Mahindra 4540

[thewoodlands]

The first two pictures are of the wind damage pine from the last high winds we had, the part on the ground was across the main trail to the stacks so I took care of that.

The fourth picture is back out front getting some tops off the ground so I could limb them up and then take them to the pine pile....done.

The fifth and six pictures are of some lowering of stumps I did today so I can work in that area this week with the Mahindra 4540.

The last picture has two smaller trees that will come down tomorrow so we can get the 4540 through that area for storage of more pine limbs until we maybe rent a bigger chipper.

I didn't take a picture but tomorrow we plan on taking down four pine with two being very small, that will give me until Monday afternoon to have the area cleaned up so we can fell another four and then we'll move to the opposite side and repeat.

Before I started work the 4540 was greased and all the fluids were checked (everything was good) so we're set for another eight hours before we grease again.

The house will be smelling pretty good by about seven tonight, I'll be making some spaghetti sauce for this coming week.

 

[thewoodlands]

1265 is a before picture and 1302 is after, I think that today four came down and then went to the pine log length pile which is full so I'll be hauling the utility trailer out of the woods so I can start another pile of logs.

I think we have another 12 -15 trees that we want down with one being a double truck ash. It snowed all day but it looks like the weather temps will be on the rise starting tomorrow. The last two pine we felled today will be limbed up and then the logs will be moved to a new pile.

Pick 1296 is one of three pines that we want on the ground, it looks like it could split off where it goes into a double trunk so I might put some ratchet straps on that area before felling.

 

[thewoodlands]

We had EAB move in north of us by about 50 miles earlier this year so we took down this double trunk Ash, I missed a picture of the first part we felled but did get a few with the 4540 with the forks grabbing some logs.

In picture 1317 you can see the Ash, picture 1318 is the second part we felled,picture 1320 is the 4540 getting some logs from the first part we felled,picture 1321 are some Ash logs in front and some smaller Cherry logs in the back and the rest of the pictures is hauling more Ash logs.

We'll be set for shoulder season wood with all the Pine we cleared, we should have five to six years worth.

 

[thewoodlands]

I had a few things that I did inside the house this morning and then we put in half a load of firewood. We received about 2 to 3 inches of snow so I back dragged the driveway.

After I was done with the driveway I put on the forks so I could get some of the ash branches along with the pine branches cleaned up before felling another pine.
Picture 1330 & 31 are logs from a pine we felled about three or four days ago we'll use for milling, picture 1333 is the pine we felled today,1335 are some pine branches headed to a holding area until we chip it, 1336 are some smaller pine branches I'll split for kindling, 1337 is a small dead pine the wife informed me about that was down across the trail and the last picture should be the two pine that will come down tomorrow. Number 1 will go to the right and number two will be felled straight out and then the cleanup will begin.

 

[thewoodlands]

We took down the last pine in the area of the new garage build today, in pic 1378 & 1387 you can see the tree we felled today. We did the leader coming off the back first, pic 1389 and then we felled the rest of tree in the opposite direction.

I moved what crazy shaped pine logs that I cut to length with the Mahindra 4540, you can see in pic 1391 that the path to the log piles is taking a beating.

The area is a mess with all the dead pine branches so I'll be out there cleaning it up tomorrow even though they're calling for rain.

 

[thewoodlands]

After the welcomed rain stopped, I took down a small cherry which will make getting through that end of the trail in the winter easier.

In the second picture #1 pine will come down tomorrow followed by some limbing,bucking and splitting, #2 is a double trunk pine that will come down later tomorrow but most likely early the next morning. This should be the last two bigger pine that come down before the garage build starts in June.

 

[thewoodlands]

I have more to cleanup in the area I'm working but I did get two smaller loads of pine branches out of there. Hopefully by the end of the week the backhoe is on so I can dig some stumps out of the area the garage will be built.

 

[thewoodlands]

I used the pallet forks on the 4540 for my sawbuck , I took three bucket loads (one pictured) to the pine round pile. It started raining pretty hard so the camera went inside and then I raked the whole area with the bucket loads of pine needles going on some beat up trails.

Another good day of cleanup and the backhoe should go on Wednesday.

 

[sportbikerider78]

Now that there is sun....expect weeds in 3....2...1...

 

[thewoodlands]

Now that there is sun....expect weeds in 3....2...1...

