Mahindra 4540

[thewoodlands]

The more years ahead the better thewoodlands. I can't seem to get more than a day or two before it rains again. I have a few trees to take down some big ash as well. I'm hoping for a couple dry days so I can move this coming years wood up close to the house. I have a area for about 4-5 cords fifty feet from the house. Once that is restocked I plan on filling the stacks back up with the log piles I have. A few days of cutting, splitting and stacking I can get a lot of wood processed and drying for the coming years. I think once everything is processed I should have close to five years ahead. But like others have stated winters might not be real cold but they just never seem to end I burned from Mid Oct. till end of May and I would have had a fire these last couple nights if the stoves weren't cleaned.

Hopefully summer arrives later this week if the forecast is correct, a bad spring really shortens our summer here in northern New York unless we get a nice month of October.

We usually start burning in the middle of Sept. and this year we had a fire at the end of May, I almost went and got a few bags of pellets but I refuse to burn anything in the stoves in June. We either burn the propane fireplace or the furnace for about seven minutes in the morning an night if needed,

 

[heavy hammer]

I agree thewoodlands I'm ready for some summer weather. As bad as it is to think about it burn season is not that far away.

 

[thewoodlands]

I agree thewoodlands I'm ready for some summer weather. As bad as it is to think about it burn season is not that far away.

It looks like the warmer weather starts tomorrow for about five days with the temps between 70-80.

Hopefully we have a very nice fall but yes, it's around the corner.

 

[thewoodlands]

I decided since the radar said it wouldn't rain until 6:45 I would get two loads of chips on a low spot on a trail, when I started off with the first load mother nature let the rains come so I did the two loads and I'll finish it tomorrow.

Picture 9222 is the first load, 9223 is the first load heading back on the trail,9225 is the low spot I'm filling in and the rest are the second load.

 

[SpaceBus]

Looks good! Wood chips really make a difference to a trail.

 

[thewoodlands]

Looks good! Wood chips really make a difference to a trail.

They make a huge difference, an area I did a few years back that would get washed out hasn't had any damage this year with all the rains we received. I should be getting more so I'll get a chit load out of that area so they can dump more.

 

[SpaceBus]

They make a huge difference, an area I did a few years back that would get washed out hasn't had any damage this year with all the rains we received. I should be getting more so I'll get a chit load out of that area so they can dump more.

They pack down great. I kept a muddy area from totally becoming a hole.

 

[thewoodlands]

Counting the loads I moved last night (2) and 6 today, the first load is almost gone with a smaller load behind the first.

The camera got wet yesterday when I did the two loads so todays pics are cloudy but here are a few from the work done today.

Pic 9232 was the first load today. I'll have to run over these chips with the rhino to pack them down because the tractor will just push the chips to the side when you go over it.

 

[thewoodlands]

I used the pallet forks on the 4540 to load our utility trailer with pine branches which we took to the town wood dump, I didn't have the batteries charged for that camera so I don't have pics.

 

[thewoodlands]

I moved around 11 or 12 loads of chips to what was a low area in the trail, this should make this part of the trail much better when it's wet or just when going for a ride.

 

[thewoodlands]

We hit 80 again today but the clouds moved in so it wasn't that bad. I took two loads (one pictured) to the wood dump in the utility trailer

After I came back from the wood dump, I put five gallons of diesel in the 4540 and took three loads of chips to the trail I've been working on. I also moved a nice size pine log out of the area we felled it, hopefully by the end of the day Friday, that area will be ready for me to stack the ash.

Picture 9303 are some of the pine branches for the first load and 9304 is the trailer loaded up before we strapped everything down for the run to the wood dump.

 

[Sawset]

It looks like the warmer weather starts tomorrow for about five days with the temps between 70-80.

Hopefully we have a very nice fall but yes, it's around the corner.

Wait and see, 70-80 means it will be cloudy, 50s, and squeak up to 72 for about 10 minutes at 2 in the afternoon, then right back to a cool drizzle.

 

[thewoodlands]

Wait and see, 70-80 means it will be cloudy, 50s, and squeak up to 72 for about 10 minutes at 2 in the afternoon, then right back to a cool drizzle.

They've been spot on with the warmer temps but some of the rainfall amounts have been off.

 

[thewoodlands]

I took another three loads of pine branches to the town wood dump today in our utility trailer, I used the 4540 with the pallet forks to load the trailer. I'm hoping buy the end of July all the branches from our pine clearing last year are gone.

 

[thewoodlands]

It's getting pretty dark out with a storm moving in, possible gust of 60 mph, lets hope it doesn't hit us.

 

[heavy hammer]

I worked storm most of the day around here I had to leave after 10 hours for my little girls 6th birthday party. Storms kept popping up here and there with the heat. Hope all is good up in your area thewoodlands.

 

[thewoodlands]

I worked storm most of the day around here I had to leave after 10 hours for my little girls 6th birthday party. Storms kept popping up here and there with the heat. Hope all is good up in your area thewoodlands.

We had some severe storm warnings last night but all we received was heavy rain with a light show, today it was heavy rain with it turning nice around six tonight.

 

[heavy hammer]

I ended up putting an hour or two on the tractor moving wood yesterday. Last weekend I greased everything on the tractor and grapple.

 

[thewoodlands]

With the branches I loaded up last night, we took a total of four to the wood dump today. Since the branches were under a bunch of pines, I was out of the sun when loading but at the wood dump we were in full sun, the A/C in the truck was a blessing.

Our goal is to have all the branches in that area gone by the end of July, the wife was a big help today.

I think tomorrow morning I'll do another oil change (did one before spring) on the ole MTD 20 ton and then find some shade and split some wood.

Have a happy 4th of July and stay safe. We were coming back from the wood dump when we saw the ambulances coming from a distance behind us so we pulled over, there must be an accident south of here.

 

[thewoodlands]

I did one load of pine branches but you could hear thunder off to the north so I dropped the trailer when I got home and then put the tractor away, that's when mother nature turned the water on.

It's 79 degrees out with the humidity at 82% and the dewpoint at 73%.

 

[heavy hammer]

It looked like rain all day but I was able to get all the mowing done and moved some more wood. I have some pics of the wood pile I'll post tomorrow. Sorry to hear about the rain and humidity Thewoodlands. At least you didn't get caught out in it.

 

[thewoodlands]

It looked like rain all day but I was able to get all the mowing done and moved some more wood. I have some pics of the wood pile I'll post tomorrow. Sorry to hear about the rain and humidity Thewoodlands. At least you didn't get caught out in it.

Hopefully it stays nice out so we can get another eight loads done (4 per day) the next two times we go, I'll get a picture tomorrow of the area we're taking the branches from.

I have some stacking to do too, I'm hoping for two face cord out of the wood that I split the last week including the wood I split today. I'm pretty sure I have another two face cord of ash that needs stacking too.

My fall work will consist of felling some nice ash before the EAB gets here so that should give us another 10-12 face cord which will fill up all our stacking areas, if I get that all done, that should put us close to six years ahead.

 

[heavy hammer]

I have just about all my wood stacked off the ground on cross arms or some kind of wood or block. I have one pile to cut and stack then everything I have is good to go for when I have a chance to cut and stack to replace wood used.

 

[heavy hammer]

Here are some stacks of the locust logs I have to cut but as I said earlier now all my stuff is off the ground. I spent about four or five hours yesterday re stacking and splitting some old locust rounds I have had for a few years and opened up my tractor path for future wood.

 

[thewoodlands]

That's some nice firewood @heavy hammer , nice work.