Wood puller

[Montanalocal]

I picked up this Echo chainsaw winch years ago, I do not remember where. If you can find a stump or rock to hook on to, it can pull quite a lot. It is very heavy however.

 

[Woodsplitter67]

Heres a pic

 

[SpaceBus]

Heres a pic
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I thought about a tracked bobcat, but they are crazy expensive. I'm going with a tractor soon.

 

[DodgyNomad]

My old Oliver/White Loader. Three buckets is a full cord. Has hauled a lot of wood for the neighborhood out here.

 

[Woodsplitter67]

I thought about a tracked bobcat, but they are crazy expensive. I'm going with a tractor soon.

There alot of wood that the average tractor cant lift and theres places where the tractors going to get stuck. The trac is where its at it when those situations are apparent

 

[heavy hammer]

The truck isn’t around anymore but I have a newer version of it a 05 Cummins, the tractor has been a big time saver moved about five truck loads of ash today. The grapple is amazing for moving logs.

 

[Woodsplitter67]

View attachment 240919 View attachment 240921 The truck isn’t around anymore but I have a newer version of it a 05 Cummins, the tractor has been a big time saver moved about five truck loads of ash today. The grapple is amazing for moving logs.

The grapple is whats up. My kid loves that thing

 

[heavy hammer]

I love my grapple. Makes moving any size object or load so much easier. My daughter calls it the claw. She loves watching it do it’s thing.

 

[Ashful]

View attachment 241013 View attachment 241014 I love my grapple. Makes moving any size object or load so much easier. My daughter calls it the claw. She loves watching it do it’s thing.

Could you explain the hydraulic circuit on that, heavy hammer? I only see four lines running along the right arm, which is what you would normally need for just the four lift and roll cylinders. Where are the lines for the grapple channel? How many connections do you have between loader and tractor, six?

The reason I ask is that I imagine this could be done by sacrificing the roll channels on a machine with only dual valves. I could put an electric solenoid on the loader itself, and toggle the bucket roll valve between roll function and grapple function. I’m wondering if this is what I see on the lower cross bar of your loader.

 

[maple1]

Bad dumb phone cell pic.

Another ATV guy here.

 

[jkbemdavis]

For me it’s the trusty old Allis Chalmers D15 for pulling and a converted manure spreader wood wagon for hauling.

 

[Ashful]

View attachment 241070 View attachment 241071 View attachment 241072 For me it’s the trusty old Allis Chalmers D15 for pulling and a converted manure spreader wood wagon for hauling.

You get points for the Chalmers, but it'd be double points if you had a Doe Dual Drive (triple-D).

 

[heavy hammer]

Ashful if you look at the top pic you will see the diverter valve I believe it works by splitting the one valve into two. I do not have a true third function kit. I can only do two of the three functions at once. I'm no hydraulic expert but I believe that is how it works. I'm not saying a third function kit would not have worked for my tractor but when looking into them I read some tractors have not enough flow to truly run all three functions at once. I didn't look into an aftermarket kit since the tractor only had 9 hours on it and I figured with my small operation and not being a professional operator the diverter would work fine. Plus as I said that is what the dealer offered for their third function.

 

[jkbemdavis]

the homemade log arch is a plus too. I can pull most anything that I can get to.

 

[firefighterjake]

View attachment 241070 View attachment 241071 View attachment 241072 For me it’s the trusty old Allis Chalmers D15 for pulling and a converted manure spreader wood wagon for hauling.

Loved seeing the old manure spreader turned into a wagon . . . by father did the same thing only he kept the chain driven manure spreader feature so he could off load the last splits and rounds without having to climb into the spreader.

 

[jkbemdavis]

Loved seeing the old manure spreader turned into a wagon . . . by father did the same thing only he kept the chain driven manure spreader feature so he could off load the last splits and rounds without having to climb into the spreader.

Nice... the ingenuity of the old timers is amazing!

 

[Sawset]

View attachment 241070 View attachment 241071 View attachment 241072 For me it’s the trusty old Allis Chalmers D15 for pulling and a converted manure spreader wood wagon for hauling.

A neighbor down the road bought up 6 - 8 spreaders at farm auctions. Fills them up in the spring and lines them up behind the barn. Come winter he just pulls one out and parks it next to the OWB.

 

[jkbemdavis]

A neighbor down the road bought up 6 - 8 spreaders at farm auctions. Fills them up in the spring and lines them up behind the barn. Come winter he just pulls one out and parks it next to the OWB.

Now that would save a lot of unloading, piling, etc.

 

[salecker]

Now that would save a lot of unloading, piling, etc.

Only applicable if you have a smoke dragon.
If you have a gasifier you need dry wood,but only about half of what you use in a smoke dragon.

 

[jkbemdavis]

Only applicable if you have a smoke dragon.
If you have a gasifier you need dry wood,but only about half of what you use in a smoke dragon.

Mine is a Woodmaster 4400, so quantity is important!

 

[wooduser]

At the location where I’m harvesting:

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At home:

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Dear me Ashful! You should change your name to Paul Bunyan!

And I see you work with Babe, the Green Oxe.

 

[Ashful]

Dear me Ashful! You should change your name to Paul Bunyan!

And I see you work with Babe, the Green Oxe.

Hah... I’m 175 lb soaking wet, and spend most of my week behind a desk, no Paul Bunyan! It’s just about working smart, levers and other simple mechanics, like the cant hook.

... and when those fail, hydraulics!

 

[SuperSpy]

I don't have a tractor (yet), but on my wood trailer (just a cheepo Harbor Freight with wooden sides) I put a cheap (HF again) worm drive hand winch, which I removed the handle from and use a power drill to turn.

That, plus a set of homemade log tongs does fairly well at dragging them up to the trailer's tailgate, although it needs help on larger logs.

For really big/stubborn logs, I hook a proper log chain to the hitch on my truck and pull them with that.

 

[jaoneill]

View attachment 241070 View attachment 241071 View attachment 241072 For me it’s the trusty old Allis Chalmers D15 for pulling and a converted manure spreader wood wagon for hauling.

Breed of tractor will vary but this is the standard woods rig in this part of the country.

 

[SpaceBus]

Breed of tractor will vary but this is the standard woods rig in this part of the country.

When I have some more room I'd like to get a dump trailer and a flat trailer.