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[Chap]

I'm thinking the cant hook with log jack looks like a really good option for this. I might just need to add one of those to my kit ASAP.

 

[Jags]

I'm thinking the cant hook with log jack looks like a really good option for this. I might just need to add one of those to my kit ASAP.

I have one - and use it. Handy for the stuff up to about 18". After that I don't use it so much for the lift, but I will use it if leverage is needed to roll the log (like a cant).

 

[cptoneleg]

You guys must live in more ideal environments then me...or deal in log loads.

I buck the tree where it falls in the woods..usually on a hill..sometimes in tight quarters.

Yes and them must be some small trees to be lifting and rolling around good luck.

 

[Ashful]

Yes and them must be some small trees to be lifting and rolling around good luck.

Most of what I process is oak around 40" diameter, and I've brought home some white oak as large as 60" diameter. The absolute smallest I touch is 24" diameter, since I leave anything less than that for the owner of the land where I cut. Do you process much larger than 40" diameter?


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[Jags]

Did somebody send out the "plays with big wood" beacon???

Present!


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[warno]

I'm no pro by any means but I've always just cut through part way and rolled the log to finish the cut. That's the way dad always did it so I picked up on it. It beats trying to muscle the thing up on to another log or boards or anything else and possibly hurting yourself.

 

[blades]

Big logs, make my cuts down the length as far through as possible roll it over and finish. If its human power only to load it, all get noodled down to human size. Sometimgs if the lay of land is right rollem right in. Have machines for later.

 

[Dobish]

Yes and them must be some small trees to be lifting and rolling around good luck.

they average around 14".... i did just get some 40" maple chunks that I can't wait to split though

 

[cptoneleg]

Most of what I process is oak around 40" diameter, and I've brought home some white oak as large as 60" diameter. The absolute smallest I touch is 24" diameter, since I leave anything less than that for the owner of the land where I cut. Do you process much larger than 40" diameter?


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Nope not bigger, just all this talk about picking up, putting on cribbing, hard enough just to roll to the splitter.

 

[woodhog73]

I'm no pro by any means but I've always just cut through part way and rolled the log to finish the cut. That's the way dad always did it so I picked up on it. It beats trying to muscle the thing up on to another log or boards or anything else and possibly hurting yourself.

Agree really the only way to buck large logs. Still can be tricky if it's very large wood and hard to get at it helps to have machinery if possible if you can't roll the log

 

[woodhog73]

Most of what I process is oak around 40" diameter, and I've brought home some white oak as large as 60" diameter. The absolute smallest I touch is 24" diameter, since I leave anything less than that for the owner of the land where I cut. Do you process much larger than 40" diameter?

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No wonder you use your 066 so much and don't use the 60cc saw your cutting some big wood. I do encounter 40 inch trees but that's only on occasion. Typical for me as far as firewood processing is 18 to 30 inch oak.

 

[TedyOH]

Yeah, those mature 3 inch trunks can be a beast. Haha!

Thanks for that feedback. I was looking at Logrite's cant hooks and wondering if I ultimately should have two of them. That Logrite stuff is so enticing.

I bought one last winter.......best wood processing money I have ever spent.....I can not believe I went so long without one.....mine came with a little "stand" thingy.....you can roll the log and props it up about a 8 inches off the ground (depending on how far down you grab the log)

 

[sportbikerider78]

Yes and them must be some small trees to be lifting and rolling around good luck.

Most of my property is about 20-30 year growth. I can move all of that but a few of them by hand.

 

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[Jags]

This was a day of fun.

In my opinion - the one getting chunked up in your pic is perfect size. I can make lots of wood darned quick with that size of stuff.