Yellow Birch

I haven't been back in here since we received some snow so later tomorrow or on Wednesday afternoon I'll take the tractor back to clear out a few areas.

 

What depth of snow slows the tractor down where it can't move? I've never had or used a 4wd tractor like you have. My only experience is on an old ford 2n. That couldn't go through much more than a foot of snow, and that amount made it difficult to get much done.

I'd imagine your machine could go through a couple feet of powder pretty easily.

 

With the snow we have it walks through it with ease, the four wheel drive was nice when I was pushing about 6-8 inches of snow with slush underneath it. The tractor runs pretty cool, even when I was digging the temp gauge never moves. I was told it's common on this model tractor.

I might get through another winter without chains on the rhino.

 

I had to chain my quad's rear tires up the other weekend. The ice was too much, plus having the extra grip from the v chains really helps even in the loose snow.

Granted, the sled I pull when loaded weighs more than my ATV does. So there's that.

I'll just admire the amount of work you get done with your equipment, until I can get bigger toys of my own.

 

We spent the day in Massena combining insurances to one company so we could save some money. We did some grocery shopping and saw a good friend so by the time we got home it was after three.

We'll see what we can do for tractor time this week, maybe Thursday.

 

I finally finished getting any downed yellow birch in this area bucked up along with some smaller maple. We'll be using some of this sand for a project that we're doing.

 

Thats the plan, right?

 

Yup! But no where near as fast as white birch!

 

Yellow birch is my favorite. I'd be thrilled to use it 100% of the time. It splits clean, dries quick enough, and seems to burn for a decent amount of time. Also the bark doesn't make a huge mess.

 

Don't know why, but I have always favored the smell of burning yellow birch bark!

 

The first two pics look like a bigger hole in the hill compared to the last ones, this was in the area I was working today so any thoughts what might be living rent free on our property?

 

Looks like woodchuck holes although they can dig pretty deep and the holes will have orange subsoil and/or gravel piled up around the entrance.

 

I was thinking the smaller ones maybe a fox but we haven't seen it in about a year.

 

We haven't seen the chuck since last year so I'll keep an eye on that area.