Building a Logging Arch (With Pictures)

[DeepWoods]

The Y, or yoke as I call it does an excellent job of keeping the log from swaying.  I did haul a 13 foot long red pine that was about 24 inches in diameter, and the yoke did a great job of holding the log in place.  With almost nine feet of log on the back side of the lifting cable, it wanted to lift up on the back of my atv, but I was able to carry it to my mill.  I did make the yoke adjustable, but a solid one made for the largest log you could carry would work as well without as much work. 

[waho]

 
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Kind of hard to see, but this is how we haul'em. Any length we need.

[thecfarm]

 waho,try this,

I like to go to whatever post or start a new topic first to include a picture.Go to your gallery,it will open in a new window.Click onto your album,then click onto whatever picture you want,it will get bigger,than scroll down a little to find,Insert Image In Post,click onto that,click Yes and that is it. Some have to copy/paste the link to work.I like to hit the enter key at least once or twice to move the picture down away from what I am typing. The enter key really helps to leave some white space if posting more than one picture. Somewheres I think it says to add 10,000 to your user number or something like that to make a clickable icon to your gallery under your user name. Use the preview button to see how it looks and modify it if needed.

I know it works,I found your album and tried it. I think you linked your thumbnail.

[waho]

Thanks, sort of got it.

[36 coupe]

The legs on my log hauler are splayed outward.I welded up square boxes for the spindles.Drilled a hole thru the box and the spindle.A bolt keeps the spindle in and lets me replace a damaged spindle.I had some 600/16 tires and wheels on hand. I built the hauler long before I got the band mill.I spent 200.00 on new steel, spindles and hubs.The drawbar telescopes for long logs.