From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "Snag"  wrote in message news:10mftsa$3sns3$1@dont-email.me...   
      
   >Tell me more about your folding sawbucks ... there are times I'd rather cut   
   >logs to stove length after dragging them out of the woods Snag   
      
   They were dunnage, brown coarse grained tropical wood a Home Depot clerk was   
   taking to the dumpster. I joined four pairs of 2x4's (4 cm x 9 cm?) into   
   pivoting X's with lag screws and connected their lower ends with plywood   
   scrap and 1x4s at the top edge. Chains between the lower ends limit opening.   
   I widened the upper opening by beveling the ends with the chainsaw. They are   
   16" long to fit end to end across the 3' wide trailer box, longer might have   
   been more stable.   
      
   I haven't risked a crane scale  by taking it with the logging gear to weigh   
   firewood logs. I'd guess the sawbucks have supported at least half a ton   
   each.   
      
   The other part of the rig is a tripod and lever chain hoist to lift the log,   
   somewhat toward the stump end of the center of gravity. With experience I   
   can be within a few inches the first try. The nearly balanced top end can   
   then be picked up and swung onto a sawbuck and the hoist lowered to put the   
   log on the other one.   
      
   Where I put the big end sawbuck depends on conditions, the hoist will hold   
   up the log but the saw can set it swinging, supporting the big end steadies   
   it.   
      
   I cut from the stump end so the lighter end can be slid further onto a   
   sawbuck when I reach it. The goals are saving my back and not dulling the   
   chain on rocks and gravel.   
      
   For safe and efficient stacking the 48" way on pallets I mark the log (and   
   trim branches) every 15-16" with a folding saw and may adjust the sawbuck X   
   positions to avoid the marks. Pieces cut long can wear through a storage   
   shed's side wall tarp.   
      
   This picks a log up far enough to throw a safer chain sling under it. The   
   points may need to be hammered in after removing the hoist slack.   
   https://www.northerntool.com/products/roughneck-high-carbon-stee   
   -log-skidding-tongs-23in-diameter-38561   
   A timberjack also works unless the log fell up or down a hillside and will   
   slide.   
   https://www.vevor.com/cant-hook-c_10969/vevor-timberjack-46-5-in   
   heavy-duty-log-lifter-wooden-handle-for-max-15-dia-logs-p_010223042986?   
   If your back is in better condition than mine they lift high enough to cut.   
   I injured my back and knees in high school sports and they never fully   
   recovered.   
      
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