This is pretty cool

[bearbait]

and easy enough to make if you don't have a tractor with a grapple.

 

[Henro]

and easy enough to make if you don't have a tractor with a grapple.

Even better than a grapple on a loader if you have to carry the log down a trail...with trees on each side...

Edit: But I think this is actually an on-topic post...

 

[imnukensc]

Looks like a PITA to me. Wrap a chain around it and drag the SOB. The hell with all that other crap. If ya got enough money for a 4 wheeler, ya probably got enough money for a tractor.

 

[JimmyJazz]

Looks like a PITA to me. Wrap a chain around it and drag the SOB. The hell with all that other crap. If ya got enough money for a 4 wheeler, ya probably got enough money for a tractor.

I thought the guy was about to die hooking that log up.

 

[bucktail]

I thought the guy was about to die hooking that log up.

Yeah I don't think that should be as difficult as he makes it look.

 

[Henro]

Looks like a PITA to me. Wrap a chain around it and drag the SOB. The hell with all that other crap. If ya got enough money for a 4 wheeler, ya probably got enough money for a tractor.

One advantage is you do not embed a lot of dirt in the log if you plan on milling it into boards...dirt impacts saw blade life...

 

[BruceP]

I guess using a bulldozer with a winch and choker-chain is wrong?

 

[Lil Foot]

I worked one summer logging and hauling logs to a small sawmill in northern AZ. The old guy who owned the mill was fanatical about us not getting the logs dirty, so we made every effort to keep them clean. Even as careful as we were, he still had us load them onto a "pre-saw" rack, where we had to meticulously pressure wash each log, rolling them to be sure we got every inch of bark clean.

 

[BAP]

I guess using a bulldozer with a winch and choker-chain is wrong?

I’ve skidded thousands of cords of wood and thousands of board feet of lumber with one over the years. So I don’t think it is wrong

 

[skeets]

We built one kind of like this years ago for pulling out from behind Moms place using a small yellow garden tractor, it worked rather well, we first started out with an old car hood

Timber Tuff 24 in. x 24 in. Log Skidding Plate with Double 4 ft. Pull Chains and Arched Plate TMW-21 - The Home Depot

The Timber Tuff Log Skidding Plate is the ideal tool to move logs and other materials quickly and easily. This skidding plate makes it easy to tow large logs long distances. The skidding plate has been

www.homedepot.com

 

[D2Cat]

Skeets, I looked at your post and for $230.... you don't get much. You'd have to have no imagination to purchase that! Your car hood, or a street sign would get the job done.

 

[bucktail]

Skeets, I looked at your post and for $230.... you don't get much. You'd have to have no imagination to purchase that! Your car hood, or a street sign would get the job done.

Skidding wood on the traffic signs in front of one's house is frowned upon in my neighborhood

 

[jajiu]

Using a car hood serves a dual purpose, you can use it for log skidding and also for skidding boulders. Talk to a body shop and most will gladly let you have a junk one from their dumpster.

 

[D2Cat]

Skidding wood on the traffic signs in front of one's house is frowned upon in my neighborhood

Bucktail, back when addresses were changed to accommodate 911 calls a nearby county hired a firm to help them come up with names for county roads. The firm looked up the names of the families who had settled in the county early on, and started using those names. For a few years the county had a high rate of missing signs because many folks who lived there thought they were theirs!

 

[Magicman]

A logging arch is a very worthwhile piece of equipment for some folks. LINK

And when I arrive with my sawmill I am very happy that they had one.

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

A log arch with a electric winch on it is the cats meow, as you don't have to unhook anything to pick up a log.

 

[Daren Todd]

A log arch with a electric winch on it is the cats meow, as you don't have to unhook anything to pick up a log.

The tree service that took down a large leaning pine in my yard used that set up to get the chunks out of my back yard since it was too soft for a truck at the time.

They had an electric winch rigged up on the arch and used a 4 wheeler.

I would have taken the tree down myself if it hadn't been leaning towards my bedroom.

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

I would have taken the tree down myself if it hadn't been leaning towards my bedroom.

What you didn't want a skylight!

 

[Daren Todd]

What you didn't want a skylight!

Or a new door I'm thinking momma might have been a little upset

 

[skeets]

Skeets, I looked at your post and for $230.... you don't get much. You'd have to have no imagination to purchase that! Your car hood, or a street sign would get the job done.

Yeppers anything that keeps the end of the log from digging in would work ,, Ya know I was just thinking, those big arsed orange road cones,, they are tougher than and old whores heart I bet they would work too