From: muratlanne@gmail.com
"Leon Fisk" wrote in message news:1053scb$3iidp$1@dont-email.me...
On Sun, 13 Jul 2025 20:55:51 -0400
"Jim Wilkins" wrote:
>Both 5/16" and 3/8" hardware store chain are rated for over 3/4 ton, though
>5/16" not by much. I have slings of both to cover tight spaces among roots
>and heavier logs. I didn't buy or need Grade 43 and Grade 70 chain until I
>had 2 ton logs to lift.
All good advise, Thanks again
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Leon Fisk
Grand Rapids MI
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That's my experience plus the Army field rigging manual and boy scout
training. I didn't mention the preceding failures. Tripods appear to be the
standard minimalist answer if you don't have a forklift or bucket loader. A
neighbor does have a bucket loader, limited to 900# which isn't a big log.
My other lifting devices on what little fairly level ground I own are a 1
ton shop crane fitted with outdoor wheels and a hitch coupler for my garden
tractor, and a bed crane for the truck. A lever hoist is the most versatile,
for instance to level and support a 6x6 landscaping timber on my horizontal
bandsaw so I can trim the end with one cut.
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