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   Jim Wilkins to Jim Wilkins   
   Re: Oops. Times 2   
   14 Jul 25 18:36:06   
   
   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   
   ️   
   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.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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