

Haha, I'd go out and take pictures right now, but sadly I don't have electrical service out there yet. Thus, the pictures would be solid black at this time.

I hope I'll be pardoned if I produce pictures tomorrow

 

[Gasifier]

Haha, I'd go out and take pictures right now, but sadly I don't have electrical service out there yet. Thus, the pictures would be solid black at this time.

I hope I'll be pardoned if I produce pictures tomorrow

We will consider the pardon after we see the pics. Tell us about your dog. We know he exist from the pic. Looks like a mix between a Rot and a cattle dog, or something like that. Cool.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Here is another way to move logs if you don't have the bobcat. This cost me less than $10 to build.

 

[Shane N]

We will consider the pardon after we see the pics. Tell us about your dog. We know he exist from the pic. Looks like a mix between a Rot and a cattle dog, or something like that. Cool.

He is an Australian Cattle Dog. Not registered, but he is pretty close to being a purebred. Quite the smart guy.

 

[Shane N]

Here is another way to move logs if you don't have the bobcat. This cost me less than $10 to build. View attachment 80356View attachment 80357View attachment 80358

Most of my logs are in the 6-10" range. That sled might work decent if I put a half dozen on it. Might need to put a couple side rails on the front to do that.

 

[certified106]

Skidsteers rock! I love them!

 

[Shane N]

A man of my word, I am.

For reference, here is my last post that showed where my log pile was before, as well as the slash pile before it was moved into the clearing:
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/my-pile-o-junk-land-clearing-pictures.92678

With the driveway behind me:


Turning to the right a bit:


Truck is to the right of this picture:


Path to the new wood pile location:


Some of the mess I didn't get to along the above path:


Like I said, I suck at making stacks of logs:



More of the soon-to-be processing area that still needs more clearing and cleaning:


Looking away from the wood pile area:


The house will be built right around where that slash pile is now.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Most of my logs are in the 6-10" range. That sled might work decent if I put a half dozen on it. Might need to put a couple side rails on the front to do that.

Shane, if you look closely at the picture you'll see that there is a ratchet strap holding the logs on. For smaller logs, it will work the same; just strap it on. If need be, one could put 2 straps on but I doubt you would need it.

 

[Shane N]

Shane, if you look closely at the picture you'll see that there is a ratchet strap holding the logs on. For smaller logs, it will work the same; just strap it on. If need be, one could put 2 straps on but I doubt you would need it.

How do you get those monster logs on that thing anyways?

 

[Backwoods Savage]

EDIT: with the right tools many times what appears to be hard work is child's play.

 

[PapaDave]

Great pics Shane.
That's gotta' be exciting.
When do you plan for the build to start?

 

[Shane N]

Thanks Dave. We'll be getting 1/2 mile of power ran out to the property next year, along with the well and septic. Spring of '14 we'll get a construction loan to do the rest. Trying to avoid going in more debt than we have to.

 

[PapaDave]

Trying to avoid going in more debt than we have to.

That's a good plan.