Glad to see that you feeling better and able to get back to growing Ringworm! BTW, I meant to say the other week that you need to update the Ringworm population sign.
the log lift is going to save you countless amounts of strain and body damage, your dad is spot on save the toil on your body always use mechanical advantage
Awesome! For added safety you may want to make that eyelet on the end of the boom into a through bolt so a heavy log doesn't just pull it out and oh use the portable winch with your Jackery to free up the 4 wheeler. 😊
Your brain works like no one else I know. You got it done. That will save your back big time. Pup has a personality now. He loves the dirt and the mud. He is still so cute.
If you hinge the dog condom door at the bottom it can double as a ramp. Overhang the roof a little and rain should not be a problem. Face mount you sealing strips on the outside wall and they should still work if things move a little. I used this technique on a chicken coop years ago. I used a rope and some pulleys to raise and lower it.
Have you considered a fundraiser to get you a bandsaw mill like a Wood-Mizer or a Woodland Mills? Small setup is like 5-6k and would make your milling with Theo super efficient with a higher yield. Keep chainsaw milling where is helps to prep for the other mill. I just bought a Wood-Mizer Super 50 and it is a game changer for our small farm.
Think about the exhaust gases from the heater. An opening there , might let them blow back in. A good plan might be to be n the lea of the stone, on the other side of the prevailing wind. I am an absolute fan of your work.
Just a thought. String the log lifter with a permanent cable with a couple multi shive pulleys at the base of the tree for a quick single point hookup with plenty of lift cable travel and short pull distance.
I have a Ryobi chainsaw & its AWESOME! I also have a Stihl "farm boss" chainsaw. I actually use the Ryobi more than my stihl anymore Ryan get a Ryobi chainsaw. I guarantee you will love it espescially for small quick cutting.
Your my sat morning entertainment for years. Just want to say hi and thanks for all your shares. Also I’ve had those eye bolts stretch open on me. I’d suggest wrapping the cable around the tree and pole. If you use a clove hitch it wont slip. If your worried it might those eye bolts can be used as stops. I hope that helps. Btw I’m writing this as I’m watching. You may have figured this out lol
Hey Ryan also on the dog house just be careful going too close to the flue for carbon monoxide. It shouldn't be lethal outside, but the little fella could get sickie he's in, and it's running.
Great job on the log lifter. I also have a Bernese Mountain dog, puppy. Mine is 11 months old. I can/t believe how fast they grow. I look forward to taking him on some fall and winter camping trips. Keep up the good work.
Hey Ryan, try getting a back brace and wearing when you are working to help support your back. You can get them from just about anywhere and some back strengthening exercises could help as well. Love the content watch it every Saturday.
Another great video. As I watched the 4-wheeler being dragged towards the tree I could see in my mind's eye a brace from the tree to the front of the 4-wheeler. Just a thought. As for a Ryobi chainsaw, I think I would pass on that. Eagerly wait each week to watch your adventures.
Awesome Saturdays on the worm! I'm 23 mins in. Forgive me if on minute 24 you think the same. Have you considered adding a spring to the bottom, it'll want to.swing naturally then back to centre. Thanks for all the vids Ryan!
All you need is a Ryobi fan expertly placed to circulate air into the dog house during winter. The dog house interior may also be a point of condensation if it is not insulated very well. The temperature difference can cause it without any air flow for such a small outside chamber.
Genius engineering! 👏 That's "The Back Saver 3000" I love the way ya think. Work smarter not harder. I can almost hear the curiosity of the new viewers upon seeing the blown up surgical gloves 😂
Ryan. Since you have some leftover cable, why not use it to permanently string the cable and all pulley points. Form a loop on the bottom and just hook the ATV winch to the loop to pull when lifting logs. That way, if you need to retrieve another log from somewhere else you can just unhook the winch from cable and retrieve another log.
Ryan, my inner engineer is cringing. Please do not terminate a cable with an eye lag screw. Pass the outer top cable end through the boom and make the cable eye below it, to attach the final lift pulley. The upper top cable should loop around the tree and pass through the eye only to keep it from slipping down the trunk. Through bolt where you can with a large washer on the back side. Loop a cable around the bottom of the trunk to attach to the bottom pulley. After your final build, test it by lifting 4 times the load you think you ever will. Don't get under any lift or near the cable/pulley danger zone. Stay safe man!
