What angle for home made log deck?

[slack ma girdle]

Ha ha. On my shopping list or a log pick. I presume only difference is handle length.

 

I bought the small one and put a long axe handle on so that i don't have bend down to lift a log.

[Woodworks]

I bought the small one and put a long axe handle on so that i don't have bend down to lift a log.

 

I see why you did that.

 

£40 extra for a longer handle

[rowan lee]

Setup coming together nicely Woodworks. Far cry from your old wooden saw rack (which I'm sure still earns its keep on the small diameter stuff). Doses the little log lift struggle on the larger butts?

[Woodworks]

Setup coming together nicely Woodworks. Far cry from your old wooden saw rack (which I'm sure still earns its keep on the small diameter stuff). Doses the little log lift struggle on the larger butts?

 

The Farmi is so quick with small stuff the old saw rack is rotting in a corner of the field. The log lift has never struggled with anything to date. Heaviest piece so far was some 16" chestnut 8' long. When you think the lift is connected to the ram I can't really see any problem as the ram is 9 ton. Funny how things change as I was very pleased with the home made log rack and my axe back in the spring.

[codlasher]

I must say that I am very happy with my tipping trailer method of 'log deck'. I recently posted a picture of it on the original 'Show me your Log Deck' thread.

 

I went through the home build scenario and even gathered some second hand bits and pieces of 2''x2'' box section to make it. What has resulted with the trailer is very much a plus for me in that I haven't had to make anything to start with! Thats the first plus. Second is that I can get a fair pile on the trailer and wheel it nearly anywhere I need it or where the processor is situated. Thirdly is that I can tip it to any angle, but find a slight incline is best so I don't have an avalanche!. I keep one side pin in the rear to stop the lengths rolling off and the other to hand if I have a big length poised to roll.....

I seem to have been lucky with the height too as I haven't had to raise or lower anything to cut my firewood.

When I've saved a few more £'s I will look at a short hydraulic extension pipe that can be coupled to the existing spool on the tractor to allow me to tip the trailer when the tractor is running the processor and even further in the future I may make a bolt-on frame that has a few rollers set in to it and just bolts onto the rear X-member of the trailer, to make the job of pushing the lengths into the mouth of the processor just that little bit easier.

I use about 14 tons of firewood timber each year to heat my house. As I improve it (insulation wise) in the next few years I hope to get this down to half that weight. It's a race against age too in my case, as each year I find lifting a little harder! Hence the mechanisation, or as much mechanisation as I can manage

codlasher

[Woodworks]

I must say that I am very happy with my tipping trailer method of 'log deck'. I recently posted a picture of it on the original 'Show me your Log Deck' thread.

 

I went through the home build scenario and even gathered some second hand bits and pieces of 2''x2'' box section to make it. What has resulted with the trailer is very much a plus for me in that I haven't had to make anything to start with! Thats the first plus. Second is that I can get a fair pile on the trailer and wheel it nearly anywhere I need it or where the processor is situated. Thirdly is that I can tip it to any angle, but find a slight incline is best so I don't have an avalanche!. I keep one side pin in the rear to stop the lengths rolling off and the other to hand if I have a big length poised to roll.....

I seem to have been lucky with the height too as I haven't had to raise or lower anything to cut my firewood.

When I've saved a few more £'s I will look at a short hydraulic extension pipe that can be coupled to the existing spool on the tractor to allow me to tip the trailer when the tractor is running the processor and even further in the future I may make a bolt-on frame that has a few rollers set in to it and just bolts onto the rear X-member of the trailer, to make the job of pushing the lengths into the mouth of the processor just that little bit easier.

I use about 14 tons of firewood timber each year to heat my house. As I improve it (insulation wise) in the next few years I hope to get this down to half that weight. It's a race against age too in my case, as each year I find lifting a little harder! Hence the mechanisation, or as much mechanisation as I can manage

codlasher

 

Thanks

 

Did see you trailer on the other thread and it does look very good. The snags for me are.

 

A. I don't own a tipping trailer

B. We only have a small tractor and loader. Sadly no timber crane so loading up a trailer could be tricky.

[david wood]

amazing what you can load into a trailer with just a tractor and loader though, either with a chain round log and a hook welded onto back of bucket or a set of forks. i have another photo on phone but its battery is flat, will try to pop up later.

[Woodworks]

Not sure any of that would roll neatly onto the processor table

[codlasher]

I like the little trailer. Horses for courses.

What I forgot to say was that I can also ring up the bigger pieces with my chainsaw, similar in size to what is on david wood's trailer. I get near to cutting right through, roll the stick and finish. The hight is perfect for easy chainsaw work.

You're half way there with owning a loader tractor no matter what size! There's a trailer out there waiting for you!

You will have an item of equipment way more useful than 'just a trailer'.

This little project has taken me over a year to complete and in all honesty it has transformed the work entailed from 'very hard work' to 'much easier work'.

codlasher

[Woodworks]

"I like the little trailer."

 

I think I may need to look back at the thread I was thinking it was more like a flatbed lorry.