Thread: loading logs by hand the easy way.

Depending upon the slope, and the size of the log, this method works for hand pulling too. If the log is reasonably round, the mechanical advantage is automatically 2:1, because the diameter is twice the radius. I've used it on sloping ground, but I had to drill a hole (earth auger in a battery drill) under the log for passage of the anchor end of the rope. To avoid untying the anchor end (at a nearby tree), I pushed a length of "rigid" electrical wire through the hole, and temporarily twisted it around the free end of the rope.

Works a treat.

Cheers,
Joe

Thanks for that Carl, good advice

nice work carl

That is the same way log trucks could load themselves years ago, except they would have a big tree or stump to anchor to midway along the jinker.
regards inter

Hey really good .Got any more tricks up ur sleeves? how about rolling them under ur mill ,same method??

Hi weisyboy,

Thanks for the detailed pics etc..
Looks like you have it down packed.
One question, how the hell do you get them out of the backyard to the front yard in narrow passage ways?

I was thinking of grabbing a few logs from a tree lopper i know but that would be a major issue. any solutions?

thanks,

Peter

Originally Posted by Peter Carpenter

One question, how the hell do you get them out of the backyard to the front yard in narrow passage ways?

With a lot of sweat and grunt or mill them on site.

This thread shows me recovering a Silky Oak log which had limited access.

Originally Posted by InterTD6

That is the same way log trucks could load themselves years ago, except they would have a big tree or stump to anchor to midway along the jinker.
regards inter

When the only big machinery that was available (ie Pre big front end loaders) to work in the bush was a bulldozer that's also how they used to load logs onto log trucks.

i use this for loading big logs onto the bolsters to mill.

it can also be done by hand as joe said only with mutch smaller logs.

we used to have a blitz 6 x 6 and a shevy tandem axle truck when we were falling oput of the forestry here. this is the way we loaded the logs. either pulling to logs with teh other truck or with the mid mount winch.

at cetain locations there were soil ramps where we could snig the logs to and load them with the little dozer.

Originally Posted by Mathuranatha

Hey really good .Got any more tricks up ur sleeves? how about rolling them under ur mill ,same method??

Matt, I've rolled some pretty serious sized logs into my mill, just using can't hook, iron bar and a good shaped wedge of some kind. That is my log handling arsenal, nothing more, nothing less. Some logs you don't need the wedge, they roll pretty straight, some you need it to turn the log parallel with the mill. I only use the iron bar to 'hold' the log while I take a new bite with the hook, also the iron bar is used to hold the log from 'running away'

All my logs get rolled into the mill and lifted onto 6" high bolsters using those 3 bits. I do it regularly on my own without winches or machines.

Hey Carl, good on ya, I tried doing this with the first log I scored - instead of the log coming up into the trailer, the trailer tipped over to the log yeah it was attached to the vehicle, but I figured out early on, moving logs is not a small task

Good illustrations Carl.

You been to art classes?

And here is how to unload them, to load them I just picked them up.................. with a backhoe

i just roll mine off. got a dirt ramp thet lifts one side of the trailer when i back up on it. just untie them and back up then drive away.

This is all great advice.

I picked up a Lucas 1030 a few weeks ago and although i have been cutting boards out of smaller size logs without any trouble, it wasnt untill the other day when i slabbed a log of a bigger size (still not anything massive) that i realised i was in trouble. If the farmer hadnt been there with the tractor im not sure how we would have gotten the slabs on the trailer.

Has anyone got any addvice on moveing slabs on and off the trailer.