Looking for ideas: Fastest way to pull up firewood?

[MidTn Mark]

They do have implements for difficult situations.

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Bruce

Not quick hitch compatible...

 

[searcyfarms]

i have only read the first 4 posts - if it was me i would get the stinkin log out of there pronto, can you imagine how many people will own you if someone hits that sitting along the road and its injured and lawyers get ahold of you for that? I would strap onto that thing at the quickest opportunity and drag that sucker out of the way - I would even contact the local barney fife and say hey, fyi im going to be moving this log out of the way so no one hits it and drag it down the road would you mind watching some traffic...........

example - i had lost my lights/wiring/fuse shorting out on a flat bed trailer on the way home, i kept driving, got pulled over - i had reflective tape on it so it wasnt totally invisible - cop says did u know your trailer lights are not working i said yes sir i did but i figured i was better off driving/moving than leaving it sit on the side the road for someone to run into. He said good answer and said get that thing home and get it fixed!!!!

same with that log get it the heck out of there

 

[Baby Grand]

A good sized oak tipped a bit too far, and the power company sent a crew in to let the tree down before it fouled the wires.
The crew made a good job of a tough situation, but left the good oak laying in the wet area at the base of my drive.
The dismembered tree is about 10 feet down over a bank and in muck.

Access is by the shared drive and the town road. I would not want to foul either with a cable or chain stretched across, nor a 12 foot oak bolt 24" ABH.

So I'm thinking......

Chain hooks on the bucket, tongs at the tree, hitch 6 foot lengths up over the edge one FEL lift at a time. Then carry the bolt up the steep drive to the yard. (Bucket tusks)

The only downside of this is the tractor at the edge of the drive (just wide enough there) and the repetitious change between hitches , and then carry mode. It's gonna be 30 trip, the tree was quite large ;-)

I'm looking at a months worth of heat, so the effort is worth it, I just don't want to dick around when there is a "better way".

I've got lots of chain, chokers, tongs and 50 feet of 1/2" cable. Plus several hundred feet of 5/8" 10,000# rope.

I've scoped out the long pull up the hill and out. It would not be easy. This oak is not the only tree in the area ;-)

Open to ideas, that's for sure.

ETA

I see a skidding winch in my future ;-)

Agree about the skidding winch - the perfect tool for what you describe and they make moving stuff besides logs easier, too. But for now, sounds like a good time to read up on using a parbuckle. You'll be glad you have that 5/8" rope! Roll it up the embankment. The parbuckle will give you mechanical advantage and your saw's chain will thank you for not dragging it through the manky-mank. You'll need to get the rope(s) under the log to do it, so a curved rod with an eye at one end - basically a giant needle - may be helpful. Anchor a snatch block to a tree or other fixed object, on the opposite side of the road, if possible, and you can recover the log in one pull, driving down the road, pulling the rope with your drawbar; not your loader.

 

[Rebeldad1]

you might call the utility company. Explain that it was left where it will be hard to get out.
Ask if they might pull it up with their boom truck the next time they are in your area.