Loading Maple Logs Onto Custom Built Log Hauling Trailer using a Log Arch 

That would be cool. With smaller logs the arch is pretty violent but larger ones aren't...usually. My plan to make the arch less violent is to make it hydraulically driven with a cylinder on each side.

Thank you! Its evolved a little over the years but it's still pulling logs up! I'll be making it hydraulic soon. No more lifting heavy arch up in the air

greg joyner Thanks! That’s a good idea. Would absorb the impact nicely.

Yeah, old tires, or a couple of them stacked would be perfect. I'm thinking of going with a roll up and over the side with winch and pulley.

Kenneth Settles that will work well as long as the logs are round and not too large! I have seen trailers like mine with way smaller arches on the back to just get the front few feet onto the trailer and then the winch can drag the rest onto trailer. I built this trailer to get those massive logs, it can handle 60” wide logs and up to 13’ long without the log hanging over the back. Thanks!

@@MichaelElicson that's a nice setup. Did you just have someone make the arch? That thing can handle some large logs!

Kenneth Settles I built the whole trailer and arch from scratch. Instead of buying a used trailer and modifying it heavily I decided I wanted to build it. So far I have had around 5 large logs between 5,000-7,000lbs and like 40-60 smaller lumber logs hauled with this trailer. For a single person to process all of those that’s a lot of logs!

Nice!

The method I prefer is to attach a pulley to a tree or immovable object and use the winch that is mounted to the trailer to pull the log off using a chain wrapped around the log. I will make a video of unloading a load of logs.

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ERHt-owjRuE.html Here is a video of a large log I unloaded a few months ago

My device is still in the working mock-up stage. As you've proven, the concept is robust enough to do serious work. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-EpGtaFkSx88.html

skeets I built this trailer from scratch with no help from anyone and minimal tools. What’s your point? Did you build a log trailer at 18 years old??

@@MichaelElicson Nope but I do know what happens when skin runs into metal and when heavy shit falls on unprotected toes

Robert Denton Yes that was an idea when building the trailer. The reason I am not going to do that with this trailer is I don’t get a lot of logs this small. When the logs get up to about 2000lbs they do not slam down like this one did. The other couple factors was cost and this trailer is used for several other things not just log hauling. For $450 I can have a winch and battery setup that is very easy to maintain. I do plan on making a larger log hauling trailer and adding some sort of hydraulics to the arch can be a incorporated into it. Thanks!

Here is a video of how I do it with a 10,000 pound winch ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qi68j_WHXhM.html

The winch is a 12,000# Harbor Freight winch.

Ole Guy Here is a picture that shows the hinges. flic.kr/p/26mTHpE

Hi, it’s a 12,000lbs capacity electric winch