Thread: One man log lifter

Great idea Col

Excellent! Great for those of us who think we can still do now what we did at 21.

Originally Posted by Bruce White

Excellent! Great for those of us who think we can still do now what we did at 21.

Great idea thanks. I'd just like to remember, what I did at 21
Kryn

Col,

Good idea. I really like the saw horse.

Who said the simple idea's are the best knew what they were talking about thank you for sharing I am sure this could easily save a few back's even when there are more than one of us lifter's who aren't very smart but can lift heavy object's(well I used to be able to.)
Regards Rod.

An even simpler method would be to use the horse itself as part of the lifter.

A pair of long wooden arms could be attached permanently and help strengthen the horse, or the arms could be made from something like galv water pipe and be loosely attached by pipe brackets to the horse. The pipes could then be removed for easier access and transport

I like that idea too.

Yes good idea, but then you are lifting the horse as well as the log, plus your leverage is no-where near that of an extendable ladder

Originally Posted by dai sensei

Yes good idea, but then you are lifting the horse as well as the log, plus your leverage is no-where near that of an extendable ladder

Huh???
The leverage issue is irrelevant as the levers can be made as long or as short as one likes.
Even if the levers are as long as a ladder they could be made lighter than a ladder.
Using the horse to hold the log also means no additional bracket is needed which reduces the weight that needs to be lifted.
The effort required to lift the horse will be minimal and while it might weigh as much as a ladder it has to lifted over a far shorter distance.
The heaviest thing by far in the overall scheme of things is the log - unless the horse is made out of RSJs the rest can pretty much be ignored.

To assist with the lift, a length of RSJ or other weight could be attached to the the back legs of the horse as once this weight passes over the rotation point of the front legs on the ground it's weight will assist with the rotation of the system

Now all Neil has to do,is to work out how to fit it to the slabber, and then store it in the NEW trailer. It should save the shoulders a bit.
Kryn

Originally Posted by BobL

...the levers can be made as long or as short as one likes. ..

True

Originally Posted by KBs PensNmore

Now all Neil has to do,is to work out how to fit it to the slabber, and then store it in the NEW trailer. It should save the shoulders a bit.
Kryn

I was thinking of using my aluminium milling ladder (like normal ladder but has moveable rungs). The frame being able to be located along the ladder using different rungs for different lift heights also interested me . Still have to see if I can get the log on the ladder in the first place, but the cant hook should do it.

Originally Posted by dai sensei

. . . . Still have to see if I can get the log on the ladder in the first place, but the cant hook should do it.

Instead of putting the log on the ladder what about VV?

Attach a suitable length prop to one side of the ladder.
Lay ladder arcross log
Ratchet strap log to ladder at suitable height
lift ladder, log and prop.
Once it has reached a suitable height place saw horses under the ends of the log.

Thanks for all the comments & ideas guys.
BobL...Please let me know how you go with your design variations & building them.

I will stay with my design for now because.....it was easy to make, no costs involved, & it suits what I want to achieve
It is very portable which is good when collecting logs etc for our club members http://mandurahwoodturners.com/

The sawhorse also suits my needs. logs can be cut to length, & when left on the horse the centre 50mm can be ripped out & it still stays upright.
The other side I use for slicing burl caps in the upright position.

Cheers
Col