loading containers

[timberjack97]

looking for ideas on how to load logs in to containers the best way and what equipment you need to have to do it

[teakwood]

I have done that. Ideally is a grapple machine,  but we have used excavators or backhoes also. You hang a loose chainloop in front of the bucket, one end of the log off the ground. Move your bucket over the end and the chain goes freehanging under the log, then tilt the bucket. The log is now suspended in the air, like a horizontal telephone pole and you can drive it into the container.  Works best with long and thin logs

[timberjack97]

my logs are cut 10 feet 6inches long

[Riwaka]

Depends how many containers there are to load.

Some places don't want any bark so sawn squares/ cants can be bundled and forked into side opening containers.
Side Opening Shipping Container Door Operation
https://youtu.be/kR48cF7tuSc?si=gtqv0SGL1Ccd3sQp

Load logs into container in 12 minutes | LOG LOADER
https://youtu.be/0ANf_hsffKg?si=DiyASFEOtVbK8RLc

Ulbroka, Latvia
https://www.smartteh.eu/equipment/68/19/container-horizontal-loading-and-unloading-solutions/log-loader

Fairly common, the use of steel frames to prep the log bundle, the pusher on the rubber tire loader and weighing the container on scales.
Log Export Packing - near Port of Brisbane (2017)
https://youtu.be/JDqVKLkWTYY?si=hlfxd7clwjFCFf6i