From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "Jim Wilkins"  wrote in message news:10mghrr$3n99$1@dont-email.me...   
      
   ...lift the log,   
   somewhat toward the stump end of the center of gravity.   
   ...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.   
      
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   That worked better with my very mobile tripods than with the jib crane on   
   the truck, where I positioned the log by guessing where the sling should be   
   and dragging the log in the saw-dulling sand of the trail. Putting a big log   
   on two widely spaced sawbucks with one hoist of limited height was tricky   
   enough that I bought a second lever hoist and made another tripod for it.   
      
   Ideally the first sawbuck (or the hoist sling) would be positioned where the   
   big end was one cut mark short of dropping, and when the cutting passed it   
   the rest barely balanced on the next sawbuck. In practice I was close enough   
   if I could lift the small end by hand and placed the first sawbuck a few   
   marks past the hoist sling. That allowed the most cuts with the least   
   hoisting and repositioning. The hoist initially raised the big end, then   
   stayed loosely attached as long as possible in case a sawbuck failed. With   
   experience I could come close, particularly after practice on the sawmill   
   where the ton or more log needed to be balanced under the overhead hoist   
      
   Usually the trees that died before reaching the crown were small enough to   
   pull the remainder onto the second sawbuck with one hand once the cutting   
   reached it.   
      
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