Homemade Log Lifter + Chainsaw Mill = Gravel Hauling 4 Wheeler Trailer #37
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 มิ.ย. 2021
- I've been trying to figure out how to lift logs by hand for over a year now in order to mill them with my Granberg chainsaw mill. I finally get a chance to try out my homemade log lifter on this project. First I have to cut down a hung up aspen and drag a log over to the sawhorses with the four wheeler. Not that spring is here in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, it's time to get the tractor out and move some gravel but there is no sense doing that until I line my four wheeler trailer (Yutrax TX159) with lumber so the sand doesn't just fall through.
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Hello
Just found your channel. I sat here in my wheelchair and love watching you. I am 81 years young
From what I’ve seen in my 6 mo of chainsaw milling. It’s a bit quicker if you pitch the far end of the log down to use gravity to help feed the mill.
Been doing that for 3 yrs now. Support at the bar nose helps immensely. Using the same rail system as you do. Nice work.
Ryan, the saw could be a couple things. If it is an arctic version, there is a little black plug on the saw. One way is winter use and one is summer. It changes the air flow to the carb. Another thing could be a dirty air filter. I typically use a compressor to blow it out but, in the woods I use a small copper wire bristle brush. Lastly, it could be air lock. Try unscrewing your gas cap before starting.
Great! Thanks for the info. Only thing I have checked is the air filter when it happens. For some reason, I didn't even think about the fact that often i get a hiss of pressure from the gas cap when opening it to fill. Not exactly sure where the air is let in/out to account for the gas level dropping while you are running the saw.
I'll look into all that you suggested.
Thanks!
Came here to mention the gas cap. Those 240/50/60 are notorious for it (vs my 261 doesn't). The pressure comes from the gas tank heating up, causing gas vapor to build up so you are right there isn't air getting in it's just vapor pressure!
@@survivingringworm2202 If you hear it hissing consistently that means air/pressure can't vent correctly. I would start with some simple things first cause I know you have put a lot of time on those saws, changing spark plug, fuel and air filters are cheap and while they may last a long time a new one every now and then can't hurt :) if it was me, after checking the spark plug, I would say the saw is out of tune. A saw may run well in winter but in hot temperatures the saw may be too rich or too lean. I imagine that saw has limiter caps on the carb so your limited to the amount of adjustment you can make unless you toss em.
@Ryan...... I believe Rich is correct, I'm betting your saw has the season plug/switch in it. There should either be a removable plug or slider switch inside case by fuel delivery.
Your exhaust also has a screen in it that may be clogged, not a bad idea too try for the price of the gasket. Much luck I dig your vidja’s man:)
I like your log lift. Another option for certain circumstances is have a base that fits in a receiver hitch. Not as flexible as your current design but could get you higher and you could stand in the pickup bed.
Great stuff. I've been watching several of your vids as I just found your channel.
A tip I noticed at around the 22 min mark, where you saw had dove into a bad cut, instead of getting your plates out and losing so much, just leave the previous board on there above the bad cut since it matches up. Then extend your mill cut to be a double thickness, say, instead of a 1" cut, make it a 2" cut. Or whatever you need to get through your bad cut. Then you dont lose so much from putting the plates on and making a thicker cut.
Keep it up. I've learned several good things already. I love your log lifter.
I'm new to this, so dumb question? Could not have come from the opposite direction on the 2nd cut, to remove it down to where it dove? Or is it gonna dip when it gets to where it dove an replicate that to all following boards?
The cells of the Aspen tree start to deteriorate as soon as you cut them down. But if you peel the bark as soon as it's down it doesn't rot. The hill folk in the Ozarks love to use it for fence rails it cures hard and tough. They swear its tougher than any other hardwood if processed this way. By the way its awesome to hear you call it by its proper name, instead of popple. Its also where Asprin was discovered.
Thanks for the comment! I always pause when saying the name on video because it goes by some many different names around here. I still can't bring myself to call it a popple like the locals do!
The wood sure does cure hard but I haven't figured a ways to keep it from splitting as it dries out.
I thought aspirin came from willow bark?? I didn't know that.
@thankfullyredeemedmaderigh7436 it is in willow too.
It ( acetylsalicylic acid or "Aspirin) originally did come from Willow bark.
