How do you handle timber?

[Mike Hill]

Hiab for the big stuff

Digger with thumb for the larger bits

Tracked Wheel barrow for the round wood.I never try to carry anything heavy.

[old snake]

Mostly ringed up and hand loaded. If we are lucky with access we use our jcb and 7.5 lorry

[Justme]

Digger with thumb for the larger bits

 

Do you have any pics of your digger thumb? I am planning on making one for my digger so I am collecting ideas.

 

Justme

[Tom D]

I used a Bobcat 325 with a thumb a few times, it was very good, the guy who owned it had a rake for it too, it was made from a simple bar with the tynes from a muck grape bolted on very good for picking up brash without catching loads of soil etc.

[atree]

Crane if access is good,or leave it onsite,or chuck it on by hand (no very often tho)

[Tree Man Tom]

I used to have this climber come in with his log truck. Logs could be loaded at any time of the day - keeping the site clear, making it easier for brash clearing. And as soon as we were ready to load we could, instead of waiting on some builder`s grab truck that may or may not show up.

 

 

 

 

Tree Man Tom, could you show us some pictures of that in action and in transit?

 

cheers. nick.

 

These the best photos i got. The last one was abit of a laugh

 

Also it has a hydraulic winch on there so if you cant quite reach the timber, you just winch it towards you.

[Peter]

I hope that oil drum had a valid loler certificate?!

 

Seriously though, nice mog but the payload is very limited. Where exactly wouldnt you be able to reach with a mog anyway, I thought they were supposed to be go anywhere vehicles?!

[Stephen Blair]

any lifter is better than handballing, even rollig big chunks onto a trailer like rupe is excellent.

[nailer]

Thanks Tree Man Tom. I like the winch and mewp options.

[Steve Bullman]

id rather slice and dice on site personally.....but only because if i get it carted back to the yard as trunks it ends up sitting about and i never find the time to cut it!! as Peter will testify as hes seen my yard.

 

Having said that though, it makes a lot of sense to cart wood in lumps and sometimes its the only feasable way of getting a job cleared up in time, particulary distance work