Log pile safety question

[Oldman47]

Yes he did lay down some stringers.

My equipment consists of chainsaws (of course), splitter, strong back, weak mind.

If you add a cant hook you will have what you need to move logs.

 

[jeepchief]

Cantoo I don't mind having my stones busted. I wouldn't come here if everyone were uptight. I enjoy the back and forth banter. I realize that cutting wood is inherently dangerous and have a wealth of knowledge at my finger tips. Safety is important to me and I come here to humbly learn not to pretend I'm some great logger or saw mechanic.

 

[jeepchief]

I forgot that without a picture it never really happened. And before anyone calls me out the pickup and boat are work vehicles it would be highly frowned upon to use them to haul firewood.

 

[ChoppyChoppy]

If you have the room, have the logger spread out the pile so it's just a few feet high.
At the shop we pile it as tall as possible, 20+ft since we have limited room (only have about maybe an acre to store logs) but I pull the pile down when cutting logs out of it.

 

[Ironworker]

Nice load who'd you get it from, I'm looking for a load now.

 

[jeepchief]

Ironworker I got it from Louie Stone.

 

[Dalmatian90]

I've worked from the top down....VERY carefully and constantly testing stability as I went.

Diesel driven hydraulics makes it much safer (,faster, and easier).

Didn't use it on the last pile pre-tractor or think of it...but I have enough straps and chains to use a come-a-long to pick apart a pile if I needed too.

Back in the 90s I had a pile at a log landing in the woods I worked that I developed a routine to "twitch" the logs so they ended up at a right angle to the pile with a logging chain, tow strap, and my S-1o.

 

[jeepchief]

For those interested, I spent about half the day working on my pile yesterday. I found my felling lever with cant hook very useful. It is great having the pile in my yard where I only have to cut, split, and stack it once.

 

[treebilly]

It's amazing what can be moved with a cant hook isn't it. We put three of us on a 16' long 4' diameter oak log one day. Boss still can't figure how we got it to the ditch with out a loader.

 

[muddstopper]

Keep it simple. Take a chain or cable and hook to the back of your truck ( Prius),and the other end to the log on top of the pile. Pull it until one end is on the ground and the other end is still suspended on the pile. Take saw and cut off rounds starting from the end of the log on the ground and work your way to the other end. You wont be sawing logs laying flat on the ground and wont have to do much bending over either.

 

[jeepchief]

I had a friend come over the other day to give me a hand and my wife took a few pictures. I thought this one of me turned out pretty cool. My pile is down to the last row on the stringers and no one has died so I consider that a win. Thanks for the input!

 

[cantoo]

Jeepchief, looks good, you got some big stuff in that pile.

 

[jeepchief]

cantoo, I've heard that a time or two. Nice pic by the way!