Love your videos, just a thought though , standing under your hoist could give you a real headache if it were to fail. As a father I told my kids, " If you crack your coconut , the game is over. Be safe Ryan!
I’ve no reason to doubt that you live on your wooded property. It sure is a beautiful place you got there. We’ve seen you build your tent platform, watched you build a deer castle, a Gazebo, a star gazing platform and you even began an outdoor kitchen almost a year ago which I know you will finish eventually. You have tool sheds galore, a floating garage and a TV room you pretty much moved into. Never have we never seen your outhouse. Why is that?Surely you have one. I suppose it could be the ‘all outdoors’ kind but you built an indoor shower facility, Im thinking you also have an indoor outhouse so as not to be swatting biting flies or snow icy seats, depending on the time of year. You do live there after all. And the only slowdowns were visits by your interesting party week events here and there then back to the chain-saw milling. What a nice life you’ve living, my friend. Kudos, cheers. Keep on keeping on, or is it carry on carrying on?
Be aware those eye- bolts you used are not a forged eye. With enough time/weight the eyes can come open. Once they begin to open they can suddenly open all the way. Either weld them closed or use a forged eye hook. I'm speaking from experience here. Bare minimum is to put a decent bead of weld to hold the eye closed. They may stretch to an oval, but won't drop a log on you that way. And they WILL open up. Out there alone is not the place to be putting heavy logs overhead on a design that will definitely fail. That's my tip of the day.
Just apply a clamp to the hand brake and you could also put the quad in 4Lo. When in 4x4 if you apply the parking brake it will also hold the front wheels in place since the transfer is locked with rear wheels.
I have that Ryobi chain saw, 12 inch it works really well for small limbs and even does some big ones if you're in a pinch. But it works surprisingly well.
Adding some weigh to the font of the wheeler will help keep it from moving. It would be better to use your pulleys to make a gear reduction though to have the hoist take the load vs the wheeler. I would think about getting/repurposing a small generator to run the portable winch instead of the wheeler if you mount the winch to the tree.
I would have lined up the eye bolts on the boom. By having them offset you're creating torque on the beam, some at the middle eye hook, and then upward force on the hinge... But very cool idea!
Man oh man, that lag bolt holding up the end of your lift log spar is a horrible idea! Yikes, only takes a couple Kn for that to pull out! Ideally you’d want a pulley on the end of that spar and the lift cable only being anchored to the tree. But even then you’d want to support the spar at the end by wrapping or at a minimum a bolt and washer. You are a pretty sharp guy but that definitely needs a rethink! 😱
What about building an insulated box attached to the tree for a marine battery. You could then use a solar panel attached the tree to charge the battery. Above this another box could be built to house the portable winch.
I think it's called a "Jin". Take a long pole with the but end on the ground and the other end lifted to a 45 degree using cables up the side of a tree. It's a type of crane
A nylon rope stretches but is very strong, and leaving it out in the weather has almost no effect on it, so leaving a nylon rope part of your lift in the tree and just hooking your winch to it may work.
Never is he going to get cold at all he will be your door stopper for life now !!! That is something to make RYAN it is a genius to do this in this day & age !!! Keep up the good work !!! Oh by the way how about the puppy on some tee shirts long sleeve ones & for fall time sweat shirts It would be a big hit with the Ladies out there to buy !!!
In the words of the immortal “Wile E Coyote,” that swing-arm is “GENIUS!” Please be careful of both your feet AND the pups location when hoisting. IF by chance no matter how improbable, those timber tongs could tear out in a soft spot or have a pulley failure or whatever and those would all leave a mark AND a scene we ALL could do without seeing😳! Oh and before I forget, I believe the word you searched for is “THWAP!” As in “be careful you don’t “THWAP YO HADE!”😂✌🏼 As always thanks for taking us along. Pup is getting BIG and looks very happy with you, great partnership!
String a section of cable with a loop that hits the ground on the log side and just ends through all the pullies to the ground and a loop on the tree end. Now the 4 wheeler winch can be connected 8 feet away and lift. quick connect, quick disconnect and go get another log never having to unstring the lifting cable. But now I am off to build one of my own.
