- City
- Dexter
- State
- MI
This was earlier this week, but I had to get the pictures from my neighbor. His dad and a friend dropped off an 800+ lb maple tree trunk at his house a couple weeks back. My neighbor only has a pair of Subarus, so he needed some help getting it to a sawmill near here.
Plan was to use the big trailer behind the JK (only real tow hitch setup other than the Bus) and hook up the Postal's winch to the front of the trailer with a snatch block to pull the log up onto the deck. Ended up with the log wanting to drag the Scrambler on his driveway once it got onto the ramps, so it was 4lo time and that got the job done.
We were up against a time deadline, so I was busy and his wife had to take the pictures.
The Postal night winching, actually, this was after having to drag the monster in 4lo. Note the blanket on the winch line, safety first.
The log on the back end of the trailer. Glad we didn't have to go far, pulled like poo loaded like this.
The biggest PITA of the night was actually after we got it off the trailer at the guy's place with the sawmill. His ATV didn't budge it once it was on the ground. He kept saying "Oh, we'll get it" but the ATV didn't work, the two-wheeled cart on the front end didn't work and we finally had to get it completely on wheels with another two-wheeled cart in the back. Took forever and I couldn't feel my fingers by the time we were done, it took all three of us to make it happen. Sawmill guy kept saying "Damn, that's a heavy log!" Then he had an engine lift with a big pair of pincher things to try to lift it to get the carts out from under it. He had this 5 gal bucket full of sand on the back of it as a counterweight and it still wanted to tip. He said that never happens and ended up having to stand on it to get it to balance just enough to lift each end of the log (just one end at a time, not even the full weight).
It was close to the limit of this guy's saw. He ended up having to take off a couple of knurls with a chainsaw to get it all. Guy only charged him $20 bucks for all of that! Couldn't believe it. Said he just does it for fun. He was a riot though. Very fun evening.
The fun wasn't over, we had to load 800 lb of 2" planks back on the trailer to get home and then off the trailer into his garage. This is less than half of the whole haul. It sure is pretty wood though.
Plan was to use the big trailer behind the JK (only real tow hitch setup other than the Bus) and hook up the Postal's winch to the front of the trailer with a snatch block to pull the log up onto the deck. Ended up with the log wanting to drag the Scrambler on his driveway once it got onto the ramps, so it was 4lo time and that got the job done.
We were up against a time deadline, so I was busy and his wife had to take the pictures.
The Postal night winching, actually, this was after having to drag the monster in 4lo. Note the blanket on the winch line, safety first.
The log on the back end of the trailer. Glad we didn't have to go far, pulled like poo loaded like this.
The biggest PITA of the night was actually after we got it off the trailer at the guy's place with the sawmill. His ATV didn't budge it once it was on the ground. He kept saying "Oh, we'll get it" but the ATV didn't work, the two-wheeled cart on the front end didn't work and we finally had to get it completely on wheels with another two-wheeled cart in the back. Took forever and I couldn't feel my fingers by the time we were done, it took all three of us to make it happen. Sawmill guy kept saying "Damn, that's a heavy log!" Then he had an engine lift with a big pair of pincher things to try to lift it to get the carts out from under it. He had this 5 gal bucket full of sand on the back of it as a counterweight and it still wanted to tip. He said that never happens and ended up having to stand on it to get it to balance just enough to lift each end of the log (just one end at a time, not even the full weight).
It was close to the limit of this guy's saw. He ended up having to take off a couple of knurls with a chainsaw to get it all. Guy only charged him $20 bucks for all of that! Couldn't believe it. Said he just does it for fun. He was a riot though. Very fun evening.
The fun wasn't over, we had to load 800 lb of 2" planks back on the trailer to get home and then off the trailer into his garage. This is less than half of the whole haul. It sure is pretty wood though.
Quite wet wood, so he'll have a while to think on it.
