mart's Blog at LumberJocks.com http://lumberjocks.com/mart/blog Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:23:32 GMT Load of birch lumber http://lumberjocks.com/mart/blog/8547 I got a good load of logs back from the mill today. I posted a blog about using a parbuckle to load logs;

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and this is the end product of those efforts. I had quite a bit of it cut at 8/4×4, some at 8/4×6, some at 12/4×12/4 for table legs, and the rest in 4/4. The 8/4×4 will end up as a bench top for my work bench, the rest will be for various upcoming projects. I am toying with the idea of building a small kiln based on the plans I got from Daren Nelson.

A load of lumber like this is always exciting to get home with. All kinds of possibilities and projects.

Mart

]]> Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:23:32 GMT http://lumberjocks.com/mart/blog/8547 mart mart Parbuckle - Loading logs the easy way http://lumberjocks.com/mart/blog/7919 I got this tip from a post of Daren Nelson’s some time back. I often haul logs to the sawmill to be milled and loading them can be a tough job without some assistance. I tried sliding them up a ramp onto the back of the trailer till I read about using a parbuckle. Basically one uses a rope anchored at two points and a power source (a 4 wheeler winch in this case) to roll the log up a set of ramps and on to the trailer. Works really slick. These pictures should help explain the process.

Hooking up the log
Hooking up the log Sliding the log to the trailer
The closer I get to the mid-century mark the more I appreciate the principle of leverage.
Parbuckle in place and ready to load.
Coming up the ramp.
Let the machine do the work.
Almost there.
On the trailer the easy way.
Trailer loaded and ready to go to the sawmill.

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