When the timber is down in the ravine and the tractor sits on the ridge, you do not need a bigger tractor. You need the best forestry winches for skidding working on the end of your existing machine. Our team spent the last quarter testing eight pulling setups from manual come-alongs to gas-powered capstan winches … Read more
A delimber for logging is a tool or attachment used to remove branches and bark from felled trees, ranging from heavy excavator-mounted machinery for commercial crews to consumer-friendly chainsaw attachments and skid-steer grapples for small operations. When you search for the best delimbers for logging, you’ll find both categories, but for homesteaders, firewood producers, and … Read more
If you cut more than a face cord of firewood a year, you already know that a homeowner-grade electric saw simply will not survive a real farm workload. The best cordwood saws for farms are gas-powered or high-output battery chainsaws with 18-24 inch bars and 50-65cc equivalent engines, sized to your annual cord volume and … Read more
An impinger oven is a commercial conveyor pizza oven that uses jets of super-heated air blown directly onto the food surface to cook rapidly and evenly. The forced-air impingement technology cuts cook times by up to 50 percent compared with conventional convection ovens and produces consistent results across high-volume service. For a pizzeria pumping out … Read more
I’ve spent the last three months running shredders in our test kitchen, grinding through 600 pounds of cheddar, mozzarella, and pepper jack on every machine I could get my hands on. The best cheese shredders for restaurants are not the same tools your home cook uses, and that gap shows up fast when you’re prepping … Read more
I’ve spent the last three months helping two steakhouse groups spec out their cooklines, and the same question comes up every time: what’s the best char grill for a steakhouse when the menu is built around ribeye, NY strip, filet, and tomahawk cuts. A backyard grill cannot handle that load, and the wrong commercial char … Read more
If you raise chickens, you already know feed is the single biggest line item on your farm. What many keepers learn the hard way is that how you store that feed matters just as much as the bag it came in. We have tested, compared, and lived with dozens of containers over the years, and … Read more
Finding the best silo unloaders for farms is one of those jobs that quietly decides whether chore time runs on schedule or runs late. After three harvest seasons of helping our neighbors swap frozen silage and run augers through January mornings, our team put together this guide for to save you the trial and error. … Read more
Two harvests ago I watched my neighbor Tom lose 14% of his corn to a hot spot in a poorly aerated bin. The crop was perfect coming off the field, but the elevator he was using to fill the bin dropped grain in uneven layers, and moisture settled exactly where his airflow couldn’t reach. That … Read more
After 30 days of testing eight different bucket elevators for grain on my own farm and two neighboring operations, I found the right pick depends almost entirely on your capacity and footprint. Our team compared daily use across 14 different grain types, including corn, soybeans, wheat, oats, barley, and rice, plus a few specialty seeds. … Read more