Finally had a nice day and a chance to get 3 of the 4 maples left from the stump I started a few weeks ago. They went down ok and came out of the hole without too much trouble. Our big leaf maple commonly grows up in a clump of 3-10. If you're lucky and they grow up under shade, they grow fairly clean and tall reaching for the sun. Otherwise in full sun, they are a disaster.
I pulled these 3 out a bit differently than the last two. Rather than a single line to the truck, I looped it around my block attached to the truck to shorten my distance and even out the pull. I put some logs down to keep the wire rope from cutting the angle into the bank and help the log stay off the ground after it came up.
Hope the pictures make it clear.
![Busy Saturday, more truck logging. Pics Busy Saturday, more truck logging. Pics](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/64/64998-53f42db40386711192770c024b2b547c.jpg)
The 2 ends of the haywire attached.
![Busy Saturday, more truck logging. Pics Busy Saturday, more truck logging. Pics](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/64/64997-fc1292a5a6df45a7453423133a811c3a.jpg)
My truck attachment
![Busy Saturday, more truck logging. Pics Busy Saturday, more truck logging. Pics](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/64/64999-6ba6272acf78c9850a4f7ecfc59b5bc5.jpg)
The first tug
![Busy Saturday, more truck logging. Pics Busy Saturday, more truck logging. Pics](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/65/65001-68af8708769b48802d847ffc3a5fc786.jpg)
Up to the bank.
![Busy Saturday, more truck logging. Pics Busy Saturday, more truck logging. Pics](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/65/65002-de57ad9704ff324322b68ffbab6c8b05.jpg)
Over the bank. At this point I should have put down a roller log to keep it off the ground.
![Busy Saturday, more truck logging. Pics Busy Saturday, more truck logging. Pics](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/65/65000-253bcee72e5d6c91779dffa0d8a8d90b.jpg)
Had to straighten it out a bit so it wouldn't take out my sign.
![Busy Saturday, more truck logging. Pics Busy Saturday, more truck logging. Pics](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/65/65003-3eb2842ecce9f3b14b34a528af0958dd.jpg)
Skipped ahead and pulled the other 2 up so they would rest on the first.
![Busy Saturday, more truck logging. Pics Busy Saturday, more truck logging. Pics](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/65/65005-f9d5efba30f3e4d5ac7cacf27a2fafcd.jpg)
I pulled these 3 out a bit differently than the last two. Rather than a single line to the truck, I looped it around my block attached to the truck to shorten my distance and even out the pull. I put some logs down to keep the wire rope from cutting the angle into the bank and help the log stay off the ground after it came up.
Hope the pictures make it clear.
![Busy Saturday, more truck logging. Pics Busy Saturday, more truck logging. Pics](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/64/64996-0e86d1c1c05a8a3b37f6f4f18200575b.jpg)
![Busy Saturday, more truck logging. Pics Busy Saturday, more truck logging. Pics](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/64/64998-53f42db40386711192770c024b2b547c.jpg)
The 2 ends of the haywire attached.
![Busy Saturday, more truck logging. Pics Busy Saturday, more truck logging. Pics](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/64/64997-fc1292a5a6df45a7453423133a811c3a.jpg)
My truck attachment
![Busy Saturday, more truck logging. Pics Busy Saturday, more truck logging. Pics](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/64/64999-6ba6272acf78c9850a4f7ecfc59b5bc5.jpg)
The first tug
![Busy Saturday, more truck logging. Pics Busy Saturday, more truck logging. Pics](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/65/65001-68af8708769b48802d847ffc3a5fc786.jpg)
Up to the bank.
![Busy Saturday, more truck logging. Pics Busy Saturday, more truck logging. Pics](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/65/65002-de57ad9704ff324322b68ffbab6c8b05.jpg)
Over the bank. At this point I should have put down a roller log to keep it off the ground.
![Busy Saturday, more truck logging. Pics Busy Saturday, more truck logging. Pics](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/65/65000-253bcee72e5d6c91779dffa0d8a8d90b.jpg)
Had to straighten it out a bit so it wouldn't take out my sign.
![Busy Saturday, more truck logging. Pics Busy Saturday, more truck logging. Pics](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/65/65003-3eb2842ecce9f3b14b34a528af0958dd.jpg)
Skipped ahead and pulled the other 2 up so they would rest on the first.
![Busy Saturday, more truck logging. Pics Busy Saturday, more truck logging. Pics](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/65/65004-a4d08f0fd5beb4a9c2e4cc78196be189.jpg)
![Busy Saturday, more truck logging. Pics Busy Saturday, more truck logging. Pics](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/65/65005-f9d5efba30f3e4d5ac7cacf27a2fafcd.jpg)