Logging With My Tractor

[DM]

I was at the Sawlex "Sawmill Shootout" 2007 in S.C. last weekend and the one thing the "Internet friends" i met there said to me was, "Post More Pictures!!".... So, here are some more picts.!

I'm harvesting and sawing some "decent" white pine right now, and here's one i harvested a week or so ago.

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Once i had it on the ground and limbed, i skidded it out to where i could carry it to keep the dirt off it... Even a "little" dirt dulls a chain saw chain or band mill band quite fast so i try to keep my logs off the ground as much as possible... I have to be VERY carefull carrying a big log like this, because it's VERY easy to tip the tractor over sideways on uneven ground... Look at that rear tire...

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Once i had the log to the "running gear", i loaded it up for the trip home...

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Once loaded up it's time to get out on the road, and head to the mill. As you can see, sometimes i just carry a log or two on the forks too...

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Once at the mill site, i loaded the log on the mill...

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Here it is, ready to saw!!

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At 16' 6" long and 30" in diameter, this log will make some nice 2x12's and maybe even a 6" x 10" beam or two!

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It won't be too long and i'll be sawing this big boy up!!

Hope you liked the picts. :)

DM

[DM]

Hey Deb,

Here's what that log looks like today... ;D ;D

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DM

[DM]

All of the white pine i'm sawing right now is for a friend, who is putting a 100 foot porch on his timber frame barn/cabin.... I still have quite a bit more sawing to do for him...

Here you can see the boards comeing off that log..

http://www.fototime.com/A6A700872932050/standard.jpg

DM