What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

[Paul Allwood]

During the summer if I get a hardwood blow down across a trail I just move it off and leave it trailside. I end up with bits of firewood spread all over. Then on a nice day like today when I am in the mood I go out and pick some of it up. This is my 4th stop. White Birch on top of some Red Maple and Yellow Birch

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and the 6th stop - Beech and more Yellow Birch

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Some of it isn't too pretty

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the 8th and last stop for today - some more Beech and Iron Wood (Hop Hornbeam)

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3/4 of a cord - should give me a good half cord when all worked up

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In the door yard ready to go.

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Makes for a good day for an old guy who likes to putter in the woods

gg

Great setup, first for collecting the logs, then for transferring to the bench. Do you use the timber bench to support the logs while you cut them into lengths ready for splitting ? I'd be interested to see your next steps too.

 

[g_man]

Great setup, first for collecting the logs, then for transferring to the bench. Do you use the timber bench to support the logs while you cut them into lengths ready for splitting ? I'd be interested to see your next steps too.

Yes, I block it up on the table with the splitter nearby. Some times I split it and stack it -




And some times I split it into the bucket and stack it in the shed -






gg

 

[Shawn T. W]

I finally pulled my battery out and got everything cleaned up ... When I bought it last July the dealer told be the battery ground to frame was corroded ...



I load tested the nearly 4 year old battery ...



And gave it about 45 mL of water in each vent ...



Then put it all back together with dielectric grease ...

Then I filled a tote and took it down to the creek to give the little fishies a drink ...



Another 250 gallons ... We only got 0.11" of rain on Thursday night ...

 

[S-G-R]

Used the forks to put my stairs back on the deck.

 

[Shawn T. W]

Took another tote of water down to the creek, we've only had 0.11" of rain in more than 6 weeks, then only a little over an inch the previous 6 weeks!

 

[netspyder]

well ... dried in the cabin this weekend, but not using my kubota. i did brush hog everything, drag the driveway with the box blade, and till and plant my food plot

next year the grass should fill out.

truckload of manure doesn't go as far as you hope it will

 

[ken erickson]

Spent a greet fall weekend tent camping in my wall tent.

Did a bit of grapple work and maintenance mowed about 3/4 acre of prairie. Hopefully I will be able to do a prescribed burn in the next year or so.
For now the maintenance mowing is knocking down the un-wanted woody species that are creeping in from the edges, aspens and scot pines.

This coming spring I am replacing the wall tent with a pre-built 14x24 structure that will include a 6 foot covered porch. This old man is getting to the point of wanting a hard shell for my stays at the land. I will be using the tractor to enlarge the tent pad and spread and level gravel.

 

[RCW]

No tractor in this one, but related.

Geddy agrees with my assessment.

When the leaves are (almost) down, the mower deck comes off the tractor.

Tire chains go on, loader if needed, then snowblower.

Looks like we’re about there for the seasonal transition.

 

[GrumpyFarmer]

Spent a greet fall weekend tent camping in my wall tent.

Did a bit of grapple work and maintenance mowed about 3/4 acre of prairie. Hopefully I will be able to do a prescribed burn in the next year or so.
For now the maintenance mowing is knocking down the un-wanted woody species that are creeping in from the edges, aspens and scot pines.

This coming spring I am replacing the wall tent with a pre-built 14x24 structure that will include a 6 foot covered porch. This old man is getting to the point of wanting a hard shell for my stays at the land. I will be using the tractor to enlarge the tent pad and spread and level gravel.

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I bet tha cabin would be toasty warm with a small wood stove in it. (Do you / will you have a well at the cabin?)

Regarding your prairie lands: Do you spot spray, pull, or just knock down the invasive/unwanted species before they go to seed?

 

[ken erickson]

I bet tha cabin would be toasty warm with a small wood stove in it. (Do you / will you have a well at the cabin?)

Regarding your prairie lands: Do you spot spray, pull, or just knock down the invasive/unwanted species before they go to seed?

No well at the land. I bring in drinking water/cooking water and have a water guzzler that collects rain water for dish washing etc.

I do have a small hot tent wood stove but not sure if I will use it or look for something better suited.

My main tool has been selective spot spraying of invasive species including woody species. Spotted knapweed is my most prevalent invasive. I use Milestone and spot spray. I was told by a highly regarded local expert on spotted knapweed to stop hand pulling. He says it only disturbs the soil and will kick start 2 or 3 new plants by pulling one. Mowing only forces the plant to bud out at a lower height.

I use Garlon 4 for woody species such as unwanted oak sprouts and aspens.

I have used the girdling method for killing off black locust mother trees with
some success.

The unwanted scot pines just require cutting below the bottom branches and then will not resprout. My land at one time was a Christmas tree plantation , 50's to 80's, and has a ton of seed in the seed bank.

Even though common buckthorn is a issue in Central Wisconsin, as of now, its not a issue on my land.

 

[GrumpyFarmer]

No well at the land. I bring in drinking water/cooking water and have a water guzzler that collects rain water for dish washing etc.

I do have a small hot tent wood stove but not sure if I will use it or look for something better suited.

My main tool has been selective spot spraying of invasive species including woody species. Spotted knapweed is my most prevalent invasive. I use Milestone and spot spray. I was told by a highly regarded local expert on spotted knapweed to stop hand pulling. He says it only disturbs the soil and will kick start 2 or 3 new plants by pulling one. Mowing only forces the plant to bud out at a lower height.

I use Garlon 4 for woody species such as unwanted oak sprouts and aspens.

I have used the girdling method for killing off black locust mother trees with
some success.

The unwanted scot pines just require cutting below the bottom branches and then will not resprout. My land at one time was a Christmas tree plantation , 50's to 80's, and has a ton of seed in the seed bank.

Even though common buckthorn is a issue in Central Wisconsin, as of now, its not a issue on my land.

sounds like a great place for some R&R and light farming of sorts. I’d probably arrange the the porch so you have an area that can be used as a covered shooting range…that’s what I did with ours and I love it. Best cup of coffee I have ever had was sitting under the covered porch watch my bowling alley in the rain . Keep us posted on your cabin project.

Buckthorn is considered an invasive where I am at and we also have what locals call fragmites which is a really tall grass around wetlands. We also have a lot of wild grape vines….if those or poison ivy were a cash crop Buffett would have nothing on me. We’ve been at it for several years now (since ‘17).

the results are really remarkable. We planted a pollinator habitat last winter in the snow (just mowed it down last visit) and plan to plan another area this winter. Only troublespots were heavy drainage areas and I will replant those this winter. So far good results but I still have to spot spray and mow down. So far so good though.