Cracking content. I haven’t got all day to look through the comments but it may have been said …if you made a gantry between the two trees. (endless chain or winch off the quad). Like the cross bar off the tent area. You could drag the timber through the middle of the horses and then swing around. Keep up the great work.
You can make your lift as high as you want, put a pulley at the top and mount the winch on the back at a comfortable height. Would need an I-beam for the hook to ride on . It looks like the current design goes clear around the tube.
You are a genious.
From Spain, thank you very much.
Remember to dress your bar after a dozen sharpening s or so. The bar developes a lip along the channel and marks up the wood also slows the cut time. A quick file run along the edge removes it .
I think you're doing a fine job on your milling, keep up the good work! I like the log lifter!!
I like the slingshot bowling
Super entertaining and you have a great sense of humor. I appreciate your videos.
I see you do a bunch of dangerous/wrong/backwards sh1t, but I appreciate that you say “meh, f*ck it!” and you don’t treat it like an instructional video.
Love the videos!
Ryobi has a awesome electric chainsaw. I bought it just for little stuff around the ranch but now I pretty much use it all the time. It has a lot more power than I expected plus no load noise or fuel to mess with. Great channel by the way.
Which one? I see a couple. :) Thanks!
What kinda of run time under a load are u getting? Electric chainsaw I had would only cut about 20 minutes
@@mikerhine2529 Probably around 45 minutes but I have 3 batters and I always have one charging in my truck so I can go all day if I need to. Now I'm not cutting trees down, just big limbs and small trees.
Beautiful boards! Great job on the trailer lining.
you are an amazingly resourceful and imaginative man. enjoyed this. thanks.
i have a lot to learn about chainsaws and chainsaw milling in particular. but aspen is a great light wood that contrasts very well with darker woods like walnut. it works great for drawer sides when you dovetail with those darker woods for small boxes etc
Very inspiring work. Keep it up, looks good.
I truly appreciate your humor
little trailer looks wonderful. Good work.
what you accomplish with 0 budget is amazing. hope this channel grows and you get some more equipment / tools to accomplish more projects faster.
Thanks Nate. I'd never turn down the chance at some new tools to build more and more ridiculous things out here.
Who knows what the future holds for The Worm...
Sandhill crane are really tasty. Ribeye of the sky.
Nothing like a case of ringworm after a little vacation with the family.
Ringworm really is the cure for so many things.
It's the "one strange thing that doctors don't want you to know about."
I know they are just little logs in the yard. But pulling them backwards hooked high on the winch is a great way to roll your wheeler. If it gets caught on something the rearend comes up and it just flops over.
There’s a ‘winter / summer’ toggle up under the casing. Simple screw switch. It’s in the manual.
Awesome job looks great!
I had the same diving problem and had to mill a new top surface just like you! I trued up the bar see my video) and carefully sharpened the teeth (see buckin Billy’s videos), and that eliminated the issue. A dozen 20”+ oak slabs later no repeat as long as I keep the teeth sharp. I realize this is a year late but hopefully it helps someone!
I made a simler knife out of a leaf springs
and it has been used for cutting forty fore Gallon drums to gardening and has never bent or chipped.
Clever idea with that log lifter. A good combination of brain and brawn without too much hassle.
make an A frame log walker... just an idea to help move heavy logs. And get ahold of Buckin Billy Ray's channel about tuning your saw. If he cant get it fixed, its yard art
When the temperature is hot and you are running the saw for long periods the saw can get really hot . When you turn it off you can boil the gas outa the carb, try choking it instead of switching it off. It will flud the carb and make it easier to start later
I'm up in the Northern Lower near Petoskey if you ever need a hand.
That's amazing, I didn't think anything could be more dangerous than a couple handy man jacks, 😆
only dangerous if you don't know how to use them.
@@joesinakandid528 I've done some amazingly sketchy shit with up to four handyman jacks at a time 😆 and lived
Exactly what I have been trying to describe to someone who might be able to help me with this project !
I am paralyzed from my shoulders down, and dependent on help for almost everything !;
If you would have interest, I'd have you duplicate your log hauler for me !
Great work, and an even better design ! 😎
Nicely done as always mate.
As always, enjoy your videos 👍👍
Very impressive, strictly top shelve work, sweet.
Log lift - great idea!
I have a suggestion for you try making a double a frame at your mill spot join them together with a rather strong log then you can attach a chain fall to raise them onto your your horses. Just a suggestion & keep doing what you do its given me so many ideas ..
