during my scrounges I come across some nice 8-10' sections of trees that would be perfect to mill. I have picked up most of what me and my younger brother can manage to load by hand. Our last log, a 6 foot 16" diameter shagbark hickory (estimated at 550lbs) was a rough time, and it was probably the biggest we could handle. So I'm wondering if there is a way to load logs onto my flatbed with a winch and some ramps.
The idea is to mount a winch onto my headache rack and reinforce it. Rig up a strap around the log and drag it up The ramps.
The "ramps" are just scrap iron I had laying around the only 8' piece of anything I had around.
My question is if I have a 5000lb winch will I be able to lift a log that's 3500lbs with the setup I have? If not what would be the max weight I could drag or roll up the ramps?
These are not the ramps I will use, I don't think they are strong enough.
I'm also open to Other ideas, I thought this up on the can, so I haven't put a ton of thought into it lol
I'm just tired of cutting up nice wood for firewood all the time.
The idea is to mount a winch onto my headache rack and reinforce it. Rig up a strap around the log and drag it up The ramps.
The "ramps" are just scrap iron I had laying around the only 8' piece of anything I had around.
My question is if I have a 5000lb winch will I be able to lift a log that's 3500lbs with the setup I have? If not what would be the max weight I could drag or roll up the ramps?
These are not the ramps I will use, I don't think they are strong enough.
I'm also open to Other ideas, I thought this up on the can, so I haven't put a ton of thought into it lol
I'm just tired of cutting up nice wood for firewood all the time.