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Homemade Hauler Handles Half-Ton Logs
When Pete Christenson needed to move some logs from the street to his backyard sawmill, he simply built a hauler out of scraps that hitches to his 16 hp Yard Machines lawn tractor.
The hauler consists of a two-wheeled trailer that hooks up behind the tractor and a dolly that holds the back end of the log.
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Homemade Hauler Handles Half-Ton Logs WOODLOT EQUIPMENT Miscellaneous 29-5-32
When Pete Christenson needed to move some logs from the street to his backyard sawmill, he simply built a hauler out of scraps that hitches to his 16 hp Yard Machines lawn tractor.
The hauler consists of a two-wheeled trailer that hooks up behind the tractor and a dolly that holds the back end of the log.
Christenson built the trailer out of parts from an old WW II bomb hauler. The dolly is made from a piece of scrap I-beam and two rear auto spindles.
After loading the log onto the trailer and dolly, Christensen wraps a chain around the log and dolly to hold them together.
"The longest log I've hauled to date is an 18-ft. by 20-in. log and that is plenty of weight for the tractor, at about 1/2 ton or better. The trailer alone with side boards will haul about 1,000 lbs. of sand or gravel or nearly 1/4 cord of firewood. Not too bad for a lowly lawn tractor," he says.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Pete Christenson, 14654 Springbranch Rd., Redding, Calif. 96003 (ph 530 275-4327; Petec@snowcrest.net).
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