There's a plastic tab behind the air filter you have to pull out for summer operation and winter operation goes in
Burke bars are amazing to move heavy items. We use on fully framed walls, logs, and anything else.
Good morning to YOU!
Must be satisfying to be independent. Nice work.
Aspen log drums are another good use. Mine sounds gorgeous!
Really? I'll look it up!
Man you need to get a mill that is some hard work to do with a chainsaw definitely have to be dedicated to hard work
Good job
Good video. The tree looks like cottonwood as opposed to aspen. That's a good thing as aspen are inter-connected and are best left standing.
You need a tri pod set up over your saw horse.
Attach your hand winch to the top of the tri pod. Then find center on your log and hoist it up there.
Think how farmers used to hoist pigs into a barrel to scald hair off.
Before I got my tractor I'd just pick that log up myself. Now I use the grapple
So glad to have found this stuff. You’re so entertaining and creative.
That's why they make the clamp to clamp the end of the chainsaw bar down so it doesn't twist on you
Love to make a decent log lifter....yours does a good job
Great video
Aspen is slow to cure but when dry is rot resistant and very light and strong. Used for siding, and furniture as well as post fences.
I love your channel bro. You look like my brother, and you act like me. I envy you so much, you have no idea. Keep up the good work bro, you're doing everything just right, the hell with everybody else.
Sweet log lifter! Loving your set up ad things i see so far. Howdy from the Michigan Manistee National Forest! New Sub ;)
Kidneys, man!
You need to build or buy a log arch so you can carry the logs out of the woods instead of dragging them and that would save you time of peeling the logs
Great Video. That isa real pretty piece of wood but if it fits your needs then pretty is just a non-issue. The trailer turned out really great. I was yelling 27 1/4 by 8 but I guess you couldn't hear me over the cranes. The bowling set looks really nice with the paint job. I guess you need to throw a score board into your projects for when you have visitors up that want to Bungie Bowl. Thanks so much for sharing.
A score board would be great! Might make one that can be transferred from the slingshot to the knife throwing, etc. Just another nail in each tree.
Ever used that chalkboard spray paint? It works remarkably well. Think I still have half a can here somewhere...
hi Ryan, I've watched a few of your videos now, and coincidentally just got a holtzforma G660 and alaskan style mill when I watched your video of your ms661 - nice upgrade ! I love your log lifter also, I'm gonna make one of those, it looks pretty easy to make, just a little cutting and welding. Take care brother.
Just too let you know this when wood get wet and you have bit tight fit, it get tighter after rain or moisture on it. Like boat sealed tight No water inside it. Next time you have split wood open crack and put glue in it and clamp it good as new. Those straight cuts with chain saw try Ryobi 7-1/2 or 6-1/2" circular saw 18v smooth cut on boards
Nice improvements on the slingshot bowling! I think Zach is at a slingshot conversation.
Much more fun with painted ammo and pins for some reason!
Yep i get 8 foot 15 inch pine logs, they about blow every seal in my body back and sack out trying to lift and pull, push. I couldnt imagine a solid wood log... gonna try to fab me one of these for 24 inch 8 footers. Gotta be sneaky where i get my wood, forest service dont allow milling, cant get any thing longer than 7 foot now cut half way through in the middle. Nice device thanks for sharing. 👍👍
set up a gantry of sorts in the trees above your sawmill area and use a winch to lift .
Vaper lock. Open and close the gas cap to equalize the pressure.
that's a pretty work site
Very nice loved the Kidneys comment @9:48 been a long time since hearing it and using it LOL
You need to put the saw on full choke then bump the switch up to normal run position and that puts the saw on high idle, which is where it is supposed to be on warn/hot starts
Pretty sweet lil trailor there. That was some pretty patterns and colors in that log! All the best from Tennessee! Be safe..
It came out nice! It really was pretty wood at the time but it's already all split and broken and warped.
It's one giant log full of false advertising!
That tree had fungus. That was what the pretty colours and bumps on the outside were. Soon enough the bumps turn into half mushroom caps and stick out of the bark. Aspen makes great hard posts. 3” is the thinnest I like to mill em or ya they just split n warp. Neat vid. I liked the log lifter. Never saw one before. I’ll be making one for sure👍
Your welcome mate love the videos
I'll trade you 90 degree weather
Not a chance! That's not eve humane.
