speaking of handling logs...

[zopi]

I have a woodmizer sawmill, and handling logs is always a pain....
Check out LogRite Tools logging tools
They might be expensive, but they sure are worth it...

[zopi]

And I do not work for them...lol...just like my cant hook.

[Robson Valley]

Can you explain to me what level ground looks like? Is it like the surface of a lake?
I haul junk Western Red Cedar logs out of logging debris piles with a 4x4 and 454 2500 Suburban with a wire cable. Very, very good looking tools but awkward for me here.

Do those guys make splitting tools, too? I can't lift the dang logs so I split them on site, hog out the rotten core and bring the pieces home.

[zopi]

Lol...And I wish I had a little hill....
Thier fetching arch might help you out....I seriously want one of those.

They dont have splitting tools that would be much help to you....me if I have to split anything of any length, I rip a groove through with a big saw and then start into that with wedges...
Or of they are less than 29 inches, I just split em on the mil.....lol

[twoclones]

I fought with logs and tried "Egyptian style" log handling until it became obvious one was going to, sooner or later, fall on and kill me. Problem solved this way. The Mahindra moves my logs, stands them up for carving, loads the WoodMizer, clears snow from the driveway, and occasionally earns me a few bucks moving dirt or digging a ditch. A skid steer would also be a good investment.

[zopi]

One of these days.

[twoclones]

Originally Posted by zopi

One of these days.

Do you mean to say, "One of these bears." ?
At $100 each, figuring that a $100 bear is made from a log easily handled by one person, the gross income from 100 bears will buy a really nice skid steer to move logs.

[zopi]

Lol yeah something like that. I was envying your frontloader...I skid logs with a boom on the back of my tractor, amd it works ok, but a loader would be the bomb.

I would imagine that before I spring for a loader...I will have a hydraulic sawmill. My Lt15 is a wonderful tool, but I am not getting younger...250 $100 bears later...

I did add the Go chassis to my mill though...much nicer on my old back.

[twoclones]

Originally Posted by zopi

I did add the Go chassis to my mill though...much nicer on my old back.

Go chassis? What's that? Trailer kit?
I have an LT-15 and would like to add a debarker but am not sure they make one for it.

[zopi]

The GO kit is the new version of the trailer...it turns the mill into a mobile mill that one does not have to remove the axle to saw...roll up, drop the jacks, set up and saw...has a winch to load logs. Muuuch easier on the back....easy to set up easy to work.
It will adapt to older mills, mone took a little modifying though. Best thing I have done since buying the mill. Going down the road tomorrow to saw a half dozen big poplars...nothin like free logs!
Unfortunately I need the lumber out of all these...might bring in a couple for carving though.

Going to do a good sized bear in a sailor's dress uniform...just to time how many microseconds it takes to sell in this town...lol