I think there may be an easier way for you to load the saw. If you built 2 or 3 little ramps beside the sawmill and If you bolt on a few pieces of steel to the front edge of the bucket like mini forks. You can then lift with the bucket “Forks” while pushing most of the load up the ramps onto the mill. I often work alone so I have to come up with some innovative solutions. Also you have already identified some shortcomings of your boom . Maybe you need to shorten that. Think of an engine hoist and it’s adjustable boom. I find with anything like your boom gets in the way and damages other stuff while you are maneuvering. Very nice build so far. Be safe please. Greetings from Maine.
Looks like there wasn’t a thermostat in the tractor when you removed the housing. Good thing you added a new one to help it get to proper temp and stay there. You may be able to lift that log with the bucket if you use the bottom of the bucket close to the pivot pins. I have a little Kubota and it has hooks welded onto the back of the bucket so it will lift more closer to the tractor. I built my mill downhill from the path in, therefore I just use gravity and a few running boards to the mill to get the logs on it. I just have to pull the logs to the path above the mill and stop and let gravity do the brunt of the work although I still have to roll them and guide them.
That’s a good idea! My mill is also downhill slightly, I was thinking about doing bunks like that as well. I need to weld hooks onto my bucket and try that out. It seems like it would be a lot easier that way. Thank for the advice.
Great video! You’ll get the hang of the boom pole. It can be challenging at first.
Thank you! Thanks for watching
Great Video! That tractor is cool! Can’t wait to see all you do with it.
Thank you!
I think there may be an easier way for you to load the saw. If you built 2 or 3 little ramps beside the sawmill and If you bolt on a few pieces of steel to the front edge of the bucket like mini forks. You can then lift with the bucket “Forks” while pushing most of the load up the ramps onto the mill. I often work alone so I have to come up with some innovative solutions. Also you have already identified some shortcomings of your boom . Maybe you need to shorten that. Think of an engine hoist and it’s adjustable boom. I find with anything like your boom gets in the way and damages other stuff while you are maneuvering. Very nice build so far. Be safe please. Greetings from Maine.
So did you Center the pith on your first cut, because I'm not too sure after watching the video
No, I didn’t. It wasn’t too far from where it needed to be, so I wasn’t too worried about it.
Looks like there wasn’t a thermostat in the tractor when you removed the housing. Good thing you added a new one to help it get to proper temp and stay there. You may be able to lift that log with the bucket if you use the bottom of the bucket close to the pivot pins. I have a little Kubota and it has hooks welded onto the back of the bucket so it will lift more closer to the tractor. I built my mill downhill from the path in, therefore I just use gravity and a few running boards to the mill to get the logs on it. I just have to pull the logs to the path above the mill and stop and let gravity do the brunt of the work although I still have to roll them and guide them.
That’s a good idea! My mill is also downhill slightly, I was thinking about doing bunks like that as well. I need to weld hooks onto my bucket and try that out. It seems like it would be a lot easier that way. Thank for the advice.
Why not just use the bucket? You could have already been done. And you can see better.