Dalmatian90
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The downside of the home office is I sometimes work odd and long hours.
The upside is I took a 90 minute lunch today to do a few quick things on the truck (grease it, check tire pressure, and check the nut lower control arm bushing I replaced yesterday)...and go up and play in the woods.
Was able to load a 1/4 cord I had bucked, pull up a log that was down the hill where I couldn't just drive up to load it if I bucked where it laid.
Yes, I knew I was optimistic when I tried the whole tree Didn't figure it would budge but wouldn't hurt to try. Then I cut off the top and pulled up the log OK...pretty much at the limit of my Ranger but she done it.
Don't know if it mattered, saw the block of wood there and put it under the tow strap figuring it would help the pull angle initially.
I also cut the bottom of the log at a sharper angle to reduce the tendency to snag, and set the chains so the pull would be from the bottom.
Used a couple 6' logging chains, I was just barely able to wrap one around the log. Used a second from the one that wrapped the log to the strap.
I did see if I could use chain for the whole pull, but I didn't quite have enough chain to reach.
The upside is I took a 90 minute lunch today to do a few quick things on the truck (grease it, check tire pressure, and check the nut lower control arm bushing I replaced yesterday)...and go up and play in the woods.
Was able to load a 1/4 cord I had bucked, pull up a log that was down the hill where I couldn't just drive up to load it if I bucked where it laid.
Yes, I knew I was optimistic when I tried the whole tree Didn't figure it would budge but wouldn't hurt to try. Then I cut off the top and pulled up the log OK...pretty much at the limit of my Ranger but she done it.
Don't know if it mattered, saw the block of wood there and put it under the tow strap figuring it would help the pull angle initially.
I also cut the bottom of the log at a sharper angle to reduce the tendency to snag, and set the chains so the pull would be from the bottom.
Used a couple 6' logging chains, I was just barely able to wrap one around the log. Used a second from the one that wrapped the log to the strap.
I did see if I could use chain for the whole pull, but I didn't quite have enough chain to reach.
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