I have a small home built log hauler ---- basically a small two wheeled trailer with a hand winch and a two foot wide (square) opening for the end of the log. Anything bigger than two feet wide and ten feet long is heavier than I want to haul on a rough trail --- although I occasionally have to trim the end with a saw to make it fit as the loss in "triming" would only be slab wood anyway. However the bigger real heavy logs sometimes slip back when going over real rough ground and eventually fall out of the cradle and onto the ground no matter how many wraps I put around with chains.

So the question is, to those who use a similar device, how do you anchor your logs in so they will not slide back? Any and all responses welcome.

 

Can you post a pic of it?

 

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try different techniques.

 

When you wrap the chain around the logs to you just make a simple loop around or do you 'cross' the chains as you wrap around the log? If theres a way to do it I would suggest using a slip hook on the chain to form a choker........that will keep the chain tight ( the weight of the log itself will keep the loop tight) If you didnt mind losing a bit of wood you could also make a small notch in the log for the chain to catch on.

 

couldn't you use some atv wrachet straps over or around the log onto the log hauler

 

Yes --- by trail and error I have less slippage now. I notch the bigger logs (just hurts the slab wood anyway) and take a couple of wraps with a heavy chain and then use a load binder to really make it tight and wrap a heavy rupper strap around the binder so it does not come apart going over rough ground.

All this has developed with a lot of trail and error and it is very seldom now that I drop a log and have to reconect. My log hauler only has a two foot square hole for the log to fit in and some logs have to be trrimed to fit. However the bigger logs also can't fit as far in to the cradle (design flaw) as the upright in front of the loading bracket that has a winch (powered from the bike battery -- used to be a hand winch but that was to much work) crowds a bit close to the top of the log craddle.

I will fix that this summer.

Thanks for the feedback and always looking for new ideas.

 

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