Mahindra 4540 4WD

no pics but I was gonna wrap the stacks in packaging wrap for the trip.. I belive fuelrod does or Flamestead

 

I built a nice three sided P.T. box out of used wood for that once. I would run a chain through it in the back and around fork frame, I could load rounds or splits in it and then dump if I wanted. Later I'll see if I can find the thread I posted it in and give you a link. Watching littlest ones soccer game. It's a little cool out tonight!

 

Oh. You'll love having forks! I've got those same ones.

 

I’ve contemplated using some sort of wrap, but haven’t actually done it. I posted plans for a rack that could be moved with forks and might have said something about it then.

Wife’s work did the mesh bag on a pallet with loose wood. We have their frame and bags here, but haven’t tried that, either.

Definitely an A-1 idea to minimize the handling using the tractor.

 

I took two pine down that will make the new trail wider and big enough for the truck and trailer. After taking the pine to the splitting area, I dug up twp small stumps.

 

I buried the two smaller stumps, this is the last one.

 

About the 12th post down in this thread thewoodlands .

Let's see your wood haulers

That was the first one I found it in. Pretty sure I posted when I built it, but haven't seen it yet in this little searching episode.

Oh. Here ya go.... 3-4X4 on the bottom. Then 1x6 decking on this one. Another I made a little different has 2X6 for the decking.




Unfortunately I sold this box with the Kubota.

Time to build another.

 

How much weight was in that when it was full of firewood, just a guess is good.

 

Depending on Ash or Pine, or a mix. Probably 1000-1500 lbs of firewood if wet.

 

It's been about 14 months since we bought the Mahindra 4540, we've had a code update about two weeks after we bought it and a small antifreeze leak, both were updated/fixed at our house.

We have just over 222 hours on it and so far we're very happy with it.

Next job up for it will be replacing a post that a gate locks up to.

 

I am happy for you, and glad you are having good luck with it Zap.

 

That over 5 1/2 full time work weeks!!

Don't you get vacations?

 

I've been taking it easy but hopefully after this week I can get back to working harder.

 

We plan on replacing a post that the fence locks to so we'll be using this pine, hopefully around four feet in the ground and another five or six above.

We might have some wind up to around 40 mph so that will be the only thing that stops us.

 

Gonna coat the in ground portion of the pine with anything?

 

Nope, it's done but by the time I went to get the camera the wife was gone in the rhino.

 

This year the truck with the plow won't be a backup, we did get rid of the truck plow along with everything else that makes it work.

It will be the rhino and then the walk behind snowblower for backup.

According to and Amish farmer, it will be a tough winter for snow. He said they go by the thickness of a tomato skin and a watermelon skin, they said the watermelon skin was the thickest they have ever seen.

 

I hope so, I think that we only use the 4 or 5 times last year. It seemed every time we received snow the rain came in a day after.

Changing the subject, our neighbor has been moving in wood since late summer, when I stopped by today it looked like he had enough in for a cold winter until spring.