Pulling wood out of the brush?

[sawinredneck]

Image uploader is NOT happy tonight!!!

 

[sotc]

what are the first 4 showing?

 

[sawinredneck]

WOW!! It's pissed!!!!

 

[squisher]

Yah I don't see the CN tower anywhere?

 

[sawinredneck]

what are the first 4 showing?

The first pic sucks. the rest are the field area that I have to work in and the wooded area, camera phone! These are rather large tree's you are looking at, 16" is a prety good average size if that helps.

 

[squisher]

Looks creamy going man you just need a 4x4, not your fancypants city truck.

 

[sawinredneck]

Looks creamy going man you just need a 4x4, not your fancypants city truck.

I'd have had a 4x4 up to the frame today!! This isn't the place to play, I've buried many a Jeep out there!

 

[Stumper]

Well there you go. If you had saved those jeeps instead of burying them you could wheel a little trailer amongst all that easy pickin's firewood and score big.

 

[sawinredneck]

Well there you go. If you had saved those jeeps instead of burying them you could wheel a little trailer amongst all that easy pickin's firewood and score big.

If I would have really put some thought into it, I would have burried the Jeeps in a line making a road so I could get in and out.
That damn hindsight!!

 

[NeTree]

There's always mule logging.

 

[Newfie]

There's always mule logging.

There ya go. And he could wear his new suit. I'd be wearing that thing every chance I had.

 

[sawinredneck]

There ya go. And he could wear his new suit. I'd be wearing that thing every chance I had.

I just had some fine words to say about that suit a min. ago!!!

I don't think the mule would like riding in the bed of my truck much, but he may have to get over it!!!

 

[Al Smith]

Good Gawd it's a swamp .Why don't you wait until it freezes . The way the wind whips accross Kansas it should freeze that open ground down about a foot deep unless you have snow cover .

Oh,another thing ,you could always chain up that truck . A set of chains will bite when those deep lug tires won't .

 

[Newfie]

Sometimes the wood just ain't worth it. Just something to consider.

 

[Thor's Hammer]

You can borrow this off me at the weekends Andy if you like. Just make sure I have it back during the week....

 

[sawinredneck]

You can borrow this off me at the weekends Andy if you like. Just make sure I have it back during the week....

Thats pretty sweet!!! I do think shipping might get a bit costly though!!!

 

[Burnham]

It can't possibly be worth your time, Andy.

I'm with Brian and Justin...blocks and a truck winch, but jeez 100 yards is a long way.

 

[sawinredneck]

It can't possobly be worth your time, Andy.

I'm with Brian and Justin...blocks and a truck winch, but jeez 100 yards is a long way.

With the economy in the can, one needs to get creative! We have a buyer that will take anything I can bring in. She would like 120 face, plus whatever she sells to fill in. I cannot do that much right now, but it's gaurunteed cash. Nothing else is!! It's misserable work, but it's money, what would Burnham do?

 

[Burnham]

Probably the same as you, Andy .

 

[squisher]

Ain't nothing wrong with firewooding. Good honest work. Hard as hell but I enjoy it, I'm guessing if I ever have to go to the bush again for firewood though I'm gonna enjoy it a little more with a mini along for the ride.

 

[sawinredneck]

Probably the same as you, Andy .

Amazing how a little explanation can change things

Yeah Squishy, I'm still working mama on the mini deal!!

 

[Al Smith]

I can't say that when I sold the stuff I ever had to swamp it out ,lawdy me that's work .

 

[Stumper]

Andy, Sorry to be a party pooper but unless you have a longterm source of wood and are planning on a career in firewood there is no way that a season's cutting trying to haul 2 cords per trip is going to justify/amortize the cost of that mini. I'm with momma...except for the suit-return that puppy.

 

[sawinredneck]

The wood in itself won't justify the mini. But some of the other work that I come across, sidewalk removal and repair, small backfilling jobs etc. would also offset the cost.


Edit: to add a little more to this, anything else I will buy will just bo fo that purpose as near as I cn figure. If I buy a Lewis winch I will easily have $1k wrapped up in it, and it's a very limeted use tool. If I get a winch on the truck, a lot more is wraped up. It will have to be large enough to pull my truck out, as it will get stuck moving it around to position for pulls, and I will have to be able to mount it on the front and back (when I get stuck) and will most likely require another battery as well. A powered wheelbarrow is multi use, but I think it would be limited use in this aplication.

 

[lumberjack]

If you do Manuel labor, even if you don't use Manuel, the mini will pay for itself, especially at $3k.

Doing tree work alone I've paid for my mini at least twice over.