Staying ahead of the tub grinder

metalspinner · May 25, 2010, 04:59:57 PM

My buddy called this morning with a hot lead. It turns out a big tree service in town had a tub grinder at their place clearing out the dump. They allowed us to mark the logs we wanted. 8) They would put them aside until last then will grind up whatever we couldn't pick up.

The beast...

Oh, they had one of these, too.

The best way to load logs. 8)

Load number one. Two nice walnuts. These are for my buddy.

Look at my big ash.

This ash has about 500bf in it with the small end about 38". It appears to be clear as a bell. Still to pick up are several more ash logs, about 10 white oaks that are in the 24"-28" range, some cedar and whatever else they uncover and we can get to before the grinder. 8)

Busy, busy, busy...

Chuck White · May 25, 2010, 05:20:59 PM

Nice "find"! ;)

sprucebunny · May 25, 2010, 06:05:24 PM

Jackpot !!!!

Congrats 8)

WDH · May 25, 2010, 06:50:58 PM

You are going to need to build a bigger drying shed, the same boat that I am in :D.

I priced an open sided agricultural metal barn that is 30' by 75' to put the little LT15 under and to have good room for air drying stacks. Price was $9200 installed. That does not sound too bad. I am seriously considering it since if I need to air dry a lot of lumber (which I hope to do), I do not need to be stepping all over myself

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Those are some beautiful logs! I cannot wait to see pics of the output!

Magicman · May 25, 2010, 08:01:33 PM

One man's trash is another man's treasure. Congratulations !!!

fishpharmer · May 25, 2010, 08:30:10 PM

Metalspinner, maybe you need a bigger truck and trailer too. 8) 8)

WDH, that's a heck of a good price for a shed. Do they work in MS?

sjfarkas · May 25, 2010, 09:14:41 PM

That's a horizontal grinder and they can't take big wood. We had a peterson 4700 and it couldn't take over 28" and it didn't like 24" wood. You definately got a good score.

WDH · May 25, 2010, 09:21:02 PM

FF,

It is a company called Vulcan located in Adel, GA. Maybe they have a branch in your area.

metalspinner · May 25, 2010, 10:56:31 PM

This evening after dinner we headed back out. No help with the loader tonight, so we did it the old fashion way. One 12' x 26" white oak and two big cedars. My buddy brought his little trailer and we put a few persimmon on it.

It got dark on us kind of quick so that was all we could do for the night. Later this week I will head out to see what else we can grab.

WDH,
A drying shed is definatly in my future. In fact, when the forum was pulled up tonight, DonK scissor truss was on the front page. That looks just about right for what I had in mind. ;)

fish,
A bigger trailer?!? That will only get me into more trouble. :D When I got in this afternoon, a friend called with another lead on 30+ tree length logs.

That's just too much. But maybe I will go pick a few out to meet my needs. And then there are the other 5 logs down the street... smiley_dizzy