Backyard Winter Logging/Skidding with Kubota BX2200 Sub Compact Tractor

I use my Kubota BX2200 sub compact tractor for everything around my property - a little winter logging included. With 4-wheel drive and chains on the rear tires, this little tractor is in and out of the woods all year long. Oh, and I plow snow, haul hay wagons, move manuer, and mow the lawn with it too. I love this tractor.

[@crabhab]

Great video. I also use my BX to skid logs out of my backyard forest. I bought a skid plate for the bottom of my bx to protect against sticks and stumps

[@danryan3146]

Great set up! I have a similar size Cub Cadet 7265 and I'm just in the middle of putting my chains on for the winter. I ran a very similar skid chain rig until I bought a scaled-down logging winch (Norse 180) that lets me reach into the bush without leaving the main trail...great for yanking cedar that gets hung up. Not cheap but I put it to good use. Thanks for the video.

[@rickkelleyjr]

Added a new video today. Finally brought the camera out in the woods while I cut and skidded some cedar trees with my little tractor.

[@stevesexton2988]

He's a logger!

[@rickkelleyjr]

I use various sized chains that I have purchased in the past for other purposes, but none of them have failed me yet. I typically use the smaller chain on smaller logs and bigger chain on the really big logs. The chain you see in the video is my smallest chain and I'm probably pushing its limits.

[@rickkelleyjr]

This model tractor doesn't have an exposed transmission fan so I don't need to worry about that. However, there is a hydraulic filter that hangs low and exposed just before the back wheels. With that, I'm just careful. I cut my stumps low to the ground so I can drive over them without worry and I use my bucket to flatten anything else that might do damage to the undercarriage.

[@shanekerrigan5223]

Get a Stihl! :D

[@MrSigDan]

That chain you are using looks very light. I can see it obviously works but do you have problems with it breaking when the logs get hung up.

[@danbarden5806]

Check out "The Mingo" for marking your logs. Way faster than any way else. And I like your video.

[@davekana8388]

What's your back bar look like?

[@haroldzimmerman3270]

I was doing that and rear end broke

[@danryan3146]

One more comment...you would be doing your family a solid if you wear some chain sawing protection (chaps, gloves, face/eye shield, ear muffs)...sorry, I had to say something.