Case logging
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2023 8:03 pm
My big summer project has been a larger woodshed. Before I began I needed to fell this dead ash. It sat for about a month until today when I decided to start bucking it up now that the big pile has moved inside the shed. But it was laying in some pretty thick brush (not to mention some poison ivy lurking around). Then it dawned on me - why not try pulling it with the 444 to a more suitable spot?
Grabbed a chain, cinched it up and after a few tugs I managed to drag it out. It was about 40' long and 10" at the base, far end about 8 inches. Quite a bit of weight but the 444 did it...at half throttle too.
Think I need to build or get a log arch if I do it again.
Once again impressed with the pulling ability of these tractors!
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Grabbed a chain, cinched it up and after a few tugs I managed to drag it out. It was about 40' long and 10" at the base, far end about 8 inches. Quite a bit of weight but the 444 did it...at half throttle too.
Think I need to build or get a log arch if I do it again.
Once again impressed with the pulling ability of these tractors!
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These really are impressive machines. Good idea on the the log arch, I’d be curious at how much more it would pull using one.
These tractors will pull hard, all you need is grip. Did you feel your front go up at all? 
And the front wheels stayed down the whole time. I have another set of wheel weights that came with this tractor, which when installed is about 150lbs each side. It has about 100 lbs each side now. I wonder what the previous owner was pulling/pushing with it? It has a beefy bracket with long bolts around the entire axle housing.
Harry