First off, hi! I'm a newb, both to this site, as well to burning. I've spent way too much time going 20+ pages back in various forums here.
Anyways, as background, I recently purchased a 10 acre chunk of land from my parents who have 160. The whole 160 was previously owned by a lumber mill/logging outfit. They last cut it 15-20 years ago of pine. It is now mostly poplar (I think), as well as a few small clusters of red and white oak. The poplar is extremely thick. Most are 6-10" round.
On the 10 acres I have, I've been felling anything in the way of where I want to build a house at. I started by felling an entire tree, chaining it to my ATV, and hauling it to the side. From there, I'd cut the branches off and throw the slash onto a huge pile. I'd then cut into 8ft lengths and heft them onto piles.
What do you guys do? Do the majority of you have skid steers or something to stack 8ft logs? Or do you cut rounds "in the field" and haul those back in a trailer?
I haven't cut any rounds yet from these as I've been trying to quickly get the plot cleared enough to figure out where to get the house built as well as room for septic and well.
Any suggestions for a newb?
Anyways, as background, I recently purchased a 10 acre chunk of land from my parents who have 160. The whole 160 was previously owned by a lumber mill/logging outfit. They last cut it 15-20 years ago of pine. It is now mostly poplar (I think), as well as a few small clusters of red and white oak. The poplar is extremely thick. Most are 6-10" round.
On the 10 acres I have, I've been felling anything in the way of where I want to build a house at. I started by felling an entire tree, chaining it to my ATV, and hauling it to the side. From there, I'd cut the branches off and throw the slash onto a huge pile. I'd then cut into 8ft lengths and heft them onto piles.
What do you guys do? Do the majority of you have skid steers or something to stack 8ft logs? Or do you cut rounds "in the field" and haul those back in a trailer?
I haven't cut any rounds yet from these as I've been trying to quickly get the plot cleared enough to figure out where to get the house built as well as room for septic and well.
Any suggestions for a newb?