steve fryar
ArboristSite Lurker
I have posted this on our forum in Australia,thought I'd do the same here.Do any millers out there use a boat winch to pull their CSM along?I know putting the log on a slope helps but some of the logs I will be milling,with a 60" bar,weigh tons.
I have an Alaskan style mill.I have no problems with pushing the mill with a 30" bar,but the big 60",phew.And I have no permanent offsider to help me hence the idea of using a boat winch to pull it along the rails.I was thinking of a setup in a Y configuration with the winch hight adjusted as I get deeper into the log.The mill will be ballasted to keep it firm to the rails.
Cheers, Steve.
I have an Alaskan style mill.I have no problems with pushing the mill with a 30" bar,but the big 60",phew.And I have no permanent offsider to help me hence the idea of using a boat winch to pull it along the rails.I was thinking of a setup in a Y configuration with the winch hight adjusted as I get deeper into the log.The mill will be ballasted to keep it firm to the rails.
Cheers, Steve.