Making Log Tongs from Car Parts & Scrap Metal
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ก.ย. 2024
- Made up a set of adjustable log tongs to move some logs around and onto a trailer. Could have went out and bought a set, but where's the fun in that?
If necessity is the mother of invention, then cheapness must be the one paying child support...
Nice, I use a tong for this, and tie a rope to one leg so I can control/release tongs from tractor seat.
Looks good and seemed to work ok...that's where my stuff comes from , the trash pile....lol
Best place to go shopping, haha.
Great "scrounger" DIY fab, will copy depending on what I find in scrap heap(S):)
Right on, those log tongs have gotten a lot of use and are still going strong.
Im building a set of tongs atm. Im making mine without chain n using 2 bars up top to keep even. Im toying with a heavy duty pto cable and spring to open. But like the build. Seems very stout
Cool, sounds like it should work well. I've used my tongs quite a few times since I made them, so far still going strong. Had to open them up a bolt hole once for a big stump, tractor was running out front weight, haha.
Some lousy craftsmanship there, but fully functional. Just the way I'd do it! Crappy looking but works great!! Nice going!
Haha, fancy looks won't get ya home!
Oh man those strut rods are getting hard to get ive heared
Lmao, figures.... Couldn't give them away at the time!
I need something like that here. Any chance you could make me a set?
Wish I had the time to get into production, but unfortunately not. There's a few styles available commercially, I'm just a cheap bastard, haha.
Probably didn't need the pipe over that bar. It's probably real strong.
I like over building things sometimes, have used those tong to move some pretty big logs!
@@toocheaptosmoke I have a touch of overbuild myself. It's gonna take a bunch to bend that bar all by itself.
Good show
So you take car parts you say handle 2 ton loads and "beef" them up to lift a 1 ton log?? You might have been too many beers in when you were over thinking this.
But what the heck. You had a good reason to hang in the shop and drink beer so maybe you should've beefed it up more 😀
It's all about leverage, those car parts were never intended to be used that way, haha.
Diminishing returns...
I love making things from scrap. But I build things that are hard to find, expensive to buy or the ones sold are garbage. Stuff like this is a waste of time.