Another log tow

[Quebecnewf]

A few drone shots of our third log tow for this year . 

96 in this tow . One more lot of 85 left to get at our other landing .

Sunny and warm . 


 

 

 
Gotta love it 

Quebecnewf 

[newoodguy78]

What size boat are you using to pull that? Those are great pictures. 
Would be fun to be a part of that job, just to say I did it. Very cool. 

[thecfarm]

That sure does look good!!!

[Satamax]

What size boat are you using to pull that? Those are great pictures.
Would be fun to be a part of that job, just to say I did it. Very cool.

I completely agree with you! 
That would be some wonderful bragging rights! :D 

[Quebecnewf]

30 ft boat . 6 cly John Deere .

Quebecnewf 

[Magicman]

Awesome pictures !!! 

[Peter Drouin]

 

[Andries]

That's a great viewpoint; those drones are so cool.
That's a lot of rope to harness up all those logs - it probably means more than a few hours standing in the shallows with waders on. Does it take more than a day to tie up that string of mini-booms?
Thanks for posting the photos, wishing you good weather for the next "fetch".

[Quebecnewf]

My main tow line is two sections of braided nylon 1 1/4" . It's a bit too big really but I got it real cheap many years ago second hand . 
It takes us ( me and the missus ) about 2 hours to lash up a tow of 100 logs . Three hours then to tow them from the river to the mill . Another 3 hours to haul them ashore .


 

 
Arriving at the mill . As you can see it was a beautiful day .
If you had to move this number of logs by snowmobile you would be looking at 12 loads at least . Each trip is 45 kilometres to go and come so 550 kilometres of driving . That is assuming that the ice and snow conditions allow .They often don't .

Quebecnewf  

[cutterboy]

Great pictures! Your way of transporting logs is very interesting and quite unique.
Do you ever loose any logs on your ferry trips?

[Jeff]

Did you do any video?

[beenthere]

Thanks for the pics. Looks like great fun when it works just right, albeit a lot of work. Great wife to go along with your escapades, but the logs at your mill ready to saw must have a lot of value to you and neighbors. 

[Quebecnewf]

Great pictures! Your way of transporting logs is very interesting and quite unique.
Do you ever loose any logs on your ferry trips?

I have lost a few but that was years ago . Now that we have our lashing method worked out we rarely if ever lose any .

  
Here they are scattered at the mill . We don't pile them on purpose . By spreading them around we can pick up the size we need with the atv . 

[newoodguy78]

What do you use to get them ashore? Machine?

[Ron Scott]

Well done!

[Quebecnewf]

What do you use to get them ashore? Machine?

A small atv and a home built skidding arch .
Quebecnewf 

[Quebecnewf]

Did you do any video?

Did a short vid over on a FB group called Wood Cutting Boys 
Quebecnewf 

[Bruno of NH]

Great work.
Do you sell out of lumber every season?
I just read the snow fall predictions for this coming winter .
It says low snow fall for the north east. 

[petefrom bearswamp]

Nice raft of logs and  your ingenuity amazes me.

[barbender]

That is just too cool, Quebecnewf! 

[newoodguy78]

What do you use to get them ashore? Machine?

A small atv and a home built skidding arch .
Quebecnewf

Ingenuity at its finest, great work 

[g_man]

Hats off Quebecnewf - great pictures as usual of your most interesting operation. I love the way your methods have evolved over the years to gain efficiency and be less dependent on the right winter weather.

gg

[DeerMeadowFarm]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing!

[schreib69]

Great pictures! Your way of transporting logs is very interesting and quite unique.
Do you ever loose any logs on your ferry trips?

I have lost a few but that was years ago . . .

I am SURE you know more than any of us here but I cannot help but offer a suggestion:
on the last 2 or 3 logs on the outsides of a raft. . . Looking at how they are canted outwards, fanned, it seems that leaving their REAR ties OFF, holding them to the next log, could possibly allow them to fly "free", so to speak, and let their tail ends line out straight in the direction of travel.  As it is it appears they turn the entire raft into a big drag. . . Just a suggestion.  Alternately, disconnect only the last 3(as a group) from the rear of the 4th and let them float out straight as a separate pontoon?!

[WV Sawmiller]

  Neat pictures and process. Have you ever tried using Eye bolts screwed into/near the end of the logs then just run the rope through the eye? I've screwed eye bolts into trees for cables to hang deer feeders on and it was pretty fast. I could see where using a cordless drill for a pilot hole then using a short piece of pipe through the eye to screw them in and it should go pretty fast to install and to remove them at the end of the job and re-use them next time.

  Just a thought.