Logging

[Czech_Made]

Oh, how I love the hoist

We had pines to go down with the wind last week and I just cant leave it there.

 

[LoneMadrone]

Looks great. I'm on the lookout for a hoist like that for my trailer. Where did you purchase that one?, and how much, if you dont mind me asking. Keep up the good work.

 

[Czech_Made]

I got it at Harbor Freight, the hydraulic cylinder leaked like crazy but they sent me a replacement for free once I emailed them. I dont think I paid the full price, I either had a coupon or it was on sale. Seems to be reasonably well built.

https://www.harborfreight.com/12-ton-capacity-pickup-truck-crane-with-cable-winch-60731.html

 

[LoneMadrone]

Hey great. Thanks for the link. I'm going to check it out.

 

[rarefish383]

Thanks for posting the pics. I have a 5X8 dump trailer and thought about mounting one to the side. If it will come close to lifting the 1/2 ton rating it may work well. I might have to weld a bracket to the bottom of the frame, I don't want it inside the dump, nothing would come out.

 

[RajElectric]

Dobre!

 

[Czech_Made]

Dobre!

Děkuji zdvořile

 

[Czech_Made]

Going wilder. The bad thing about the trailer is that you have to lift logs high, but it will go anywhere my jeep will go.

 

[Czech_Made]

With my son helping, we just dumped logs whenever we saw space, there is no need to tide up before sawing.

 

[Czech_Made]

Thanks for posting the pics. I have a 5X8 dump trailer and thought about mounting one to the side. If it will come close to lifting the 1/2 ton rating it may work well. I might have to weld a bracket to the bottom of the frame, I don't want it inside the dump, nothing would come out.

One thing from experience - while unloading the last log, the trailer came back at us fast, so we jumped clear. The trailer lifted the opposite wheel of the ground but stayed hitched. Also in the woods we would load smaller log first to counterbalance big logs. The empty trailer just did not want to stay with two wheels on the ground.

Makes perfect sense of course, be careful out there