We've been having some nice weather which is fine with me after the long cold winter we had up here.

I'm just heading out to start work on cleaning up more of that area but before that I'll open up another area that we'll be putting dead branches, we have a very small dead hemlock down blocking the entrance.

It looks like we'll be getting down below 40 tonight so maybe we'll have a fire.

 

[thewoodlands]

I did more cleanup where the garage will be built and then cleared a bunch of dead downed wood in an area where I'll put a new trail in.

Picture 1464, 65 are heading to the back hill, 1466 I'm getting ready to dump some pine needles, 1467 is heading down the trail toward the back hill, in picture 1468 I moved some dead wood out of that area and the last two pictures is some work for another day.

 

[thewoodlands]

The backhoe is on the 4540 so after I finish cleaning the zerts and then greasing it I'll try some stump pulling depending on the weather, we might have some lightning.

I'll be pulling the smaller ones first and then some of the bigger ones next.

 

[thewoodlands]

I'm thinking that I pulled 5-7 stumps today, nothing huge but the last stump picture took some time.I did get about four bucket loads of sand to help fill a couple of holes.

All the stumps I pulled will give us a clear trail through that area for the tractor,truck and the rhino.

 

[thewoodlands]

The day started getting rid of the roots before I filled back in two holes and then I dug out one stump. The stump that I dug out today won't be near the garage floor so I can get rid of the bigger roots or even throw them back in the hole before I fill it in.

Tomorrow the 4540 will need some fuel and since it's dusty in the work area, I'll clean the air filter.

 

[Sean McGillicuddy]

since it's dusty in the work area,

I thought you would wash and wax the tractor ..

 

[thewoodlands]

I thought you would wash and wax the tractor ..

I've washed it twice since getting it but never did get the chance to wax it. This August will be two years since we bought it.

Today would've been a good day to wash it but we had other stuff going on here at the house, we hit 93 according to our AcuRite.

 

[Sean McGillicuddy]

I was joking.....

 

[thewoodlands]

I decided to move some chips from a tree we had taken down over on a trail on the property I do most of our wood gathering, I moved 5 or 6 loads.

Last year a neighbor had some trees taken down so we let the tree company dump three loads of chips on our property and spread those on this trail last year on the lower part, the loads today went further up the trail.

Picture 1494 is coming off the property our house is on and the rest are from the trail I started working on last year.

 

[thewoodlands]

I didn't have the camera with me but I filled in the last stump hole I dug and then took one more bucket load of chips to the trail before heading to a wake for the rest of the day.

Hopefully tomorrow I'll do some splitting and then start on some stump digging later in the afternoon.

 

[heavy hammer]

Looks like u have been getting some use out of your tractor. I finally was able to take down he trees I wanted to having a tractor is so helpful for the big lifting. When is the building going up?

 

[heavy hammer]

I was pulling stumps this past weekend and I broke a tooth off my ripper shank off the box scraper, but I was able to remove them all. Grapple came in handy as well. I didn't get any pics of the two big ash and one maple we removed but the tractor got some use.

 

[thewoodlands]

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I was pulling stumps this past weekend and I broke a tooth off my ripper shank off the box scraper, but I was able to remove them all. Grapple came in handy as well. I didn't get any pics of the two big ash and one maple we removed but the tractor got some use.

The teeth on our backhoe bucket cost $44.60 per so on the biggest roots I'll break them on the outside where they're smaller and then I'll cut the biggest near the stump with a chainsaw with a chitty chain. This allows me to dig the dirt out real close to the stump so I can pull it over after most of the sides were done like that.

 

[thewoodlands]

I was hoping that I could get two stumps pulled today but it was only one. Picture 1509 is when I started (11:34 a.m.) and the rest are when I finished at 5:59 p.m.

The garage will be going in the area I'm digging in so I'll need to screen our sand, anyone have any ideas on what way would be the best to build a simple sand screen so any roots won't be going back in.

 

[heavy hammer]

I have seen landscapers and nurseries use something like this. I was working on a tower line in a nursery just a couple of days ago and they had an even smaller version of this just made out of 2x4's.

 

[thewoodlands]

View attachment 227165 I have seen landscapers and nurseries use something like this. I was working on a tower line in a nursery just a couple of days ago and they had an even smaller version of this just made out of 2x4's.

Thanks @heavy hammer , I'll make something that looks like that except we'll need ours so we can move it.