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Thread: Log Loader for Tandem Trailer
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4th September 2011, 09:12 PM #16Senior Member
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Log Loader V1
Got the welder out and started on the Log Loader. I settled on the Winch over the side approach. I grabbed a couple of Electric boat winches from Supercheap Auto and went to work. I made the rails pivot so that the log will drop down into the trailer, this will also allow me to get the log back out of the trailer by reversing the process.
I tested the concept today an it appears to work OK. I will need to refine it a bit, but basics are there. This is a Bloodwood log I got today. There are 3x 3M Logs, I could only fit 2 on the trailer, I will have to head back in a coulple of weekends time.
Chhers Jon
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4th September 2011, 10:02 PM #17
nice job,
i use a couple of 4x4s and either the 10 000 lb winch on teh ute, or my turfir.
verry rarely i have to pick up logs myself now, i usualy just get trucks and dont bother if there is only a log or 2.
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5th September 2011, 11:27 AM #18
Interesting Jon, I like the pivots. How do you get the logs off the trailer?
Of interest is the SHS running across the trailer. I assume to spread the load and help stabilise the post, but wouldn't it be better to run down the trailer (ie T piece)? That way the logs could be more easily dragged off, those ones going across the trailer would cause a lot more friction/jamming wouldn't they?
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5th September 2011, 08:14 PM #19Senior Member
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Boys,
The RHS across the trailer keeps the Logs off the floor so that I can get Ropes/Chains under the Log.
How to get the Log out!!
In photo 3 you can see the Rails in the upward position. The log is chained to the rails and then the rails are Pivoted Down by hanging off the End, I might have to put a Winch on this to pull it down or pack on a few more Kilos as the Log was Bigger than I 1st Thought. Once the rails are back down they are latched to the side of trailer and the log is winched back down.
I have made it this way as I can Back the Trailer up beside the Bandsaw mill and roll the log straight on to the Mill bed. I don't have any Big machinery to assist me so I have to work smarter not harder.
Cheers,
Jon
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6th September 2011, 04:39 PM #21Senior Member
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Cheers Bob, I am happy to have ideas, I might have to go to a Hand winch (Boat Trailer Winch) to pull the rail back down, This would give far better Control and less Effort. If you think of a better solution let me Know.
Cheers,
Jon
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8th September 2011, 12:02 PM #22GOLD MEMBER
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I use a similar principle but on a larger scale. The trailer is 14'X6'6" inside. Dual axle, 4 wheel electric brakes, RHS frame,expanded mesh floor.
Sides are RHS web truss. The two ends are the ramps that lift out and drop in. This setup doubles as a car trailer ,tractor and bobcat float or timber "jinker." Logs can be rolled up either side or hauled up from the rear over pipe rollers running up the ramps. I have a couple of portable electric "super winches" mounted on a plate which can be set up on the front or on the side as required.
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8th September 2011, 12:12 PM #23GOLD MEMBER
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Some years ago, while hauling logs from up the coast, a bloke arrived with vehicle and trailer. In the interest of safety, he removed the vehicle from the trailer once the latter was in position and then proceeded to fell the tree directly into the trailer!
I believe the trailer and tree are still there.
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10th September 2011, 09:19 PM #24SENIOR MEMBER
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yes its hard to beat that ,demolition the wheels might be ok cheers Bob
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27th October 2011, 08:19 PM #26New Member
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28th October 2011, 06:57 PM #27
I like Carls setup is much better, he didn't need to unhook his trailer and turn the ute around, then coz he used to run the winch cable around the log and roll it up the side of the trailer, it meant a lot less strain and/or a much bigger log could be loaded
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Allan.
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1st November 2011, 09:07 PM #29Senior Member
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The log Loader/unloader is still working well, I tried it out on another Bloodwood log on the weekend. Here are some Unloading photo's. I can Load and Unload a decent size log on My own using this process. I will post the Photo's of the Log after I mill it in the next couple of weeks hopefully.
Cheers,
Jon
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