ok, among my many strange hobbies is woodcrafting and as many of you will know i usually scavenge my wood from local windfall or county council cuttings. that has brought me to the point were i have need of a good way to move a hefty chunk of log by hand.
my specific need ATM is to get a 6 foot length of 10 inch beech out of the woods and back to my home. the distance isn't far -- less than 2 kilometers -- but it's certainly more than i can manage by shear grunt. i'd rather do this myself -- i fully expect to have to do this again sometime -- so that's got me looking at ways to move logs by hand.
it seems the tool of choice for this type of thing is a log arch:
now my needs are a little more modest that what this thing is obviously capable of and i'm the DIY sort of guy so ...
anyone have a lead on plans to make something like this at home?
ideally i'd like to make it out of wood or maybe iron pipe as i have no means of metal fabrication at hand. obv the wheels are what they are. in place of the grapple i'd likely just go for a bit of sturdy rope to work as a sling. i'd need it all to be something that could be backpacked in to location. for example, i'm thinking the long lever that extends from the arch to the guy's hands could be any suitable pole scavanged in the woods.
i realize that's a hefty wish list but aim high and compromise as needs be, eh?
my specific need ATM is to get a 6 foot length of 10 inch beech out of the woods and back to my home. the distance isn't far -- less than 2 kilometers -- but it's certainly more than i can manage by shear grunt. i'd rather do this myself -- i fully expect to have to do this again sometime -- so that's got me looking at ways to move logs by hand.
it seems the tool of choice for this type of thing is a log arch:
now my needs are a little more modest that what this thing is obviously capable of and i'm the DIY sort of guy so ...
anyone have a lead on plans to make something like this at home?
ideally i'd like to make it out of wood or maybe iron pipe as i have no means of metal fabrication at hand. obv the wheels are what they are. in place of the grapple i'd likely just go for a bit of sturdy rope to work as a sling. i'd need it all to be something that could be backpacked in to location. for example, i'm thinking the long lever that extends from the arch to the guy's hands could be any suitable pole scavanged in the woods.
i realize that's a hefty wish list but aim high and compromise as needs be, eh?