Building a "Log Horse?"

[Garandman]

Lots of ideas here: [GIS]

Yeah, I figured someone would say "LMGTFY" but as you can see from the results, most of them are for sale, not home made.

6x6 pressure treated is what I'm hearing.

 

[Garandman]

..I recently cut down a pine tree that was about 20" in diameter. I walked down both sides with my chainsaw and cut a broad V-shaped piece out of the length of it. Now, I just set the logs I want to buck onto that. If they're very heavy, I can put them there with the forks. Otherwise, it's pretty easy to lift one end on and then the other.

Very clever, sounds like it might work for me.

Turns out searching for "sawbuck" works better.

What I had in my head to make was something like these.

 

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To me the key would not have to transition to anything and have the log remaining on the forks. To mitigate whacking the chainsaw against the metal forks and supporting the log for that last middle cut would be to dress the fork with 2x4's. As you only need the back part of the forks, you could "ramp' the 2 bys so the log rolls over onto the wooden dressed part while still maintaining the metal "slide under" part for the fork. Basically I'm saying you already have your "saw buck" Just do what is needed to safe guard the saw.

 

[Parkanzky]

To me the key would not have to transition to anything and have the log remaining on the forks. To mitigate whacking the chainsaw against the metal forks and supporting the log for that last middle cut would be to dress the fork with 2x4's. As you only need the back part of the forks, you could "ramp' the 2 bys so the log rolls over onto the wooden dressed part while still maintaining the metal "slide under" part for the fork. Basically I'm saying you already have your "saw buck" Just do what is needed to safe guard the saw.

I tried using my forks for a couple days, but found it annoying to have to walk back and forth while I cut to keep the log balanced. If I cut from one end, the log would tip off. When the log gets too short, it gets harder to keep on the forks and get the cut done. And there are inevitably times when you want to cut the log right where a fork is.

 

[s219]

Don't know why the forum messed up my photos earlier, but here they are again. Could not be a simpler thing to nail together from scrap lumber, and very beefy.

 

[Garandman]

S219, that should work for me, about how wide is it?

To me the key would not have to transition to anything and have the log remaining on the forks.

Doesn't really work, you wind up with rounds all over the place and the tractor in the way. And if you have help you tie up the tractor rather than getting another log.

 

[kirkawilson]

I use a forest master log tree horse mounted to the edge pole of my pole barn.

 

[bcp]

Had to look it up. Some interesting ideas there.

Saw horses and log holders for domestic and commercial use

Bruce

 

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I tried using my forks for a couple days, but found it annoying to have to walk back and forth while I cut to keep the log balanced. If I cut from one end, the log would tip off. When the log gets too short, it gets harder to keep on the forks and get the cut done. And there are inevitably times when you want to cut the log right where a fork is.

That's where dressing the metal part with a 2 by comes in. The aspect of moving back and forth is mitigated with a "support" on the long side so you can stay where you are and finish one side and move to the next. I use a 4x4 for the support. It's where the "comfort" factor of the operator comes in. Whether you design a log horse or create things on the forks to use them, it's about the same amount of work energy to get where you want to be. Just a matter of personal preference rather than unsolvable circumstances and then being happy with the solutions which I guess is the most important part.

 

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S219, that should work for me, about how wide is it?

Doesn't really work, you wind up with rounds all over the place and the tractor in the way. And if you have help you tie up the tractor rather than getting another log.

"Doesn't really work?" I'll tell myself that the next time I use the method with pretty good success. You have rounds spread out the length of the stem but the tractor gathers them up in seconds to one point near the splitter with no log horse in the way to gather them up..