Foresty
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Teeth make all the difference
The teeth finally arrived for the bucket and of course I had to get them on and try out the CAT before sundown. Whoa! Teeth make all the difference. I mean, I knew it would but wow, sure is easy now. I pulled this stump out of the ground in one back drag and then with one pass forward I picked it up. Like a kid in the candy store, I had to get out and take pics. 🙂
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Teaching myself to drive a skidsteer
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Winter Wood
Its that time of year, where the mornings are cool and the sun stays low over the trees until noon. Just right for moving wood into primary storage for next year.
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Bearcat Wood Chipper custom discharge chute
This video is about our BearCat homemade discharge chute.
Disclaimer: This is a prototype design we made only for temporary use. It is not an authorized piece of equipment by the manufacturer. If you decide to build one for yourself, you agree to do so at your own discretion, risk and liability.
I wanted a chute that would blow chips right into the quad’s dump cart. Its a little more than 1 cubic meter (yard) of material. We previously would fill the cart with the 3″ BearCat chipper but filling it just once and dumping would take a whole hour. When I recently purchased this 8″ wood chipper, the first objective was to fill the cart with a custom chute. It did so easily, 5 times an hour. Although, there is still some things to consider, like the huge amount of airflow from the chipping action causes blowback of chips. It makes a mess but that’s not a big concern for us.
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Bearcat chipper trailer DIY
I had salvaged the rear end off of a ride on mower. Its wide wheels appeared perfect to upgrade the mobility of our Bearcat wood chipper shredder (model #70085). Lessons learned along the way.
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Dump cart panels
It starts with some recycled plywood that’s been sitting in the garage for 5-6 years… just waiting for a purpose.
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Not running at 100%
Difficulty running at 100%… well, … this weekend we were blocking and splitting firewood. My go-to chainsaw (I have a few) would not work on Saturday. Played with the air/fuel adjustment screws to the point I was all messed up. So I went online to one of the forestry forums and posted the quandry I was in. Overnight …
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Bucking a jig
What do these have in common?
2 pieces of 2x6x48, 1 piece of 3/4 x 24 x 96 plywood, a piece of 2x4x60 inch and 7 pieces of 2×4 8 inch
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Firewood winter prep
September will soon be here so its time to prep the wood sheds for the winter. That means covering up the split firewood to keep the rains and snow off.
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Brush clearing after the July full moon
I read somewhere that cutting brush within 3 weeks after the new moon in July will stop all future growth. So I did a test and cut about 800 feet of trail during that period this year. It will be interesting to see what happens. I call them weed trees, but its mostly poplar (or popple as some call it).