Skid Rolling

SoftBankHawks

SoftBankHawks

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This technique was shown to me last winter by Neil Carter (the guy you see in the video). He told me that a lot of skidding was done like this post world war two in the UK. He was taught it and now I have been...I love this handing down of knowledge and technique. The trunk was rolled around 30-40m and up a bank(!) to rest on the trailer. It took us about an hour or so with no damage to the lawn. The steel cable is powered by a Stihl Magnum driven Zolan (spelling?) winch. Good stuff if you ask me!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJML6PRO__g
Thanks Neil!
 
A friend of mine, who owns a log mill, loads logs on his trailer the same way, except he uses an electric winch. He said the pioneers used this same technique, except they would use horses to hoist the logs onto the wagons.
 
Good ol' inclined plains help a lot! Nice
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very cool, I once watched a 14 yr. old amish kid roll around an oak saw log with a cant hook. it was fun watching him turn corners with it and line it up on the saw deck.
 
We drove it straight to the timber yard and it was unloaded within five minutes. Modern machines have less charm!! I'll ask Neil today about the unloading...yeah good point, it just didn't come up.
 
Yeah, that is parbuckling. I just saw that word on some other site and looked it up, and this vid is indeed an example of it.
 
A tapered trunk will roll off easy enough with a cant hook or a cable wrapped under and over and pulled against itself. Just common-sense I suppose.
 
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