logging arc

[Petemate390xp]

Hi all got my hands on one of these:biggrin: it works dam well, its for a little job next week. it's going behind my compact tractor. the log weighs 430kgs and it went everywhere the landy went:thumbup: their made down the road from me so if you want one i get some discount:biggrin: their for sale at £400 but PM me if you would like one... tell me what you all think.

[Mozza]

Looks a useful bit of kit on the right job that Pete

[Justme]

Does the log stay suspended on the winch wire when you are driving along?

[Petemate390xp]

Hi yes the log stays on the winch rope. the winch go's down the frame and through a snatch block around the log and back to the arc.you can winch the log up tight to the frame .

[arbwork]

@ that price thats £5 more than on 'forestry' on #bay

[Petemate390xp]

Yep but he makes it back on the post.I Paid less than that .

[wills-mill]

They're great Your Welsh one looks great, Tino Rawnsley in Cornwall sells another. Instead of dragging a log around like an anchor you've converted it to a towed load. They've been around for hundreds of years and around the UK have been called timber arches, timber nibs, nebs, bobs and 'pairs of wheels' they were also really popular behind big crawlers for moving massive timber cleanly from the 30's to the 60's.

 

I made one a few years back after looking at the Future Forestry Products website (they build lovely ones across in The States). One of the first jobs we did with it was moving 40ft spruce poles off a lawn without going onto the grass with the Land Rover. Not complicated and robust bits of kit

 

Future Forestry's fetching arch (OK now called Log Rite)-

 

LogRite<SUP>®</SUP> Tools logging tools

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsYFkGjNFoI]YouTube - LogRite Fetching Arch[/ame]

[wills-mill]

A couple of pics of the orange homebrewed arch-

[Petemate390xp]

Hi that look good. nice bit of DIY these arch's work dam well .if you e-mail Tim at TCF Engineering ([email protected]) and say Peter hughes sent you he will sort you out....