Re: Skidding logs 3 pt hitch

Posted by Joe Evans on April 18, 2005 at 14:00:10 from (209.41.233.57):

In Reply to: Skidding logs 3 pt hitch posted by stuck in ct on April 18, 2005 at 07:01:45:

Mike(WA), I concur.

Hugh, you're one of the sources of SOLID information here, but just HOW IN THE HECK does someone manage to flip a log on top of his rig in the manner you describe? The force needed to do this is astounding. What was he doing? Ripping along in 4th gear with the botton edge/face of a log meeting a curb or rock?

Over the past three years, between the mess a sheep-killin' logger left me and the aftermath of of windstorm in 2003 and our ice storm of 12/23/2004, I've skidded a bunch of stuff on my place and Mom's with our 460. My impression is the 460 simply doesn't have enough in its pants to flip a log over onto itself in this manner.

I skidded some pretty bodacious cherry at Mom's three weeks ago. When the log was digging in, the Old Girl soiled her knickers just trying to get up over a grade in 2nd.

Thinking about this though...I reckon it could happen if you're bookin' downhill with a log--the "at rest" angle of the log is way above 90 degrees and therefore, not too much flip rotation angle is needed to go "over-center".

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