In my ongoing quest for free firewood, I got an email from a golf course that was getting rid of logs. These logs were all BIG logs. I stopped by and had a guy load one in the back of my truck with a front end loader. I would estimate it weighed 600 lbs.
Yes...it is about 5' in length.
After he got it in, I started to wonder...HOW WAS I GOING TO GET IT OUT! I crafted a plan in my head the rest of the afternoon. When I got home, my son and I would take the tailgate off and slide the log out and cut off sections at a time. This would be accomplished by my son and I pulling on the log with a fastened rope. Plan implemented, rope attached, commenced pulling, log would not move!
The log loader had mentioned something about "gravity could be your friend". Plan #2: back truck down driveway and stop short! My driveway gets steeper as you go down it. First try, log moved about three inches! Second try, 12 inches! Third try...log shot out of the bed of my truck and flipped over onto my driveway! NO DAMAGE to the truck occurred!
DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!
Sometimes there is a first and a last time for everything! No more logs like this in truck ever again :-D
Yes...it is about 5' in length.
After he got it in, I started to wonder...HOW WAS I GOING TO GET IT OUT! I crafted a plan in my head the rest of the afternoon. When I got home, my son and I would take the tailgate off and slide the log out and cut off sections at a time. This would be accomplished by my son and I pulling on the log with a fastened rope. Plan implemented, rope attached, commenced pulling, log would not move!
The log loader had mentioned something about "gravity could be your friend". Plan #2: back truck down driveway and stop short! My driveway gets steeper as you go down it. First try, log moved about three inches! Second try, 12 inches! Third try...log shot out of the bed of my truck and flipped over onto my driveway! NO DAMAGE to the truck occurred!
DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!
Sometimes there is a first and a last time for everything! No more logs like this in truck ever again :-D