Log dragging with the 3-point...

stimpy451

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I've seen people building pole-type three-point implements for dragging logs...but I decided to try the crane portion of my auger out...and success. Dragged a 40-foot straight section of oak out of the deep woods with very little issue. Not a very good pic, but more tomorrow if the sun returns...

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Here's the tree before I pulled it down (it was storm-damaged and hung up).
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Anyone else from MI losing oak trees to that virus? It's my fifth old-growth tree that's got it. Apparently it transmits via roots and the only way to stop it is to trench around the trees. I have 40 acres. =(
 
Use regular old drawbar--raise butt of log just
above the ground and u will be amazed what it will
safely move...
 
I call this my "Eager Beaver" log grapple. I
made it about 20 years ago. Two point hitch.
lift arms go through a hole in the big angle
iron frame and a long 7/8" rod goes through the
lift arms and holes in the ends of the angle
iron. Hydraulic remote control valve. Use it on
my 660 mostly. Made it for an IH 504 that I no
longer own.
Just back up to the log and clamp on to it and
raise it just off the ground. If the tractor
tries to raise the front end the log touches
the ground and spins the wheel. I have snaked
hundreds of logs with it.
Getting to old now to use it much though so
it's just sitting there looking lonesome.
Zane
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I flipped it for you Dale and cropped it in some.
If you're using an iPhone, someone told me that
it will turn out right if you just edit it and save it.

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So what do you do with them when you are done dragging them. Keep sharpening the chain saw? As a former sawmill owner I refused to saw them unless they peeled them first.
 
I like this one as home made skidders go:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvAtTP9-yUo

Only the last three feet get loaded up with dirt and 3' is a lot easier to brush down or debark than three quarters of the log.

This one keeps the entire log up off the ground:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_rJk15piCo

I had a couple of logs this summer that the tide would rise up to meet while they were still standing trees so I had lots of white barnacles to clean off.

But I bucked the logs into rounds for the carryall anyway , rather than dragging the logs up the long driveway.

But I'd really like a log hauler that is just an adjustable (for width) set of wheels that chain cinches onto the log toward the end of the log and at the tractor 3PT end is held up in the manner of your choosing.

The most harmless looking ground can dull one or both sides of a chain in record time and many don't really get that.
 
I use a box blade with chocker chains. It works good
and you can use the box blade for pushing them
around at your landing.

Kirk
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(quoted from post at 22:54:23 11/11/14) I like this one as home made skidders go:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvAtTP9-yUo

Only the last three feet get loaded up with dirt and 3' is a lot easier to brush down or debark than three quarters of the log.

This one keeps the entire log up off the ground:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_rJk15piCo

I had a couple of logs this summer that the tide would rise up to meet while they were still standing trees so I had lots of white barnacles to clean off.

But I bucked the logs into rounds for the carryall anyway , rather than dragging the logs up the long driveway.

But I'd really like a log hauler that is just an adjustable (for width) set of wheels that chain cinches onto the log toward the end of the log and at the tractor 3PT end is held up in the manner of your choosing.

The most harmless looking ground can dull one or both sides of a chain in record time and many don't really get that.

I'm with you T! Here in the Northeast when you are back in the woods you see plenty of abandoned logging arches from before skidders became popular. They used to pull them with big crawlers. If I were going to be dragging any amount of logs I would build one. I certainly wouldn't use a post hole digger because it puts the load so far back that load capacity and steering effectiveness are greatly reduced.
 
I used the arch from a junk Ford 504 mower. Then I
added a set of tongs hanging in the center.
Works good on wood from 6" to about 2' in dia.
Just grab -lift and pull.
 
(quoted from post at 21:36:05 11/11/14) I flipped it for you Dale and cropped it in some.
If you're using an iPhone, someone told me that
it will turn out right if you just edit it and save it.

mvphoto12951.jpg

Need a bigger chain!!!
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I am amazed at the tree, estimating about 16 feet with the fella on the floor at about 5'5".

Even more amazed at what a straight cut the cross cut saw gave.
 

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