A friend of mine just bought 3 acres and is giving me dibs on several
nice trees before he builds. I have a truck capable of taking the logs
to the mill, but does anyone have any suggestions or cheap techniques
for lifting 100" logs into a pickup? In the past I had the mill semi
come out, but that cost me 100 bucks.
Thanks,
Todd
On 9 Mar 2006 12:53:49 -0800, "Todd the wood junkie" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>A friend of mine just bought 3 acres and is giving me dibs on several
>nice trees before he builds. I have a truck capable of taking the logs
>to the mill, but does anyone have any suggestions or cheap techniques
>for lifting 100" logs into a pickup? In the past I had the mill semi
>come out, but that cost me 100 bucks.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Todd
IMHO, "several trees" sounds like a lot of loads, unless you have a huge
truck...
When you figure your time, wear and tear on the truck, and fuel, if the mill is
more than a couple of miles away, $100 sounds like a great deal..
Mac
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LOL. That would be one hell of a pickup if that was the diameter.
Whatever you do, I'd take the tailgate off the pickup if your method
would otherwise involve putting a lot of weight on it.
Josh
Bob AZ wrote:
> Todd
>
> <<for lifting 100" logs into a pickup? >>
>
> Hate to be a dummy but is the 100" the length or diameter? So how long
> or wide are they?
>
> Bob AZ
Todd the wood junkie wrote:
> A friend of mine just bought 3 acres and is giving me dibs on several
> nice trees before he builds. I have a truck capable of taking the logs
> to the mill, but does anyone have any suggestions or cheap techniques
> for lifting 100" logs into a pickup? In the past I had the mill semi
> come out, but that cost me 100 bucks.
Man, break out the feckin' crowbar and pay the 100 clams. You'll blow
a whole day jerking around with some jury-rigged, angle-iron
contraption hooked to a rusty boat winch, stealing glances at your
unread copy of "All the Knots You Need" and wondering why in *the* hell
you didn't have the mill send out the semi.
JP
You're crackin me up, and you make a good point. Sometimes I just need
someone to tell me I'm being a cheapskate.
I went out to the site last night and noticed a nice tall black cherry
(easy to identify without leaves). Tree was approx 30" in diameter up
to about 14-16' where it split into two nice sections of about 18"
diameter each. Total of about 60' of millable logs with a nice big
crotch section, and to your point, I don't want to ruin that with a
broken arm or worse.
On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 07:00:44 GMT, "Michael Daly" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>On 9-Mar-2006, "The Davenport's" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> But be sure to take video and send it to us...it'd be worth the price of
>> shipping!
>
>If you win a prize on AFV, it might pay the replacement cost of the truck!
>
>Mike
or, worst case, the broken or damaged body parts..
Mac
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"Todd the wood junkie" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>A friend of mine just bought 3 acres and is giving me dibs on several
> nice trees before he builds. I have a truck capable of taking the logs
> to the mill, but does anyone have any suggestions or cheap techniques
> for lifting 100" logs into a pickup? In the past I had the mill semi
> come out, but that cost me 100 bucks.
>
A frame and come along. Come along to a tree ahead of the truck, A frame
legs stepped into the front corners of the bed. Slip hook chains on the
logs.
"Bob AZ" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Todd
>
> <<for lifting 100" logs into a pickup? >>
>
> Hate to be a dummy but is the 100" the length or diameter? So how long
> or wide are they?
>
Standard length of a pulp stick. Sawlogs are generally cut at 102-104.
On 10-Mar-2006, "Todd the wood junkie" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Tree was approx 30" in diameter up
> to about 14-16' where it split into two nice sections of about 18"
> diameter each.
30" diameter by 16' long in black cherry is about 2500lb. Are you gonna lug
that or an 8' (~100") at 1250lb in the back of your pickup? And push it around
by hand?
Pay the $100.
Mike
On 9-Mar-2006, "The Davenport's" <[email protected]> wrote:
> But be sure to take video and send it to us...it'd be worth the price of
> shipping!
If you win a prize on AFV, it might pay the replacement cost of the truck!
Mike
"Todd the wood junkie" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>A friend of mine just bought 3 acres and is giving me dibs on several
> nice trees before he builds. I have a truck capable of taking the logs
> to the mill, but does anyone have any suggestions or cheap techniques
> for lifting 100" logs into a pickup? In the past I had the mill semi
> come out, but that cost me 100 bucks.
Let em fall directly into the truck.
"Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Todd the wood junkie" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>A friend of mine just bought 3 acres and is giving me dibs on several
>> nice trees before he builds. I have a truck capable of taking the logs
>> to the mill, but does anyone have any suggestions or cheap techniques
>> for lifting 100" logs into a pickup? In the past I had the mill semi
>> come out, but that cost me 100 bucks.
>
>
> Let em fall directly into the truck.
But be sure to take video and send it to us...it'd be worth the price of
shipping!
Mike
"Shaun" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Get yourself a Cant Hook. They sell them at Lee Valley -
> http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=2&cat=1,41131&p=20118
For $72.50, he might as well get the semi to come out. Besides, I don't see
how that cant hook is going to help. I don't know if they're actually
different, but what I call a timber jack has a piece a the end so that when
you rotate the log over, it is held up a foot or so. The cant hook Lee
Valley has seems to be useful for moving logs on the ground into position by
rolling them.
I was thinking more along the lines of some of the other posts. The
A-frame/winch seems like it could work.
todd
"Todd the wood junkie" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>A friend of mine just bought 3 acres and is giving me dibs on several
> nice trees before he builds. I have a truck capable of taking the logs
> to the mill, but does anyone have any suggestions or cheap techniques
> for lifting 100" logs into a pickup? In the past I had the mill semi
> come out, but that cost me 100 bucks.
>
> Thanks,
>
If your friend is building, maybe they'll have a decent sized backhoe
around. They make a good crane if the logs aren't too big around.
--
Nahmie
The only road to success is always under construction.
Yeah spend $97 on the hook and save a whole $3 and all the fun loading the
logs onto your truck!
On Thu, 09 Mar 2006 22:03:10 -0000, Shaun <[email protected]> wrote:
> Get yourself a Cant Hook. They sell them at Lee Valley -
> http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=2&cat=1,41131&p=20118
>
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On 9 Mar 2006 18:52:37 -0800, "Josh" <[email protected]> wrote:
>LOL. That would be one hell of a pickup if that was the diameter.
>
>Whatever you do, I'd take the tailgate off the pickup if your method
>would otherwise involve putting a lot of weight on it.
>
>Josh
>
>
The OP really didn't SAY what kind of truck, which makes a big "X" factor in the
problem.. *g*
Mac
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