Loading Logs On Trailer With Winch

With this setup i can load two logs high and sometimes 3.

Loading logs on trailer with winch. I have loaded many logs using a hand winch mounted on the front of my trailer. I also have a larger trailer similar to yours and have been thinking about how i could adapt the idea to the longer trailer to haul 16 foot logs. I use a harbor freight portable winch to roll logs up several 4x4 ramps laid on the side of the trailer. I got it on sale at hf and it works fine.

Here i have a truck capable of carrying medium logs worth 4 points utility trailer capable of carrying 600litres of fuel and a short log cart capable of carrying short logs that are worth 3 points. I am winch shopping and want to go as heavy as reasonable but price is a concern. I usually use two ramps on the side. Make sure you use something substantial to hold the weight of your logs.

I was thinking that i could take a trailer wagon and hook it up to the winchs drawbar and use the logging winch to pull logs out and directly up onto the trailer. As a result you can create some quite creative vehicle combinations. I am thinking about a front mounted winch and using a snatch blockpulley on either side with removable side ramps to roll the logs up. When i get to the landing i would unhook and use the grapple to load the logs onto the road worthy trailer.

For the bigger logs i stretch the cable out. Also you get to see how i load and. Thanks for stopping by. I use two oak 2x8 12 feet long.

But like brother bart said a 2500 pound winch is what he has and i have to agree the 5000 is probably over kill. That will pull some pretty good size logs. Since you can actually winch pull a cart properly in mudrunner you can attach another trailer to your truck using the winch. This video is a review on the harbor freight badlands 2500 winch and loading logs to mill them up.

When loading the skid plate doubles as the ramp and i have the winch mounted to the front of the trailer with a receiver hitch mount. Getting free wood home from work for my out door wood boiler with my dump trailer with the winch. I have a deck over trailer that i am wanting to be able to load logs onto with minimal fuss. Winch and trailer to load logs reply 13 on.

Loop the cable over the top of the log and then back to the trailer. The winch is model number 61840. January 04 2009 065503 am chek out portable winchyou could use it in your wood lotand 100s of other uses.