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- From: billf@hpcvra.cv.hp.com (Bill Faus)
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 17:00:05 GMT
- Subject: Re: Dragging Logs
- Message-ID: <25260044@hpcvra.cv.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, OR, USA
- Path: sparky!uunet!usc!sdd.hp.com!hp-cv!hp-pcd!hpcvra!billf
- Newsgroups: misc.rural
- References: <1992Dec28.203756.2596@nntp.nta.no>
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- A few suggestions:
-
- Trim the logs to the minimum length required for milling.
-
- Hire a local logger to rip the logs into halves or quarters.
-
- Run an overhead skyline and use block and tackle.
-
- Wait until the ground is frozen and the logs skid
- much easier. Also, build a skid of some sort to
- keep the ends of the logs up off the ground.
-
-
- An interesting artifact I saw the other day was an antique
- stump puller. Essentially a hand-powered winch which was
- cabled to a tree, and then another cable was run through a ratchet
- and pulley and connected to the stump. A 10' (or longer) pole
- was inserted into the gadget and you (and perhaps your friends)
- pushed the pole about in a large circle. The owner said it
- could easily pull out 24" diameter stumps. (Or course, you
- need some stout cable for this to work!)
-
- -bill
-