Hmmm... who wants to try this ?

[woodenboater]

not quite genius level but smart. wonder how much stress is on the axel lol

 

[Woodcutteranon]

That's pretty slick. I wonder what would happen if your foot slipped off the clutch and you couldn't stop?

 

[svk]

Probably flip the log out of the front and kill the motor when the bar hit the ground.

 

[unclemoustache]

I thought about that technique last week when I had to load some large pieces of wood. Decided to do a hand truck up a double length of scaffolding planks with a support in the middle. Slower and more saw work, but it did the trick.

 

[Wood Doctor]

Why not buck cut the log into thirds or fourths and then throw it on by hand with a couple of strong helpers? Done. Do men have any muscle?

 

[muddstopper]

Why not buck cut the log into thirds or fourths and then throw it on by hand with a couple of strong helpers? Done. Do men have any muscle?

muscle or brains?
Interesting ideal, I would have never thought of doing it that way, and now that I have seen it, not sure I want to try it either

 

[square1]

May be saw logs instead of firewood?

 

[ChoppyChoppy]

Why not buck cut the log into thirds or fourths and then throw it on by hand with a couple of strong helpers? Done. Do men have any muscle?

Maybe he needs them to be that length?

 

[Wood Doctor]

Maybe he needs them to be that length?

Good points. I never thought of this guy being a logger for a sawmill. In that case, yeah, he needs 8' to 9' logs minimum. And, around here, the mills want no less than 14" in diameter.

Today I loaded on my Ranger a full load of 6' lengths of green (wet) ash by hand for firewood. I'm glad it was all under 12" in diameter. Dang, that stuff is heavy when it's green. Honey, where's my Aleve?

 

[Wood Doctor]

I showed this clip to one of my logger buddies. He was rather impressed at the ingenuity. Then he said, "Edwin, now you know why I dropped $10 grand on a used picker truck."

Andy can hoist and load 5-ton logs with it if needed. Last month he handed me 11 ash logs that were 8' to 12' in length. Each was no less than 18" dia. and one was 28" dia., but the sawmill won't accept ash logs here anymore thanks to the EAB. His picker truck handled them like they were tinker toys. These logs will process into some of the best firewood that I've ever sold.