Good job. You do what you have to do to get the job done. I have an engine drive welder on the back of my truck. I don’t know how many times over the years I have welded an oddball shape of plate over my teeth on an excavator. Sometimes you get these crazy trench details on the plans for a commercial building. My competitors laugh at me with their fancy tilting buckets, but they still have laborers with rakes and shovels shaping their excavations. By the end of the job, I might have a bent up piece of metal to cut off the machine, but I got it done in half the time and no labor involved. Geter Done Jay!!
HAHA I love that Aaron! You deff seem like the "I got a idea for that give me a second" kinda person haha I love that idea of "mobile welding" when a need arises!
Good day for Jay ! Never to much firewood, Great fix for the forks been there years back for my old 444 Massy, That fix works pretty good & easy to remove :) So much Ice here after this crazy weather making the wood hauling a little harder, But like you we will find a way !
Once again, I will follow your lead. I've got a JD 2030 and a set of clamp on forks that I'm not impressed with. I've got angle iron in the barn. I guess you said you got the idea from the net. Thanks for passing it along. What a simple fix! 👍
Check out the video I just posted! Ill never look back! Moved almost 10 tons of oak in under a few hours. Worked good! In the offseason just take em off and put a nut and bolt through the bucket LOL
@@HomesteadJay I had already seen that video before you sent the message. Just need your logs a bit longer. I liked the one guys math on cutting them at 64".
another option, since you already have the two hooks on your bucket for using chains, would be to get two log tongs on chains to lift the logs. I have seen videos of that setup being used successfully. your solution has the advantage that you don't have to get out of the tractor to hook on the logs. I think the logtongs would have more lift capacity. In the end you should use what works best for you.
I have a BX24 also. Consider using your backhoe. With some nice heavy logs in the bucket, it will lift and maneuver those logs. I speak from experience on this. I think that you might be able to lift more with the backhoe than the loader.
I sold it to pay for all my initial tree gear to start the business. I never used the backhoe anyways. Quicker to rent a mini and blow out a few projects at once. @@waynesheffield7011
You can also hang a log clamp off each angle and pick a good size log and place it exactly where you want it. Far as welding I didn't go to school for it I practiced and took constructive criticism and became a good welder and eventually an inspector and did both for a while. If it was me I'd cut everything 16 inches that way if you had to you resplit the boiler stuff and sell it as stove/ fireplace wood then of course random pices you end up with for the boiler.
Hey Jimmie! Not a bad point to just cut it all to 16 but sometimes thats more work cutting through knots and BS depending the log. I like to "sort" because I dont need all of it for boiler wood or wood to sell so "sorting" isnt a issue. The ugly, twisted, knarly stuff is boiler wood and the clean straight stuff is wood to sell thats how I look at it. I dont wanna struggle or wail on the splitter trying to make nice 16 inch stove wood out of knarly crotch logs and stuff haha
@@HomesteadJay oh yeah ugly and knots for the boiler everything else 16 inches even big 16 inches for prim boiler wood and that can be resplit smaller later if needed. But that's me. Lol.
Good job. You do what you have to do to get the job done. I have an engine drive welder on the back of my truck. I don’t know how many times over the years I have welded an oddball shape of plate over my teeth on an excavator. Sometimes you get these crazy trench details on the plans for a commercial building. My competitors laugh at me with their fancy tilting buckets, but they still have laborers with rakes and shovels shaping their excavations. By the end of the job, I might have a bent up piece of metal to cut off the machine, but I got it done in half the time and no labor involved. Geter Done Jay!!
HAHA I love that Aaron! You deff seem like the "I got a idea for that give me a second" kinda person haha I love that idea of "mobile welding" when a need arises!
Great idea! Should work just fine.
Hope so!
Nice mod on the bucket. Looks like a great improvement for the firewood processing.
Definitely!
Good day for Jay ! Never to much firewood, Great fix for the forks been there years back for my old 444 Massy, That fix works pretty good & easy to remove :) So much Ice here after this crazy weather making the wood hauling a little harder, But like you we will find a way !
