Log loading technique - GIF

[Altair]

Log loading technique.




Previously:

Barges loaded with logs tip over - GIF
Swing boom log skidder - GIF
Whipping cables around logs - GIF
Loader unloading logs from container - GIF
Self-loading log truck - GIF

[mwmkravchenko]

One big tip of the hat. How many Mericans, or Canadians would figure this out?

Mark

[mklotz]

If he had a winch on the front bumper, he wouldn't need the companion truck to pull the rope; totally self-contained.

[Manitoba Man]

Log loading technique.

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Previously:

Barges loaded with logs tip over - GIF
Swing boom log skidder - GIF
Whipping cables around logs - GIF
Loader unloading logs from container - GIF
Self-loading log truck - GIF

What is known as parbuckling I believe.

[mklotz]

What is known as parbuckling I believe.

Indeed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parbuckle_salvage

This technique was used to salvage the Costa Concordia after its half-wit captain sailed it into an island.

[jackhoying]

My Dad always talked about a local man (here in Ohio) who loaded logs in the 1930s using this same method, but with work horses. His team of horses were so well trained that he could position and move a log an inch at a time.

[elk-a-holic]

Have used this technique to
Load a moose shot way back in the bush. Tie rope to tree, pull it up over headache rack, attach moose and slowly back up