pulling timber out of woods

[hedgesparrow]

i need to get timber out of woods a lot smallish stuff and a few larger. have a dumper which i use to bring out cut up. can you get something to go on back that you can lift end up and pull out which will grab a few bits at a time. any help appreciated.

[agg221]

Have you considered a log arch? Will take one big stick, or a a bunch of smaller stuff.

 

Alec

[combined tree services]

how far do you have to drag the timber out ?

[hedgesparrow]

can you point me in right direction where i could get one or make one please. or any photo,s of one and how it works sounds ideal. do have a log dolly but tracks getting a bit rutted so need to be able to pull them off track

[agg221]

Not sure what you mean by a log dolly (term gets applied to various devices). The things I'm thinking of are these:

 

Logrite - Logging Arch - Log Arch - Orion Heating, Essex - Wood Burning Stoves & Cookers

 

TCF also make them.

 

Alec

[hedgesparrow]

how far do you have to drag the timber out ?

1/2 mile if at bottom of woods where most of the wood we are cutting is. come summer move nearer to our extraction gate. but this is all standing wood. what we are bringing out is all fallen or dead wood.

[openspaceman]

i need to get timber out of woods a lot smallish stuff and a few larger. have a dumper which i use to bring out cut up. can you get something to go on back that you can lift end up and pull out which will grab a few bits at a time. any help appreciated.

 

What sort of dumper? My old thwaites 4wd artic steer would skid out quite big bits tree length in reverse, you could chain them with the skip fully tipped and jack the ends off the ground when returned to normal, just drilled keyhole for the choker. Killer was the little petter 2 cylinder diesel was gutless. Also it was a pig to hand start.

[agg221]

What sort of dumper? My old thwaites 4wd artic steer would skid out quite big bits tree length in reverse, you could chain them with the skip fully tipped and jack the ends off the ground when returned to normal, just drilled keyhole for the choker. Killer was the little petter 2 cylinder diesel was gutless. Also it was a pig to hand start.

 

We skidded some 20ft oak butts about 2'6" centre dia. out using a 5t dumper. Effortless, but chews the ground up, particularly when things get caught under the front end and it starts ploughing. That's where I think the log arch really scores, which is why I will end up making one. My dumper is a 1957 2wd Benford, which does bog down rather easily. It's on a single cylinder Petter, but at least it hand starts effortlessly (half a turn on a good day) Just taken my 3yr old out for her first driving lesson on it!

 

Unlike some of the pictures of logging arches, the best way to use them is to roll them over the log/lashed together pile of bits, with the handle level. You then lift the handle upwards as far as it goes and strap the log(s) on tight.When you pull then handle back down it acts as a lever, lifting the log(s) clear of the ground.

 

Alec

[Ty Unnos]

A few ideas here:

 

Home - TCF Engineering

[combined tree services]

can you not convert the dumper ? - remove the bucket and fix a skiding grab to it and use the dumpers hyd system to operate it