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I guess sometimes it's easier to measure up 1-3/8 then measuring down.........

Not much room for error but I snuck it around the trees.

To wet for outside work so we take some firewood and make some boards for special project...

If the front end stays down then tractor isn't overloaded, just loaded........

I'm getting some popple or some say poplar logs out, probably saw them out next spring, into 6x8x20' beams. If the sun was any brighter I could put solar panels on my tractor and have electrical solar powered tractor........

I like making a full load.......

First load with big rock in place, sorta keeps trees away from trees.

I kinda dont want to drag trees against other trees, rather use a rock. This rock is a good candidate but cant drag it, cant push but I can winch it. I was a bit nervous cause this is when things break, when I use something that it wasn't design for. After I got in the vicinity I spent another half hour flipping it around til I liked the position it was in.

Leave no tree behind, because it makes me mad.......

Had to do some circle hauling and then one got away.

I dont quite have enough firewood out so I'll get some more out while the weather is great.

I forgot to bring down my ratchet straps but I made out without loosing top bundle. Each bundle is 2x2x8, so if I do the math right, 6 bundles = some wheres around 6 cord, I think.......

Time to ramp things up a bit.

The most important trick is not to hit the plastic bands with steel forks........

Now it's time to get firewood for the garage, I prophesy something will break down this winter and will need heat for me to try and fix the said prophecy............

Now the fun part, joy ride At the end see the 3rd block in 35 years that stopped my splitter, had to use XP550 wood splutter........

Now the top is out where I can at it or most of it. And It was so quiet Saturday at noon time God could hear me speak in tongues all the way to Heaven, if I hit a rock with my freshly sharpen chainsaw..........

Just a little more firewood before shifting gears.........

Even though the tractor can, sometime I wonder if I should, I was two blocks out of balance, two cuts for rebalancing...... The tidal should be (lifting big maple with Kioti CK3510) but I dont want Kioti to see this because they will void warranty, all tractor companies dont like standing behind their products. It's like they make a loader to lift 1500lbs, so if someone trys to lift 1500lbs + 1 oz, warranty voided.........

Finally got these maple tops out, now block them up........

Still gaining, just dont get why such a small twitch is going so hard............

Had to use a poor mans snatch-block, twice, so after the 3rd re-hook aggravation was setting in but I was still gaining ground in a forward motion..

Got it, I'll get the top in next video.

I knocked this maple down this past July for a log, but it has rotten butttt so now I'll put into my under estimated firewood supply for this season. I had to make a path just to get at it, farm tractors do ok in the upper mid-west flat ground country but here in Billy-goat country one has to have lot of smarts and or lots of money to make farm tractors able to get firewood, unfortunately I severely lack in both.............

I ended up with 13 loads, I need 15 so have to go get some more wood from the back-up emergency wood supply.