Debarking on the ground saves ton of weight also
Most people dont know that the filter has a summer and winter side. Check to see if your air filter is on the summer or winter side. There should be a little sun on one side and snowflake on the other
Oh yeah! Actually, one or the other of the two saws just has a little plastic tab that gets flipped over depending on the season. Can't remember if I've done it this spring.
I'll check.
@@survivingringworm2202 actually you are correct. Its in front of the filter. Not on the filter. Little piece of plastic!
Lol i like how you talk to the camera to keep yourself from going insane 😂 smoking dabs and watching this video almost made me answer your questions 😂😂
I have the same stihl---but def cannot use it the way you do. That's pro level.
Ahhhh, I bet you could! If only you had reason to use it every day for a year or two...
saw a video of someone hauling large logs by putting the end you're pulling in a plastic garbage can so it doesn't get stuck in dirt or mud. It worked for him.
Ringworm dude :
" Don't let the grain of the wood push your pencil around "
The one thing I've learned is that I don't need a joiner LOL..I just need a better chainsaw 🤣 Love it.
Hi,
A tip for use of aspen boards is in a "wet" room or a sauna.
If you sit in the sauna on the steam bench, the "lave", the aspen wood doesnt burn your back.
didnt ... couldn't stay to the end, but youre amazing.: if the winch issue of "bad product doesnt resolve itself, consider have the winch designed more like a fishing pole, the line going up/overr, so the pole can be much longer, 10' ish. good luck! live your best life!
"... weird internal stresses ..." may well have come from the cut log laying at an angle for ? time. With that warped bar (which could have come from using the hand winch in the past) it's curious that something really whopper jawed didn't happen earlier.
Joe
And it's also always good change fuel filter
Another great laugh 😃 😀. Keep it up Ringworm
Try using your mill beams as a straight edge for running your skill saw along for edge cutting save chalk and time
Slingshot bowling... brilliant 🤣👍🤔
I spent much of my youth in the forests of the Colorado Rocky Mountains. We had very large Aspen groves, the trees had white bark and do not look anything like the trees you are calling Aspen.
Suggestion .... try installing a winch on the back of your ATV ..... I got the idea from a friend and seriously, it's one of the smarter things I've done !!
Anytime my chainsaw is warm, I always hold trigger full throttle when I go back to restart. Hope that helps!
snatchblock or two and your quad would pull that tree from that hangup easy peasy
You my boy. May be sawing a piece of Ironwood.
we got ironwood here in Hawaii and doesn't look like it. does'nt look like aspen either
Saws have a winter & summer setting. Some youtube vids on that subject
The running problem may be its kind vapor locking due to over heating , there should be a summer , winter air setting on your cover either on the right side or in the middle. You may have to.look in your manuel but it's either a small plastic gate or a rectangle shape , open is winter closed for summer . Warm air in on carb in winter to warm up closed so not to heat up in summer . Most saws have these , most owners don't know it ! Hope it helps , also coil may be getting weak or fuel tank vent plugging up .
Well I made my 70cubic foot yard cart out of bed frames from scratch.
And used decking boards to make a solid bed and sides. It is pulled with my lawn tractor. It also dumps.
Take your lifter and start lifting the other side then leean the lifter forward to push the opposite side onto the logcrutch
Even a small Knick in the chain can cause it to pull to one side as well. Good opportunity to practice proper sharpening techniques. A great resource is Buckin Billy Ray’s channel!
Weld an extension onto the lifter to make it 7-ft, instead of 5-ft... Or add a joint with a pin that can be set, so that it folds. Once the folding version is fully extended and pinned, there's a small pulley at the top, and the hand-crank is mounted where it's comfortable. The trolley/spike would have to have a "C" shaped cross section instead of a full square circumference, but it would still work. Or, the joint doesn't have to be hinged, it can be two pieces that insert at the joint. They can pop together with the outer sections being the same size, and the joint being a slightly smaller square pipe (6-inch section welded-in)...
Or make the beam as long as you need it and install a pulley on top of it and loop the cable over and back down to a comfortable working location and mount the winch, then you could bolt on some cable guides like eyelets on a fishing pole.
That's a back saver !! But a toe breaker !! Watch your feet for sure ! Great tool but could never make it in the current nanny state ...
Thanks.
Hi Ring!
Could you post some close up’s of this slick unit? I GOTTA make one of these. Keep buzzing!!