atv logging

Does anyone do any logging with there atv and if so what type of trailer do you use [pictures please ]

The logs that I drag out of the woods would laugh at an AVT. They let my 1957 john deere put, put know that they are there most times.

we use two atv

We use two atv's for getting our logs out of the woods. One of the trailers is just a small 4-wheeler trailer. We mainly use that for the bigger logs that we cut to 18". We probably about 3/4 to 1 chord on the trailer and hauled it out. The other trailer is a homemade pole trailer. We put our logs on there that we cut to 54" in length. We probably put the same amount of wood on this one as our other trailer.

My partner has some pictures and I PM him to post them on here. I don't know if we have any pictures of the trailers loaded but you will get the idea.

this works very well need to make the toung longer on the arch .

I have a Suzuki KQ and a couple of trailers, one is a yard trailer that I drag into the woods behind the KQ. I cut the wood into 4 ft lengths and drop them in the trailer. If I'm able to get the bigger trailer in the woods (wider trails) I take the one thats behind the Toyota RAV4. In the pic with the RAV4 I had just hauled a bunch of birch in from a neighborhood business that was selling 8 - 10 ft lengths for $110 a cord. we then cut it in the yard and split it with the electric splitter. The biggest trees around here are white poplar with a trunk diameter of about 3 ft. Those get cut to 18" rounds and hauled out in the smaller trailer. I think the ATV and trailer work great together. And we use the KQ to clear snow in the winter
fwiw I built a stand to get the splitting work off the ground, thats a back breaker!

Arch is the only way to go.

I use an arch similar to the one in the pics posted earlier (ASEMASTER)... Sorry no pics. The differences between ours and the one in the pic....

We used square tube and there is an A frame above the wheels (3.5 ft that a pully block sits in. A horizontal tube connects at the top of the A creating a 12" triangle. Ours is slightly longer.... We use a boat winch in about the same position as the one in the pic. Wrap the log, lift it 8 - 12" off the ground. Then use a chain from the log to the frame of the arch near the winch (again almost horizontal with the chain). This transfers your pulling power mainly into the chain..... your winch line is just used to keep the log up.

You'd be surprised what you can pull out of the bush this way....I would estimate 3-4 times what you can pull without an arch, also far less dirt on the log.

When my arch makes it home (friends got it) I'll send you some pics.

im using a arch trailer with my foreman 500...i skid big log with that and easy :greenchainsaw: :monkey:

i use the maxtor ATV to haul out trees.............


it works ok



take care
john

I went to a forest class 3 years ago and laughed when the showed us ways of logging, including using an Quad ATV. I do not laugh at that idea any more.

We drag gobs of felled trees around with that thing, with just a chain off the hitch. We are in the middle of a large thinning operation here and use a Polaris to drag tree tops and slast into burn piles and to drag poles around. Typical poles are up to 18 inches, and 20 ft long. We also used the ATV to drag down 50 or so 8-12 inch DBH firs with branches attached to use as a revetment project for a neighbor's stream bank errosion control. The drag was about a mile run, and it worked just fine. Drop tree, chain it up at the butt, drag it off. We havd a smaller dump trailer for the ATV as well, but it is not scales or big enough for hauling logs with.

For larger stuff we have a Kubota tractor with bucket hooks for chains and rear clevis hitch for dragging bigger stuff around. Also load logs and cut firewood into the bucket and usually drop it into a 3/4 PU truck for bringing down to the house for cutting and stacking.

and ... i work with 2 feet of snow.i have to make trail first...and the day after its frozen enought to skid some big log

thenorth

can you post some closeups of the maxtor, i did a search and can't find it anywhere

sorry maxter ????....lol what do u mean

Got more pictures of the way you skid them out?
I want to fabricate something like that.
Do you winch up the logs?

There's another thread building....

I put a crappy sketch of my arch up on the thread below: has rough dimensions.

http://www.arboristsite.com/showthread.php?t=60919&goto=newpost

Check out this thread.

http://www.arboristsite.com/showthread.php?t=57085

Page 5 shows how I get firewood out with an ATV.

hi , here are a couple of pics.

we just finished making it in this pic:
http://www.thenorthshore.com/camps/2007/Pict3413.jpg



i just back into the log, winch it up off the ground....and go
http://www.thenorthshore.com/camps/2007/Pict3415.jpg

this one is close to 10' long.....dragged it about 1/2 mile from the back 40, to the woodlot area
http://www.thenorthshore.com/camps/2007/Pict3434.jpg

more trees
http://www.thenorthshore.com/camps/2007/Pict3495.jpg

this link is to my woodlot webpage
http://www.thenorthshore.com/camps/2007/Aug - 12.htm


take care
John

how the max looked in 2004............



john

skiman3911 said:

sorry maxter ????....lol what do u mean

Click to expand...

I think he combined the two words...

the atv is a Bombardier Traxter Max


Craig

Hey ASEMASTER

What kind of atv is that and how do you like it?? Looking to add a wheeler to my fleet and wondering what everyone would get.

Depends on what you want to spend and what features are important to you. The price range for a 4x4 is between $3500 and $8500. UTVs can go significantly higher. I bought an Suzuki Eiger a year ago and couldn't be happier.

Matt