Christmas Eve Cutting.. It's a start.

[JP11]

Went out and cut a few dead standing. One 24" plus dead standing oak. Got a buddy wants the few logs out of that one.

Got my sled together and tried that. Will work nice once I get another foot of snow on the rough skid roads around my land.

Dragged out a few dead standings with the kubota. Splitter comes next week..

Merry Christmas to you all.

Here's a pic of the toys.. um I mean TOOLS

 

[ColdNH]

nice "tools"!

 

[JP11]

I didn't show you the other side of the tractor..where it HAD a door.

Dad's first time using my new tractor. Helped me out by coming to plow when I was away. Door not latched, swung open and caught my other snowmobile. POW!

New glass on order. Merry Christmas. I told him it was all insured. It is. I'll eat the deductable.. he felt bad enough already.

JP

 

[WellSeasoned]

Nice pics and merry christmas. That looks like the perfect winter/snow setup. Be safe

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Good that you at least have a little bit of snow to skid on.

 

[bogydave]

Nice sled, 500 Skandic?
May not need the snow blower this year Very nice!
Yep,You have nice toys ** Tools

 

[firefighterjake]

It's got that classic Skidoo yellow . . . guessing either a
Tundra or Skandic.

 

[firefighterjake]

My sled -- play only -- doesn't come out until we have a lot more snow on the ground.

 

[thewoodlands]

Went out and cut a few dead standing. One 24" plus dead standing oak. Got a buddy wants the few logs out of that one.

Got my sled together and tried that. Will work nice once I get another foot of snow on the rough skid roads around my land.

Dragged out a few dead standings with the kubota. Splitter comes next week..

Merry Christmas to you all.

Here's a pic of the toys.. um I mean TOOLS

Nice work JP11, what type of logs did you get?

zap

 

[maxed_out]

do we see a hitch ball on that ski sled? if so how well does it tow?

 

[JP11]

It's a 500Fan Skandic. 2002. Tows great. I helped out the local snowmobile club. I bought it from them, maintain it, and I still drag the trails with it.

To be honest.. I'm not sure exactly WHAT I got for logs. I'm gonna burn two types.. Blow downs and dead standing!

One I know was a yellow birch. Other was I think a maple. Smooth, dark grey skin. It had been blown over.. but still really solid. I built a pond, and raised the level of the ground.. so quite a few GOOD trees got their roots covered over a lot. I SHOULD have cut them when I built the pond.. but the wife didn't want to lose em. It was easier to let nature take them out. Less fight that way. I got a couple 20 plus foot oak tops. That were 12" or so. Dry enough I think to burn next year.

When I was riding around I found a couple fresh blown down I didn't know about. Both are laying right along side the trail. Both about waist high. Easy pickins. Sled worked good.. but trails were so rough I rolled the logs out at one spot. I think stove length, with one of those bungee nets over the top.... and i could really boogie. Not sure what those were. Smooth bark, but lighter grey. The other was either an ash or an oak. I gotta work on my Tree ID. Need to start taking pics I guess.

Merry Christmas to you all. Would love to get in an hour of bucking logs tomorrow. Not sure if the wife has enough patience for that.

JP

 

[iskiatomic]

I have a similar skidder that is yellow and black. Use it more for pulling the sled to reload stacks in the winter as to tearing through the bush.

A SkiDoo MXZ 600


KC

 

[henfruit]

Jason,What are doing chipping the tops with snow blower.What till i tell mark!! I just sold my 440c john deere skidder,I bought a small winch for my tractor and a grapple for the front end. You would love to have a winch on that tractor and i would love a cab on mine.Do you have a wood splitter?

 

[JP11]

Splitter gets delivered end of the week. I got a Northstar 30 Ton.

Curious to see how much wood I have already. Some is near ready to go. came across about a cord of Oak and ash that I cut 4 years ago and stacked mostly 4 foot length off the ground when I put in my underground power line. Some of the tops of the dead standing stuff I've been cutting isoalready dry.

I like the cab.. and it's a driveway plow machine (half mile) first and foremost. I do wish for something I could bash about it the woods more. Foolishly.... I have been looking at old skidders in Uncle Henrys. I really don't need, or want an old piece of equipment to work on. I got rid of my old '66 JD when I bought the kubota. I do have a neighbor with 2 skidders... maybe I could "rent" his a couple weeks a year and get my "fix"

I've had the blower on once this year. Really wanted to test my hydraulics. I built a hydraulic controlled spout, and bought the pieces to do the chute rotation. Awful nice sitting in the warm cab.

Going to get a load of pallets tomorrow. Lots of splitting and stacking to do. Trying my best to get ahead two years before the boiler comes.

JP

 

[henfruit]

I have a seven foot snow blower on the back of mine,with the hydraulic rotator.You could still skid out with just a chain.Your neaighbor could skid out all you need for 3 years in about a few days.I sold mine for just that reason use it for a week then it sits for a year. I got all the money i paid as the previos owner kept it perfect.I am going to get some wood cut this week before we get to much snow on the ground.I hope you had a nice holiday.

henfruit

 

[JP11]

Great holiday here. Still want to bring the wife over to fire that Vigas. I'm on vacation most of Jan and Feb. I'll holler sometime.

Just scored a big pile of cut off BIG ROUNDS that have been cut two years. Best part. they aren't even at the end of my driveway. Guy I bought my land from kept 15 acres. He had it cut two years ago. Just got to get on the tractor and go get em.

JP