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[snafukelly]

I am sure many of you would love to build something like this.
Just a thought.

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[sandman2234]

I wonder what that set of tires is rated at, and just how much below their rated capacity it is. Awfully small tires to have a ton sitting on them.
I also don't like the design, but that is another long story. There are better designs if your going to copy one to make.
David from jax

 

[snafukelly]

Sandman
I agree with you, probably not the most stable thing. I think I would rather drag one than use this.
There has to be many ideas to come from the minds on here. Better builds and more stability.
Have a great weekend.

 

[SnowRidge]

That thing reminds me of one of those medieval swinging battering rams that they used to knock down the gates of castles. It probably is equally effective on ATV operators.

 

[Deerlope]

Just goes to show how much junk you can find on eBay. No self respecting logger pro or otherwise would ever let himself be caught using a contraption like that. That thing looks like an accident waiting for a place to happen.

 

[MikeD74T]

Just goes to show how much junk you can find on eBay. No self respecting logger pro or otherwise would ever let himself be caught using a contraption like that. That thing looks like an accident waiting for a place to happen.

Also shows how much junk information sometimes shows up on TBN. Professsional loggers have used logging arches for nearly 100 years. They've just become rare since dedicated skidders & forwarders. Google logging arches for proof. MikeD74T

 

[Deerlope]

Excuse me, but I am sorry if I stepped on any toes here. We are all entitled to our opinions as I see it.

 

[Wayne County Hose]

Excuse me, but I am sorry if I stepped on any toes here. We are all entitled to our opinions as I see it.

I wouldn't be sorry, you are correct. No self respecting logger would use one of those things.
The wooden wheel has been around infinitely longer than log arches, but no self respecting truck driver would use wooden wheels.

 

[sandman2234]

I don't think there is anything wrong with using a log arch, just not that one. Some people do custom sawing with Petersen and Wood-Mizer type saws, doing small jobs, even sawing their own trees to build their own house with. Pulling select trees out of the woods using a four wheeler, or even a small tractor can be a lot less distructive to the other plant life than a skidder, and they are within most people's reach as far as budget. I personally didn't like the tire size offered on that example, nor the lack of bracing at the top where the tongue starts. Couple that to the straight upright angle of it, and you have an accident waiting to happen. Will it be disasterous? Who wants to chance having a log loose rolling down a hillside out of control? In my neck of the woods, it would probably just sink into the mud, but with those tires, it wouldn't make it far.
I also wasn't trying to step on toes, and hopefully that isn't the original posters ebay auction, just something he thought was neat and of use to others on this forum. For that we should be appreciative, especially for those who point out the flaws in it's design. Should anyone purchase one of those, feel free to chime in with the results of it. I would be interested in knowing how long the welds at the top and start of the tongue hold up. On smooth ground, it will probably do ok, but how many log arches are used on pavement?
David from jax

 

[sandman2234]

I don't think there is anything wrong with using a log arch, just not that one. Some people do custom sawing with Petersen and Wood-Mizer type saws, doing small jobs, even sawing their own trees to build their own house with. Pulling select trees out of the woods using a four wheeler, or even a small tractor can be a lot less distructive to the other plant life than a skidder, and they are within most people's reach as far as budget. I personally didn't like the tire size offered on that example, nor the lack of bracing at the top where the tongue starts. Couple that to the straight upright angle of it, and you have an accident waiting to happen. Will it be disasterous? Who wants to chance having a log loose rolling down a hillside out of control? In my neck of the woods, it would probably just sink into the mud, but with those tires, it wouldn't make it far.
I also wasn't trying to step on toes, and hopefully that isn't the original posters ebay auction, just something he thought was neat and of use to others on this forum. For that we should be appreciative, especially for those who point out the flaws in it's design. Should anyone purchase one of those, feel free to chime in with the results of it. I would be interested in knowing how long the welds at the top and start of the tongue hold up. On smooth ground, it will probably do ok, but how many log arches are used on pavement?
David from jax