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Help! Need to rework logging slash piles
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Posted by Richard Scott on November 25, 2005 at 15:04:30 from (64.233.107.200):
We logged about 5 acres a year ago and the logger piled the slash with an excavator. The slash is mostly long limbs with few logs. It was too late in the year to burn the piles before the winter rains hit here in western Oregon. So last summer, I covered the 42 piles with plastic. First mistake was to use plastic that was too thin. The piles were packed very tight and there were lots of needles which reduced air movement and slowed drying. The thin plastic got torn up by fall winds, followed by heavy fall rains before the state fire folks would let me burn. Now they won't burn--too wet. So now I have piles to cover again and hope they will dry out enough to burn come spring. But because of the way things are packed so tight, I don't really expect them to dry out enough to burn this season. A friend who had the same problem took a loader & fluffed up the piles, giving more airspace and shaking down some of those needles. I've been wanting to move up to a tractor with a loader, but my long term needs are only for a tractor of about 20-25 HP (it's the size, not the power, really). I won't buy new for a tractor that I would only use 20 hours a year after this project is done. Questions: Anyone ever had this slash pile problem? How did you deal with it? Would forks on the bucket help much to get in there & work over the piles? Here are some currently available tractors: 1975 JD 830, $8,500 2wd
Ford 2600, $4,000 2wd
Ford N/H 1715, $9,500 4wd
JD 850, $6,500, 2wd
Ford 1720 with new loader & tires, 3,000 hrs., $10,000 Opinions as to suitability for this project? I would probably want to resell the JD 830 & Ford 2600 after the project was done as they are larger than I want long term. Thanks for all your assistance. RS
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