noodlewalker
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I love this method!!! well done..
I do it the same way but put blocks in front of the trailer wheels to keep it from going forward. How do you keep the trailer from moving? Almost forgot, I also run the rope through the bottom of the front of the trailer so I'm not pulling at such a great angle - more direct pull on the log. Maybe that's the difference?Where there is a will, there is a way. Mostly I like to use snatch blocks. But, this Dawn Redwood had a nice tree, with a limb sticking out, next to it. I use a 3/4 inch, 17,000 pound bull line, through it over the limb, tie it to the log, back my trailer up against the tree. Unhook the truck, hook to the other end of bull line, pick the log up, let it swing over the trailer, and let it down. Untie the rope, re rig to pull it the rest of the way on the trailer.
Or, just pull it up the ramp, Joe.
a little late joining this thread, but several people i know who smoke meats only use white oak and pay top $$$ for it...but it can't be seasoned...I have rights to a stack of mostly White/Post Oak logs 12/14' x 24-50+", about 30 and recently cut. No rot/hollows at all, is this wood worth selling to a sawmill, or should I just split/burn and sell as firewood?
Wow, don't know how I missed this question. I'm not too close to Hardy County - see attached map with red x's/. I'm in Ohio county.Yep, that's it, I'm pulling down enough that it doesn't move. Sometimes I do stick a chock in front of the tires. Sometimes if it's heavy enough the trailer will move about a foot, before the log starts to move, and the jack digs in enough to stop it. I have learned how much I can pull with out doing that, I don't want to bend my jack. I let a friend borrow the trailer and he forgot to slide the foot up and pin it, so it only cleared the ground by a couple inches when wound all the way up. Then he ran over a speed bump, BANG, took a big chunk out of the speed bump and bent the jack bracket a little. It's pretty tough, but now that it has the bend started, I'm a little more careful beating on it, Joe.
Buzz, I may have asked you this before, but I'm getting old and forget what I did 5 minutes ago. How far are you from Hardy County? I have a little farm in Mathias that we hunt on, Joe.
Wow, don't know how I missed this question. I'm not too close to Hardy County - see attached map with red x's/. I'm in Ohio county.
Yep, that's called parbuckling, works well with a trailer that has no, or low, sides. Some of the winches on saw mills work like that, Joe.
Where there is a will, there is a way. Mostly I like to use snatch blocks. But, this Dawn Redwood had a nice tree, with a limb sticking out, next to it. I use a 3/4 inch, 17,000 pound bull line, through it over the limb, tie it to the log, back my trailer up against the tree. Unhook the truck, hook to the other end of bull line, pick the log up, let it swing over the trailer, and let it down. Untie the rope, re rig to pull it the rest of the way on the trailer.
Or, just pull it up the ramp, Joe.
Where there is a will, there is a way. Mostly I like to use snatch blocks. But, this Dawn Redwood had a nice tree, with a limb sticking out, next to it. I use a 3/4 inch, 17,000 pound bull line, through it over the limb, tie it to the log, back my trailer up against the tree. Unhook the truck, hook to the other end of bull line, pick the log up, let it swing over the trailer, and let it down. Untie the rope, re rig to pull it the rest of the way on the trailer.
Wow. Great job!
Or, just pull it up the ramp, Joe.
Stave = white oak clear first cut off stump only. And that clear is very specific to not even 3/16" or less branch since that goes all the way to center (pith) and will leak around. gotta be what it's gotta bewhiskey barrels
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