Re: Loading logs into a pickup
[Re: novatrapper01]
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04/07/19 04:43 PM
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I could load them by hand before you could rig the ropes and pulleys. Use leverage and a little muscle.
Wish I had more time to trap....
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Re: Loading logs into a pickup
[Re: novatrapper01]
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04/07/19 05:54 PM
04/07/19 05:54 PM
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Hire a guy with a clam and get it done right if you drag them in the dirt the saw will pay the price! Cut enough extra to pay for what you need then save some time and money.
Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!
Jerry Herbst
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Re: Loading logs into a pickup
[Re: novatrapper01]
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04/07/19 08:00 PM
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if 2 men can't lift one end of the log and place it on the tail gate then 6 logs will be to much weight for the truck unless you have more than a 1 ton truck
2 men should be able to lift a 2 hundred pound end of a 4 hundred pound log to the tail gate then go get the other end and slide it in 6 4 hundred pound logs is 2400 pounds
if I had to load them myself I would bring a few planks , a tow strap, a come along and a chain or 3
if I didn't have a good place to pull in the truck bed I would pult the tow strap as high as I could in the tree in front of the truck and back up so that the end of the tow strap is right above the cab then use the come along and chains to pull them up the planks into the back of the truck.
but really be careful on the weight especially with so much of it so far back
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Re: Loading logs into a pickup
[Re: novatrapper01]
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04/07/19 09:47 PM
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to yield 10x10 you are looking at 14" dia. an 8' length of yellow birch will weigh around 490lbs ea.
If you have a 1ton pickup you might get 4 or 5 onboard.
A couple guys ought to be able to manhandle them. Rigging of any sort may be more time intensive than could be justified.
I say a 12 pack and a couple friends are the answer.
Man who mistake shillelagh for fairy wand; see pixie dust, also.
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Re: Loading logs into a pickup
[Re: Northof50]
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04/08/19 02:45 AM
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Get a low trailer and use your truck to skid them onto the trailer. This is the best advice so far. Although the 30 pack and a car load of friends would work. If rigging them from a tree; use the tree trunk not a limb to support the load. Using two tree trunks would be better. This will also work, a 200# man can wrestle a 600# log if he uses simple mechanical leverage and balance. Make a platform behind the truck and roll back and forth till above truck bed height, then use a winch to bring them in, do not use the tail gate , they bend, take it off.
if you look where center is on every kcant is then that is where you start the bridge building, so you are not lifting but moving it like a tetter-totter.
i I have moved many 24" oak logs that way from back yards.
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