Log Lifting

Wait a darn second... you do all that by hand to "show it to the man" but then you load up the rounds in your truck...

I don't own a truck. Logs arrive by a big old dump truck, though. Then it's up to me and my peavey. I certainly don't do it "show it to the man". I do it because I like it, and it feels a bit like cheating because I do it without having alot of other gear. Money is not flowing out my ears and if I can manage to process all my wood for the cost of a old peavey, maul, Froe, used hand saw, and used hand cart ($140 in all, spread that over years) then I feel pretty good about that too. Cost, challenge, excersize, ability to do it with little ones around are a few reasons.

I live near Waldons old stomping ground, but I only process wood like him. I have lots of modern comforts though, don't worry! Isn't indoor plumbing the bomb!

In old photos I've seen rigs made of two tall wheels with an axle just the right diameter between them that serves as a capstan. Rope attaches to log and goes around axle. As rig is rolled forward log is dragged forward and rises up. I suppose ideally the capstan would be on bearings with a ratchet so the log could be raised with a lever while the wheels stay stationary, dunno, just speculating from grainy photos.

Apparently I can't read. I thought it said "The part I don't like is wrestling the logs onto the truck".

I just picked up this model at ChinaFreight:


We're going to weld the base to the left side of our splitter just inside the fender:

Where can you buy a pile like that and how much does it cost? Thanks.....

Funny, this stuff was the subject of last night's beer table discussion.



The word of the night was "parbuckle"

In your neck of the woods, it should be free! Weren't you hit worse by Sandy than us?

<-- still daily driving past piles of downed trees, left by road crews and non-woodburning folks with property