Cinnamon Horse C160-8 tuggin' a log.

[TJ5208 1,824]

3 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

Tractor. 575. 

Loaded rears add approximately 155 lbs. 

Larger tires all around and that bracket out front adds some. 

750 or so plus my 265+

 

Well over 1000 lbs for traction there.  

 

Does the wide tires help with towing. Does having the wider tires help with more weight for traction?

[ebinmaine 67,484]

32 minutes ago, TJ Salyers said:

According to the manual they weight 600.

Excellent. I'm stronger than I thought. 

[ebinmaine 67,484]

31 minutes ago, TJ Salyers said:

Does the wide tires help with towing. Does having the wider tires help with more weight for traction?

In my case yes, but not always. 

I bought wider tires so I could put more fluid in which is obviously more weight. 

More weight is usually more traction but that can change with the surface type. 

If the tractor is too heavy and you're on a soft deep surface like deep mud or beach sand having more weight isn't necessarily good. 

I have neither. 

 

 

[ineedanother 1,369]

4 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

 

Well over 1000 lbs for traction there.  

 

New word... SATISTRACTION!!

 

You're welcome 

[ebinmaine 67,484]

13 minutes ago, ineedanother said:

New word... SATISTRACTION!!

 

You're welcome 

Excellent!! 

[WHGuy413 2,683]

On 9/5/2022 at 10:53 AM, ebinmaine said:

We've looked at those. 

 

Several years ago we decided to cut n split our firewood at the site of the tree drop. 

One of the primary reasons is I don't like mud and stones in my chainsaws.  

We thought about using an arch and a dolly for the far end too.  

Too much heavy lifting.  

 

We have one of these my dad built to haul logs out of the woods to our cord wood processor. If you knew my dad he builds things to last a million years so a lot of the time it’s over kill. We tried it on our 4x4 wheeler didn’t like it and parked it in the bushes. Now I may have to try it again on a wheel horse.

[WHGuy413 2,683]

On 9/5/2022 at 10:53 AM, ebinmaine said:

We've looked at those. 

 

Several years ago we decided to cut n split our firewood at the site of the tree drop. 

One of the primary reasons is I don't like mud and stones in my chainsaws.  

We thought about using an arch and a dolly for the far end too.  

Too much heavy lifting.  

 

We have one of these my dad built to haul logs out of the woods to our cord wood processor. If you knew my dad he builds things to last a million years so a lot of the time it’s over kill. We tried it on our 4x4 wheeler didn’t like it and parked it in the bushes. Now I may have to try it again on a wheel horse.

[ebinmaine 67,484]

18 minutes ago, WHGuy413 said:

We tried it on our 4x4 wheeler didn’t like it

 

Five, six years ago when we were looking for some sort of a machine to do what we needed to do around the acreage one of the reasons that I went with a garden tractor was that I like to have things heavy and slow and well controlled. Having that log arch of yours behind a PROPERLY EQUIPPED Garden Tractor would likely be a game changer when comparing it to a lightweight ATV.

[WHGuy413 2,683]

5 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

 

Five, six years ago when we were looking for some sort of a machine to do what we needed to do around the acreage one of the reasons that I went with a garden tractor was that I like to have things heavy and slow and well controlled. Having that log arch of yours behind a PROPERLY EQUIPPED Garden Tractor would likely be a game changer when comparing it to a lightweight ATV.

The Atv handled it it was just a pain to steer with the handle bars while backing up. Dads tractor is too big to get into some of these places that’s why he built the log arch. The one down side to our property is all of the woods are on a steep side hill. 

[ebinmaine 67,484]

23 minutes ago, WHGuy413 said:

is all of the woods are on a steep side hill

Now there's a syndrome I can relate to..

 

Ours really isn't too awful bad as far as steepness goes.

There's a couple spots they get your attention pretty well and may even make certain things pucker up a little.

 

Mostly with us it's just because the terrain is so rough because of rocks and roots. We've been able to adjust that out a little bit by adding stone or dirt to certain places but there's only so much you can do..... 

[Pullstart 62,854]

On 9/3/2022 at 10:53 PM, wallfish said:

Some day, maybe

 

On 9/3/2022 at 10:54 PM, ebinmaine said:

Soon maybe.... 

 

I see what you guys were doing now…

[The Freightliner Guy 1,327]

Eb you should turn a wh into one of those log skidders it’d be cool and handy 

[ebinmaine 67,484]

4 minutes ago, The Freightliner Guy said:

Eb you should turn a wh into one of those log skidders it’d be cool and handy 

 

 

Cool. Yes. Definitely. But not handy.

I almost never pull logs whole. We cut them up on site.

[Lee1977 6,659]

On 9/6/2022 at 2:10 PM, ebinmaine said:

 

Five, six years ago when we were looking for some sort of a machine to do what we needed to do around the acreage one of the reasons that I went with a garden tractor was that I like to have things heavy and slow and well controlled. Having that log arch of yours behind a PROPERLY EQUIPPED Garden Tractor would likely be a game changer when comparing it to a lightweight ATV.

The big difference is in gearing. The Wheel Horse with the high and low transmission will get it done. Even tho a big four wheeler is most likely heaver then a Wheel Horse with out weights.

 

[Handy Don 12,217]

19 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

 

Cool. Yes. Definitely. But not handy.

I almost never pull logs whole. We cut them up on site.

Even the big lumber companies are doing more on-site work.

I read not long ago that he demand for wood pellets is having a negative effect on forest management. Branches stripped from trees being logged are no longer simply left in situ to decay and nourish the forest floor. They are being shredded and compressed into pellets by on-site machinery.

[ebinmaine 67,484]

1 hour ago, Handy Don said:

Even the big lumber companies are doing more on-site work.

I read not long ago that he demand for wood pellets is having a negative effect on forest management. Branches stripped from trees being logged are no longer simply left in situ to decay and nourish the forest floor. They are being shredded and compressed into pellets by on-site machinery.

 

 

That's not the sense we get here in Maine.

I'm not out there in the forest everyday of course but from what we've been able to observe it doesn't look like much has changed if anything.

Up here we've been taking forest for chips and pulp for decades. You can't even buy slabs up here. They get turned into chips. Mulch.

 

The machines go into the forest and take a certain size tree down but leave the others to become that very brush and Slash that nourishes the forest for the future.

 

 

[Lee1977 6,659]

4 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

 

 

That's not the sense we get here in Maine.

I'm not out there in the forest everyday of course but from what we've been able to observe it doesn't look like much has changed if anything.

Up here we've been taking forest for chips and pulp for decades. You can't even buy slabs up here. They get turned into chips. Mulch.

 

The machines go into the forest and take a certain size tree down but leave the others to become that very brush and Slash that nourishes the forest for the future.

 

 

I guess that it's alright for wood to be burned after taxes have been paided on it, but not before.