Great topic! We use agriculture tractors on the Farm to Yard, but only when I can get access. They are tools of the Farm first, Skidders second.
@markgazelka84936 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing details about your tractor and winch. I’m nearly 73 and get out in my woods nearly every day with chainsaw in hand. Life is good!
@10acresadream832 жыл бұрын
Putting a grapple on my tractor was the best thing I ever did with it. Love the bark removal trick.
@WilsonForestLands2 жыл бұрын
Someday when I decide to get one too, I’ll probably be saying the same thing.
@Dan_Akins9 ай бұрын
Found the video, thanks. Nice old tractor, served y’all well.
@ReapWhatYouSeauxLeJeune2 жыл бұрын
Nice work with what we have 👍
@WilsonForestLands2 жыл бұрын
Very much so, sometimes what we have is good enough.
@thekiltedsawyer Жыл бұрын
I love your tractor 😍, it's a dinosaur like me. I am a 1969 human, so probably a day or two older than yourself 😂 lol. Your videos are awesome, oh ya, I did tell Nathan about your channel. I talk with him often, he bought the Woodmizer mp260 after he saw my post four years ago, supper good guy!
@WilsonForestLands Жыл бұрын
I’m not sure exactly what year my tractor is but I am suspicious it’s 1973 or 1974. It’s about the same age as me. All the equipment mechanics I have talked to tell me don’t buy a new one, just keep using this one. Are you talking about THE Nathan in Tennessee?
@samb76523 ай бұрын
The stubs at the "T" were for cable guide and retainer they were threaded to lock cable down with a clip and nut on top ....and nope I wasn't there when fabricated... just some backwards engineering I picked up working on alien technology....
@joeyrector9342 жыл бұрын
That old tractor still gets the job done. It's a very nice sit up plus it doesn't cost much to sit one up
@WilsonForestLands2 жыл бұрын
And it’s been working for a very long time. Thank you for commenting Joey.
@joeyrector9342 жыл бұрын
@@WilsonForestLands you're welcome
@charliefryer51847 ай бұрын
Forks look beeefy, no lag there ah ha.
@miatch0856 ай бұрын
The grapple on a tractor is nice for grabbing logs! But, I've gotten carried away clearing brush and slash and have done some cosmetic damage to the front of my tractor. Oh well, I'm young, live n' learn.
@miatch0856 ай бұрын
Oh yeah, it's also a Massey Ferguson. Anyway, the winch is really cool especially that it was your grandpa's!
@MsdMakingSawDust2 жыл бұрын
Great old machine, better than any new machine and last longer. A work horse. Now that trick you just showed, that will get you in real trouble if you don’t watch out. I did it in one video and ended up with a $30,000 bill. 😂😂😂 Great video
@WilsonForestLands2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the reminder, you definitely have to be careful using those kind of tricks.
@TheOldManAndTheSaw2 жыл бұрын
Good video. I'd love to have a nice skidding winch. Dave
@WilsonForestLands2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Dave, if I ever win a big lottery, I’ll buy you a skidding winch. Since I don’t play the lottery, it might be a while though.
@marksparkplug77582 жыл бұрын
It would be hard to beat those industrial tractors, you have to teach me the debarking technique. Take care.
@WilsonForestLands2 жыл бұрын
I may have to start a course and start teaching that debarking technique.
@theboakster2 жыл бұрын
I have the exact same tractor. You mentioned that the forks were 17” from the gusset. I’m wondering if you you have the time to send me the dimensions/measurement’s of the fork unit as I’d like to try to weld something like that up for use around my little log yard operation? I truly enjoy watching your episodes. Larry from Shuswap BC.
@WilsonForestLands2 жыл бұрын
Would it be helpful if I did a walk around video doing measurements? I have had other people interested in those forks, maybe that would be helpful to others too.
@theboakster2 жыл бұрын
@@WilsonForestLands I think that would be of great benefit to all of us who still struggle with a bucket,chains and slings to move these logs around. What do you feel is the biggest/ heaviest log that you’ve moved with those forks on your MF30?
@marshvegas19732 жыл бұрын
Is Grandpa still with us?
@WilsonForestLands2 жыл бұрын
No we lost him a few years ago well into his 90s.
@thekiltedsawyer Жыл бұрын
I need help with the snapping your 🤌 snapping your fingers technic, my wife has it mastered. Maybe you can help me with that 🙏 she's pleading the 5th 😂 😂 lol