Homemade Log Grapple Put To Test!
2018 ж. 21 Қаң.
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Taking down beaver eaten birch trees and using the homemade mid size log tongs to heave logs on the timber trailer. The 12 volt winch could be faster for these relatively light logs, it would make the loading faster. But nonetheless, I'm happy with the result. The log tongs are nice and light and really handy. And what's most important - cheap.
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Soundtrack:
Pomade - Silent Partner (KZhead Audio Library)
You Sir are one clever Guy i love seeing what your doing next. Keep up the great projects.
wonderful.this man love easilly work.
Great Vid! glad it worked out for you, wished id had a rig like this back in the day. Close though. Honda FL-250 Odyssey with a trailer. Great fun getting back to the Truck from deep in the woods. Thanks for sharing. Keep them coming and we'll keep watching!
Cheers man! Thanks for taking the time to watch. ;)
Great precision cutting the trees, thank you for sharing your amazing video
Thank you for watching. ;)
That beaver stump would be a nice coffee table!
That stump is awesome! Definitely a cool conversation piece. Nice work on the tongs! They'll do the trick, huh.
Cheers, yup they work great. ;)
Awesome! You are living my dream Live. Keep rocking the Nature :)
I've come across several of your vids now and love seeing the things you make. Subscribed
Cheers man! I appreciate it. ;)
Excelente trabajo
Beaver stump would make a great stool for sitting while wood carving
Just a note on hooking the grapple, once you put the line in the center of the log no other moving should not be needed. As long as the arm and winch are strong enough to lift the whole stick. I am an old guy and do not mind putting a little more physical effort in to the loading. I treat moving wood as exercise. Keeps me out of the gym and in the woods. But that system you have is very good. Great video. The second tree you cut, a few steps back out of the danger zone is best. You did a good job on the first tree. Take care.
Nice work!! Im still watching your saw mill series also awesome work!!
Cheers. There will be more on the sawmill series! Stay tuned! ;)
I need to build me one of those trailers but if I do I m gonna put a roller on the back so it’s easier to pull the logs up on great set up tho
Hi just wondering what would that trailer be like in wet boggy ground it seems heavy enough
"The piece of beaver eaten wood looks pretty awesome", I like that.
Watching you do this has always intrigued me lol. makes me want to make my own setup. Although I have no use for it 😂 winches have always fascinated me.
Hahaa! The winch is quite handy indeed.
Pretty dope trailer. I think you should add a handle with a roller that you can grab and pull on. Than you don't need to pull the wire itself. Gives the gloves a longer lifetime 😙🎶
Works great even with the shiny shackles! That remote winch control is a real work saver. Sure glad I don't have beavers in my area.
I love this remote. If the winch was hydraulic it would be even better.
thats great!
The log grapple works very well! I like the helmet cam. It's almost as if I'm the one doing the work! That half chewed stump resembles the lower portion of a very large bear leg and paw! Thanks for sharing!
Cheers! Thanks for watching.
Great videos!!!
Firewood at no real cost to the forest. The beaver chewed stump would make a good stanchion for a heavy table. Mike
Yup. You guys give me good ideas. Thanks! ;)
Mike Lamothe
Next project - wood chipper ?
Very ingenious!!!!
Cheers man!
I like this!
4:49 - the first geek woodcutter from the Internet
I'd say those log tongs work just fine. Cool stump, good artistic piece.
It is artistic. Hard to copy those teeth marks by hand though. :D
Pozdrav iz slovenije. Good job. Like :)
Tempting to do that, my one concern is slipping and sawing my hand off after the 4,798th pass at a branch. I wonder what kinds of guards a person can buy
Love the quad with the trailer and ur Stihl chainsaw
I love that quad too. I have a thing for Hondas apparently. 😜
"how to piss off a beaver 101"haha great video!!
You're ingenious & goog work
Cheers!
I used the same method for loading a log truck, live pto is chained to 2 brake drums welded together in a spool to hold my cable. My boom was made from a 2 ton wheel hub bearing with rollers in side a heavy pipe (boom)
Sound like a cool and durable setup. Do you happen to have a video of it? Thanks for watching!
That was 20 years ago, look at logging with mules, i found a side loader pto assisted it is a similar set up. You can build these out of a junk yard. i had very little money in my truck, I picked up pine logs for small tree companys I averaged 250$ per load;) it was fun I am retired and i miss it.
Ha! I’m glad you showed yourself driving off with the logs! I was wondering if you’d be able to get going with all that weight in the back. Great video!
The weight distribution was definitely off. I struggled a lot with getting back home. :D
Very useful, gave me some ideas, to avoid busting my back humping logs onto my dumper. I've just ordered a winch from aliexpress. Question. What size are the tubes for the crane on the trailer please? (Width and Gauge)
80x80x4mm if I recall correctly.
@@DonnDIY Thanks.😊
Pretty good
This video is so great I have to watch it a second time. Lol.
Cheers man. :D
Great video looks amazing your atv👍👌
Love your vids :)
Where did you buy the wheels and tires from?
great vid, I would like to have that beaver chewed piece on my cabin patio.
Cheers! That beaver piece is quite something indeed, replicating those teeth marks with a chisel is quite hard I imagine if I wanted to do it myself. :)
You can get that bever stuffed that did that to the birch tree and use the stump you took for part of the mount
That bever made stump is already a chair for the sauna :-) What is your winch rated at? Do you have a recommendation for what camera tripod to get? I also thought about getting a wood chipper - but that is extra work compared to burning the pile (or leaving it inside the woods for insects and smaller game to live in - and composting)
The winch is 3000 lbs, so it's around 1360 kg dragging capacity. It isn't rated for lifting and it said in the manual that not permitted for lifting people. I have the cheapest one I could get that extends over 1,6 meters in height. The tripods in this household get used up. :D
Well - yesterday I had the pleasure of watching an action cam with tripod go through the firewood processor, so I can relate to that :-D Hmm - the el-winch I am putting on my ATV timber trailer now is rated 750kg. I think/hope/guesstimate that is enough.. Thank you for answering.
What winch and mount do you use?
Nyse Job
Simbiose with beavers, logs for firewood, branches for beavers food. I have the same problem with beavers in Latvia. In my property beavers have 2.5 km of small river.
They're just starting to come upstream. I've fought with'em the entire summer by busting open their dams. One of the fields was completely flooded. They raised the water level more than a meter. 2.5 km is a long piece of a river, many generations of beavers probably living there waiting to come upstream. Until I have no flooded fields anymore I don't care. I would happily leave them alone and admire them from a distance. They're incredible workers. :) I hope you have more luck with'em.
They good workwers! They with ''hands'' can do more, than we with excavator... Situation with beavers is the same as you, somtime i win, somtime beavers. The fight does not stop...
Pretty dang cool, but looks like it should be a hair larger! Great video, and cool system you got there.
Or the logs could be shorter. :D Cheers, thanks for watching!
Notice you have all the safety gear on and practice safe working methods....well done!
Oh nice
definitely need to make some furniture out of the beaver stump!
For sure!
You know, a beaver fur lined cap would keep your head nice and warm out there in the snow. 😁
Stihl ms 260? Wo kommst du?
Soon the Beavers will rise up and take back their logs
I've chopped these up already by the time they get to me. :D They have tons of trees left and small brush to eat. So no worries there. ;)
That stump is definitely cool looking. Goona have to break out the beer and look at it for a couple hours before deciding what to do with it. :) Log grapple works great too....
I like the beer part of this whole equation. Who wants to do work anyway... :D
Are you running the winch off of the atv battery?
Awesome 👌 videography&good content i like it, Hey bro you got a new subscriber from india 🇮🇳
Thank you very much!
I wonder why you quit loading it. After all, everything you do is extreme limits of the metal and machine. Another cord of wood would be about four times the amount most could even move but that has never stopped you yet or is it a long walk home if something breaks. I have heard myself ask the question;"where dies he get the ideas" then I remember the mill build and the lack of directions.Your father should be very proud. Does he ever get involved besides tearing up beaver dams...... I would not get between the two of you boys when it is time to divide the spoils when dear old dad goes to his happy hunting grounds You boys rock and should write a book or a movie about the easy life on the farm and the toys that you improved on
10/10
This was very satisfactory to watch
Weirdly, it was very satisfactory to do. ;)
Все прибрал. 👍👍👍
you have a great trailer, how many tons will it last?
As many as it takes. :D Until it brakes probably. ;)
Таскаешь на полном приводе?
Those chainsaw are awesome
Stihl! Das ist mein liebling lied.
Your trailor looks like it can hold a lot of weight, did u build it? Also like your winch mount set up .very impressed 👍🏻🇺🇸
I didn't build it but I've improved it a lot. Hauls great now indeed!
He has videos on the work he did.
super! 👍👍👍
Cheers! ;)
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Beaver coming back that night: "What tha....???🤔🤔🤔"
"WTF? Who took my trees?" 😅
Honda's are the best ATV for working I don't care what anyone else says you just can't beat them.
You Bet! Had a Honda FL 250 oddesy with a cart/trailer i built. Best log/firewood hauling rig there is, plus a blast to get the load back to the truck. Just got to strap it down tight! LOL
Nope ! Can-am is the best !
Atvsrawsome not enough ground clearance.I've owned every major brand since a 1980 Honda ,and moved to Yamaha in 87 with the first 4x4.I now own an 800 Polaris .the best I have ever had is a 2002 450 Kodiak Yamaha ,with a locker in the front with the manual shift.I own575 acres and am cutting/hauling wood 6 months a year.the Kodiak was also shafts drive.I buy new every 2 years.
SillenTDMrider Can-am would break in 5 mins they are bad at pulling heavy things slowly.
Joey83 Nope ! I've had one and I had no trouble pulling heavy things! And then I had a 400 only! Have pulled a fully loaded timber wagon with no problems .
you are very creativ💪🍀
Cheers man!
You can use it for a paper weight on your desk. That beaver is going to be MAD.
,tough little trailer!
Little trailer that could. :D
Well it works. Man those beavers can tackle BIG trees. Is Birch suitable formflooring? I imagine that would look very nice milled into flooring boards...
Yup, birch is good for flooring.
Good
Hi! Is cutting and picking up firewood legal in your country? Do you need to apply for any permission or pay some tax previously? Thanks and good job.
It is. We don't need to apply for permission when we cut in our own wood in small scale for our own use. We do have to maintain the forest by planting new trees though.
Красава мужик!!! Рукастый блин!!!!
2:07 chair
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can you tell me where you did buy your basics of your trailer.... ?
I am thinking of building one myself but you told in a earlier video that it was not wourd it... .
I bought it from a local tool shop. The wheels alone are ridiculously expensive. The hubs are okay price wise. I really wanted to have these huge low pressure tires so I bought the whole trailer. The material of the trailer is soft and thin walled. So modifications are definitely needed.
sharpen your saw, dont fell into the open field i you dont like picking branches. nice quality in video and great with many angles.
great video
Thank you. ;)
Nice beaver chewed stool.
Beever done a good job
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The first tree you fell was very satisfying
Nice Job ,Nice equipment, I like to fire birch, it smells delicious wenn you are burning it. Greetings from a passionatet woodburner from the Netherlands . . . Europe
Birch is probably the next best firewood following oak. But who in their right mind burns oak anyway... 😬
Tell me, how does a beaver know which side of the tree to gnaw on to fell the tree? Nice grapple hook too.
George M. Kokinda Jr.++ They don't always get it right: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3041930/Dam-Beaver-squashed-death-falling-tree-gnawing-on.html
Пни короткие-молодец!
А ветки не собрал
Time to get some beaver?
Do you hunt beavers? It seems that they cause problems
Huntsmen do hunt them in cooperation with landowners if landowners have problems with them.
Almost time to get the atv tracks out
The forecast promised +4 Celsius and rain the day after tomorrow. I'm skeptic about the tracks... :D
Везёт же людям ,могут спокойно приехать и погрызаное дерево спилить!
Hello, could you please send me the blueprint for the trailer
What kind of trailer are you using with an electric winch?
Some random Chinese ATV trailer, just upgraded a lot by myself with stronger crane and remotely controlled electric winch.
Donn DIY Thank You. Awesome job on the upgrades. Two thumbs up 👍🏻👍🏻
Wish they sold that type of trailer here in the States. Guess I'll have to get your blueprints and build my own.
Hi could I see more of your trailer please I would like to make one.
You should build a branch logger to cut up all the smaller branch's for firewood
It would be a really quick way of cutting them up alright. ;)
Beavers will strike back :D
Definitely. They're gonna make me miserable in the following spring-summer-fall. :D
hahahahha :D
Make the brush piles for the rabbits!
Longer videos and more content
Is that the saw who you have revise
Yup, it's this one: kzhead.info/sun/rdJ8YayeonWwdnA/bejne.html
Bereza👍like