Loaded truck pics.

This was on private property near a busy road. So she stayed in the truck and only got out for pics. She played lots of ball at home while I unloaded, split, and stacked.

 

No wonder she looks pizzed off in the first picture!!

 

Not loaded into the truck yet. Daughter helped me cut and skid some oak logs off a family friends place over holiday weekend.

3 big ones, smallest is 18" diameter on small end

4 big ones and a bunch of firewood needing bucked up


The skidder for the day. Chain choker on this log. I've got 3 chain and 3 cable chokers and 2 log chains that the daughter and I used. We would set up 6 chokers together and then pull one or two logs at a time. I'd drive and the girl would hook and drop the twitch. She wouldn't say it but she was super excited because we got her a pair of men's carpenter pants to wear logging. She modified the waist a bit to fit better.

half ton truck skidding a log out.

My grandfather, my kids great- grandfather gave me the truck when he got a new one. He put 30,000 miles on it over 10 years. I put 40,000 the first year. I change the fluids out on a severe use schedule since I got it.

I send pictures to my mom to show grandpa when my family is using it whenever we log, haul, skid....

 

Sounds like a fun time

 

Easiest load of wood yet. Neighbor had a dead standing oak in his back yard. Asked if I wanted it, which is a no brainer. He dropped it over the weekend, his son bucked it up, all I had to do is show up with my truck and splitter. Took about an hour with the neighbor and I running the splitter. Truck has a pretty good squat. Little more than 3/4 cord in there.

 

Are those front tires even touching the ground...Looks like I could slide a playing card under them>>> Nice load and right next door!!

 

A country boy can survive

 

I love the history on the truck!

 

Thanks. It's known as the Grandpa truck. I don't really plan on ever getting rid of it.

The kids want me to leave the the truck with great grandpa for a few months. When we first got the truck it smelled like him for 6 months. The kids found it soothing. It's odd how different smells are associated with different memories.

I'm sure it's partially his aftershave, skin so soft to treat cracked skin, a bit of saw dust from the woodworking shop and black dirt from the farm. Maybe a fabric softener that great grandma uses too.

 

Picked up some fancy european Hornbeam

 

Load of mostly dead ash

 

What kind of temps were you guys cutting in today? It was brutal here.

 

That was Wednesdays cut. I worked outside but it wasnt labor intensive stuff. 90* or so.

 

Low 80’s. I had a long sleeve on until 11. Below avg temps for most of May.

 

New member and a load of silver maple. I didn’t drop the tree I just cleaned it up.

 

Welcome to fhc! I love the truck and monster blocks of wood. You’ll fit right in.

 

Noth Welcome to the site. We love lots of pics dealing with all things firewood related. What part of Iowa to you call home?

 

Pilot Mound

 

You win the "Best Loaded Truck Pics" award for the month, maybe the year. That does not look like silver maple from here. Welcome to FHC...