I have pics of this on here but none with it in action. Well the "Log Dog" went to work today. My original design needed some tweaking so for those that want to build your own I Will explain my changes. The original had permenent fixed up legs that I found were most often unnecessary and forced me to lift the log another 12" higher to load. I cut the original off and refabbed with a heavier angle and short legs that are square tubes so you can just drop the extender legs in if needed. Most of the time the chain and legs are doing nothing because I notch each log end with the saw and just set it on the angle. Gravity does the rest. I do use the extender legs if I am loading two logs at once and I have a quick catch chain hook for added insurance but like I said, it is mostly just laying there doing nothing.
All in all it works sweet! I can get the bike into tight spots that a trailer would not fit without a lot of cutting and path work and the 550 Griz can haul plenty more than I can lift up onto the dog so I am getting large logs out whole to a place I can buck and load or stack. Currently this place is my back yard because I am fortunate enough to have access to a lot off blow downs and standing dead ash. Today it was all ash and cherry with one small oak that was brought down with a big cherry blow down. It was not real big but I do not have any oak so I wanted it.
Loaded:
Close up with legs in:
The original Log Dog:
One more with him supervising my stacks while he munches a deer leg bone he found:
All in all it works sweet! I can get the bike into tight spots that a trailer would not fit without a lot of cutting and path work and the 550 Griz can haul plenty more than I can lift up onto the dog so I am getting large logs out whole to a place I can buck and load or stack. Currently this place is my back yard because I am fortunate enough to have access to a lot off blow downs and standing dead ash. Today it was all ash and cherry with one small oak that was brought down with a big cherry blow down. It was not real big but I do not have any oak so I wanted it.
Loaded:
Close up with legs in:
The original Log Dog:
One more with him supervising my stacks while he munches a deer leg bone he found: