I skid logs/stumps with my boom attached. I use the boom to lift the log with a strap or small chain to get the main chain around it, then drag with the drawbar. The boom is handy to horse the log/stump around to get that main chain on, and sometimes to help get the chain off the log at the end of the skid. When I built my boom, I put several spots to lift from along the entire lenght of the boom. You could use a FEL to get the main chain on, too.