Log-istics

[slack ma girdle]

1 hour ago, the village idiot said:

Hi everyone,

 

I'm after a bit of advice. 

 

I have a Posch autosplit which converts log rings into lovely regular firewood. I'm looking for a way to transport rings from a very big heap to the machine (could be up to 100yds).

 

We currently fill potato bins with rings and transport them that way, but it is a bit hard on the arms.

 

I was thinking about a big bucket on a tractor foreloader or Avant.

 

Does anyone know what happens when you drive a big bucket into a pile of rings? Is it effective with the right bucket or is it a non-starter?

 

Many thanks, TVI

 

At the risk of stating the bleedin obvious,  why not use your nice forwarder to move the timber to where you want before you cut it up?

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Sugar beet bucket

 

[the village idiot]

1 hour ago, slack ma girdle said:

At the risk of stating the bleedin obvious,  why not use your nice forwarder to move the timber to where you want before you cut it up?

It's a good question.

 

We do the ringing up in big batches and end up covering a sizable area with rings. I want to be able to bring 'batches' of rings right up to the infeed of the autosplit.

 

The machine itself isn't straightforward to move so I want to avoid consistently shunting it along to meet the edge of the ring pile.

 

Hope that makes sense!