Archive through May 12, 2009

[klejeune]

I really enjoy the show Ax Men, except for this years characters from S&S Aqua Logging. I can't stand the father. You don't have to yell like that to get stuff done. If I was the son, I'd be outta there. He keeps going back and the dad keeps yelling.

I'd like to burn more wood and enjoy cutting and splitting. If I ever build a house I'll put in a good wood burning system. I have access to all the wood I'd ever need on dad's farm. At my house now, it's a pain to get the wood from the street to my backyard for storage. I keep some here as backup in case of power outage. We heat with a natural gas furnace that is on it's last leg. I hope it lasts one more year at least. House was built in '86 and it's the original unit. My BIL has his own HVAC business, so that helps when it fails.

 

[kmcconaughey]

Allen, this semi load was around $800. In the past it was more like $600 for the load of logs and the last load of slab wood was around $500. IIRC

FWIW, the slab wood loads actually have more wood because the slabs fit together with little air space, basically more density of wood per load, it's also more work to process.

 

[bfoster]

First time posting, have been reading posts and looking for proper place to ask about the 2 Cub Cadet 1000 model tractors I just bought. Are they "Garden" or "Lawn" tractors? Wide or narrow frame? What are good places to find information about them? One runs and mows grass, the other is missing clutch assembly (previous owner robbed it to keep other tractor mowing) as well as mower deck and air filter assembly and maybe more. I am planning to use the engine out of the non-running tractor for a log splitter and the rest for backup parts. Are these Kohlers easily rebuilt? What should I look for in deciding how to proceed with refurbishing the tractor and the engine from the other. Thanks in advance for any help you can give.

 

[kmcconaughey]

Byron, do they look like this one? If so, they are wide frame Garden Tractors from the Quiet Line series and questions regarding them should be posted in the main IH Cub Cadet forum.

BTW, Welcome!

 

[aaytay]

Lets get this area back on topic. Today I was able to get the wood from a 100+ year old Oak tree.

HUGE logs...

Check out the size of this stump!

This was my first load of 3.

The "final" pile..

 

[kide]

Art:
What was the diameter of the stump? Betcha the house shook when that oak went over.. (you're sure that's oak, now aren't you)???

Kraig:
I knew it!!!! Elvis had Cubs........!!!!!!!

 

[aaytay]

Kendell-
The owner of the house actually dropped the tree. I told him I would "get it out of his way", but was not interested in the potential risk of dropping it on his house.

I didn't think he'd find someone to drop it, then let me come and take the wood, but he did!

(JACKPOT!!!!)

I never measured the stump to confirm, but the home-owner says it was 42" inches across..

Yes, it's OAK...

 

[dfrisk]

BYRON - If Your two Cubbies look like Kraig's picture the 10 HP Kohler's in them are very easy to rebuild, and the clutch parts and other things You need to get the one running are available resonably priced from the sponsors of this site.(colorful boxes above this forum)
They are Garden tractors and both WIDE frame's. They also are both "Quiet-Line's" because of the rubber-mounted engines and the side panels that enclose the engines. I've never had a quiet-line and am not a big fan of them because of the durability problems with the rubber mounts and the flexing they impart on the clutch driving disc, which is what probably failed on your mowing tractor requiring the parts to be robbed from the other tractor. BUT there are MANY many Quiet-lines running every week mowing, blowing snow, etc. etc.

I would fix the one tractor up, maybe rebuild the Kohler engine if it needs it and replace all the clutch & other parts required. A 10 hp Kohler is a lot of HP for a log splitter, a smaller 5-7 HP Briggs or even a Honda would be a nice cheap engine to run a decent-sized splitter. Someplace like Northern Tools & Equip. is a good place to start looking for splitters and engines.

The tractor without the mower would be a great tractor to pull the log splitter and a cart to haul wood with and do other chores around the house. Just about everyone here has at least two or three tractors for doing different jobs. Sometimes One just isn't enough!

And welcome to the Forum!

 

[jbaker]

Bryon, i have two cubs one is a 1200 quite line, i use it for tilling and use my 128 for mowing both run but the 128 will be rebuilt this winter. so to your ? yes they are rebuilable and the sponsers have parts how easy depends on your skills but if you take your time and use a manaul it should be something that can be done, at least i hope so as i plan on doing my k301

 

[jbaker]

sorry i went off topic so Art you got it for free looks like a couple of cords there what type of wood burner do you have? I am currently hauling about 3 cords of black locust back from my grams its about 150 miles round trip but cant pass up all those winter BTUs. gonna make my husqavana 455 work this year.