Close to 60 years ago a sawmill was brought in to work a tract of timber behind us. The used a Farmall H or M with a homemade log arch. It was made from cut up pieces of truck frame with some variety of stub axles welded to it. The tractor PTO drove a car rear end fastened to the top of the arch. The brakes of the rear end were rigged to be activated some way which I guess made one of the rear end hubs turn and operate a drum fastened to the axle studs. The drum had a cable with hooks on it to lift up the end of a log. I think they would lift up more than one, depending on the size of the logs. Purpose was to lift up the end(s) of the log(s) so the cut off end would not dig in the ground, making pulling the log easier.
The same general set up was used to transport harrows or other implements on the road. This was before wheeled harrows and remote hydraulic cylinders. The arch would be swung over the harrow and hooked to the tractor. Cables were threaded through homemade bushings and run down to the 4 corners of the harrow which was then picked up so it could be pulled on the road without the discs digging into the pavement. The highway department got ill about discs cuttng into the pavement.
Another use for the car rear end winch was to mount the read end on the frame of a truck just behind the cab and use the winch set up to pick up bundles of pulpwood to be loaded crossways on the truck. Pulpwood sticks were cut about 5 feet long,should remember the length since I cut a small amount at one time.
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