Since that oak I have added a winch for when I dont have the kubota with me . I use an old gravity roller conveyer as a ramp like this one but much sturdier 
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This one looks like it would be a good one for moving heavy rounds.
https://www.globalindustrial.com/p/...MIoPK-2uWF5gIVw5JbCh3WZgHiEAQYBSABEgKBYvD_BwE
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If the wood is on the same property where it will be burned and if you can get the splitter to where the logs sit, I would strongly consider processing the wood completely into firewood where the log sits. Noodle and hand split until you can get it on the splitter. Split into the trailer, drive to where it will be seasoned and stack.
I have a skid steer, but I used a friend's garden tractor and it worked too. The garden tractor can do some thing that the Bobcat can not. Thanks
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Splitting them in place, if possible, is probably the best option.
Otherwise, rolling 36" rounds for a short distances works, even onto a trailer just like VW Splitter said. A bit smaller than that and the flipping method mentioned by Cowboy254 works well to get them onto a trailer.
I use both of these methods to make sure I don't have to lift too much weight.
Otherwise, rolling 36" rounds for a short distances works, even onto a trailer just like VW Splitter said. A bit smaller than that and the flipping method mentioned by Cowboy254 works well to get them onto a trailer.
I use both of these methods to make sure I don't have to lift too much weight.
I don't have a tractor either. A log-mule is my tractor; 24-28" rounds are no problem, the 36" rounds should be at least halved. I just tried to find their website and they are out of business. Sorry.
If this is more then an occasional thing for you then check out LogRite's website for hand tools and log arches.
The arches can move 12'-14' logs without dragging, and little tongue weight. My quad is a Polaris 330 with solid axle, so small and light duty axle, but not an issue with this arch and liftable tongue weight, say 50-60 pounds. Depending on your lawn tractor, it may be an option. I have a two man handle for mine but found in the woods, with soft ground, it did not work well at all. On a lawn or harder surface the larger wheels might do better.
The hand tools are top of the line.
Last week I saw a YouTube video of a vertical splitter with the thick foot.
The guy made a wood platform with a notch to go around the metal foot, which leveled the splitting footprint. Pretty simple and pretty slick. Looked like he used all-thread to hold it together.
I think the title was You've never seen this trick on YouTube, or something like that.
The guy made a wood platform with a notch to go around the metal foot, which leveled the splitting footprint. Pretty simple and pretty slick. Looked like he used all-thread to hold it together.
I think the title was You've never seen this trick on YouTube, or something like that.
I'm getting ready to buy a second splitter and I'm going to have the foot enlarged because most of the foot plates on most spliters are to small for vertical splitting. It tends to make the round move away from the splitter.
I'm thinking on having one made with a notch in it kind of like the notches in a jigsaw puzzle so the plate can be removed for horizontal use and the notch will hold the plat in place when in the vertical.
I generally use a scrap 2x6 to level the foot plate with the ground. I also found that if you dig a little hole so the foot plate sits just below and level with the ground it helps as well.
I found that if I leave the dolly under the round and set the dolly and round on the foot plate you can use the dolly to hold the round from drifting away from the splitter.
I roll them to where I split/load them, a peavy/cant hook is handy.
In the woods I take two mauls, 8-lb sledge, and 3-4 steel wedges. The mauls get used as wedges too. Those will split down most anything, sometimes I break out the 20-lb sledge.
Break them down to what my back can handle loading
A simple winch mounted on the front of the trailer, one could simply winch and drag the rounds on the trailer. You would need some kind of ramp though. But a simple A frame and winch like a gin pole truck would work as well.
If they are nice and round, it's sometimes easy to just roll them.
Well, this is how I do it larger stuff.
We deal with a lot of larger stuff so we cut the tree up and just back down the log length. Pick up and swing in. I can and have, done it by myself. I've been in your shoes and used 3 point style splitters on the ground and verticles and they are all very work intensive. Just rolling around 36" stuff takes 2 people and you will be dead tired. I've used backhoes and 3point lifts but there are a lot of risk factors there as well and easy to get hurt with that much weight. If this is a rare thing for you then noodling may be your best option if you can't split them easily. If this will be a regular thing. Seriously think about getting or building something like this.
We deal with a lot of larger stuff so we cut the tree up and just back down the log length. Pick up and swing in. I can and have, done it by myself. I've been in your shoes and used 3 point style splitters on the ground and verticles and they are all very work intensive. Just rolling around 36" stuff takes 2 people and you will be dead tired. I've used backhoes and 3point lifts but there are a lot of risk factors there as well and easy to get hurt with that much weight. If this is a rare thing for you then noodling may be your best option if you can't split them easily. If this will be a regular thing. Seriously think about getting or building something like this.
I have been considering getting one of these for my splitter but it would work just as well for loading heavy rounds on a trailer or in a truck.
https://www.amazon.com/Gorillabac-S...ocphy=9027615&hvtargid=pla-618702829898&psc=1
https://www.amazon.com/Gorillabac-S...ocphy=9027615&hvtargid=pla-618702829898&psc=1
Well, this is how I do it larger stuff.
We deal with a lot of larger stuff so we cut the tree up and just back down the log length. Pick up and swing in. I can and have, done it by myself. I've been in your shoes and used 3 point style splitters on the ground and verticles and they are all very work intensive. Just rolling around 36" stuff takes 2 people and you will be dead tired. I've used backhoes and 3point lifts but there are a lot of risk factors there as well and easy to get hurt with that much weight. If this is a rare thing for you then noodling may be your best option if you can't split them easily. If this will be a regular thing. Seriously think about getting or building something like this.
I remember when you built this, It's one bad ass log splitter you got there.
Still going strong.
I’ve done that before. Lots of labor saved that way.
Heck, I even once sold the split wood immediately from the customers location. Of course, I told the buyer it was green and not ready for burning, but he had 6 months before winter.
Find a buddy with a tractor or rent a skid steer for a day and find some more trees to get out on same time while you have skid loader
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