Indeed we always find a way! Glad you did the same! I cant believe I didnt come across the idea earlier!
Once again, I will follow your lead. I've got a JD 2030 and a set of clamp on forks that I'm not impressed with. I've got angle iron in the barn. I guess you said you got the idea from the net. Thanks for passing it along. What a simple fix! 👍
Check out the video I just posted! Ill never look back! Moved almost 10 tons of oak in under a few hours. Worked good! In the offseason just take em off and put a nut and bolt through the bucket LOL
@@HomesteadJay I had already seen that video before you sent the message. Just need your logs a bit longer. I liked the one guys math on cutting them at 64".
Good job Jay…
Use what you have to make it happen..
Thanks for sharing your adventures with us..
Love your enthusiasm..
Go 603
Hey Gus! Good to hear from ya! Thanks for tuning in as always! Go 603
Necessity is the mother of all inventions.
Brilliant idea, brother! Chip
Hope you enjoy!
Hey Tractor Time with Tim gets all sorts of work out of Little Johnny- a 1025r JD. So that BX shouldnt sweat it too hard - same size/capacity machine.
Yes this BX puts in the work for sure
Saws love that stuff, they certainly seek it out all the time 😂😂.
Hahah yupp!
Great idea!
Glad you think so!
Great job, Jay. Just don't go high enough to let the log roll down the loader arms. I have seen the results, and it is ugly.
Oh yes. May add a "backstop" for that reason. I can see that happening if your not careful
another option, since you already have the two hooks on your bucket for using chains, would be to get two log tongs on chains to lift the logs. I have seen videos of that setup being used successfully. your solution has the advantage that you don't have to get out of the tractor to hook on the logs. I think the logtongs would have more lift capacity. In the end you should use what works best for you.
Ive seen that idea but the problem is your going backwards LOL I wanna move forward haha
ive seen skid steers with that setup with the tongs off a quick attach. They have more hours on them backwards then forwards LOL
I have a BX24 also. Consider using your backhoe. With some nice heavy logs in the bucket, it will lift and maneuver those logs. I speak from experience on this.
I think that you might be able to lift more with the backhoe than the loader.
I sold the backhoe LOL :)
But you are correct that backhoe would pick and tip the whole machine lol
So that’s why I never see it on your channel…
I sold it to pay for all my initial tree gear to start the business. I never used the backhoe anyways. Quicker to rent a mini and blow out a few projects at once. @@waynesheffield7011
You can also hang a log clamp off each angle and pick a good size log and place it exactly where you want it.
Far as welding I didn't go to school for it I practiced and took constructive criticism and became a good welder and eventually an inspector and did both for a while.
If it was me I'd cut everything 16 inches that way if you had to you resplit the boiler stuff and sell it as stove/ fireplace wood then of course random pices you end up with for the boiler.
Hey Jimmie! Not a bad point to just cut it all to 16 but sometimes thats more work cutting through knots and BS depending the log. I like to "sort" because I dont need all of it for boiler wood or wood to sell so "sorting" isnt a issue. The ugly, twisted, knarly stuff is boiler wood and the clean straight stuff is wood to sell thats how I look at it. I dont wanna struggle or wail on the splitter trying to make nice 16 inch stove wood out of knarly crotch logs and stuff haha
@@HomesteadJay oh yeah ugly and knots for the boiler everything else 16 inches even big 16 inches for prim boiler wood and that can be resplit smaller later if needed.
But that's me. Lol.
your not wrong. Ive burned fat boiler logs at 16 inches no issues! @@jimmieburleigh9549
Necessity is the mother of invention
THATS IT!
I bought a brush forks from titan Equipment on line they're around 3to 4 hundred they work great on are compact tractor we load logs and rounds
Yeah I have forks but they are wayyyy to long and I hate how they move around no matter how hard you clamp down lol
If it works why not👍
Hahah I dont care about cosmetics as long as I complete a task I need im happy lol
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
There it is!