Here's a little primitive technology that takes "impossible" out of the equation. It's a rope trick that makes life a lot easier and increases our personal level of self-reliance.
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@rogerdodger54153 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I’m 70 and I usually work by myself. You just gave me some valuable practical information! 😎👍
@budgillett96274 жыл бұрын
That is so stupidly simple and effective! I’d have never guessed they’d roll so easily using such a simple method. I could hear your wife in the background operating the camera. I’m a few years older then you and so appreciate my wife sharing life with me eagerly taking interest, participating, and assisting in my projects. Love is ageless. Continue to “rejoice with the wife of your youth.”
@matthewwolfe52224 жыл бұрын
they roll downhill really good
@andrewgarratt51913 жыл бұрын
The most rewarding times that I’ve seen in my life is when you are completely alone,and need to do something it takes two people to do.... After some serious profanity,a cigarette,and a beer....this is the kind of thing a guy can come up with.... It’s a truly awesome thing.... Determination,and inventiveness.
@mgmartin513 жыл бұрын
Gumption. I don’t know how I can do this, but I know that I can.
@dungeonmaster62922 жыл бұрын
Drinking is dumb
@raymondsanchez8083 ай бұрын
Smart, not hard. Love this! Great job brother 👊
@shermanhofacker44283 жыл бұрын
To change direction, roll the middle of the log onto a smaller log to be used as a pivot, almost no effort expended.
@justinmidgette23913 жыл бұрын
Yep we do that to or use a face cut..
@nedstudios6490 Жыл бұрын
People would be very surprised what you can do with a 11,000 pound (tensile strength) bull rope, 6ft of chain, snatch block(s), one pry bar, and a truck. Up here in the Rockies we start gathering standing dead Pine Firewood at 9,400 ft elevation in Boulder County, CO. . No mosquitoes!! We start in August when the temps are at comfy air conditioning levels like 68 degrees or lower. In heavily Wooded alpine forests. When we first started without snatch blocks and had to go tree to tree on incline and often had to run up the mountain to switch trees to get a straight run down to the road. Firewood gathering up here is an essential part of life here. It’s survival at its finest. We love doing it. Two men, one to maneuver through the forest one to pull it with the F150. We have a 10,000 lb Warn Winch on the Front of this truck but it’s SLOW. We only use that winch when pulling very large logs UPhill. We use minimal gear and has worked for us the last 11 years. Some may call it log skidding. What we’re essentially doing is a homemade trader system. I highly recommend this life. Great video sir. Much appreciated.
@Kayakwinds5 жыл бұрын
Outstanding! Great practical knowledge. Thanks!
@victorvega99154 жыл бұрын
Thank you David for sharing your knowledge. I applied that technique moving some heavy oak logs into a platform and it worked wonderful.
@DavidKralikOutdoors4 жыл бұрын
Glad it was useful for you. ATB David
@gillainey60532 жыл бұрын
thanks for sharing. On our 5 acre property I do have a fair amount of trees that I remove. Even if I mill the logs in place, the end result is having a heavy piece to move to the drying rack. As I move pieces that are typically 12 feet long, rolling becomes impractical as I don't have a wide area to roll. I do use a mechanical assist in the form of a log arch which works extremely well and I can hand pull even across uneven terrain. thanks again. stay healthy, stay safe
@marcobrownstone2 жыл бұрын
Thanks David this was very helpful with good ideas for moving and turning logs by myself. Excellent!
@dancordray86866 жыл бұрын
I've not rolled logs, but I've rolled a few utility poles that way. Two guys with ropes on each end can roll and turn pretty darn quick.
@extraSPARErib5 жыл бұрын
You are a great fella to watch, listen to your advice, and keep things simple but end up with great results. Glad to have you teach this tip to keep in my pocket in case I do end up with my own piece of land like yours and turn trees into lumber. My thanks, my best wishes and intentions to you, and just keep your face looking toward the sun for you deserve none but the best there is left in this world sir.
@DavidKralikOutdoors5 жыл бұрын
Thank you. And all the best to you as well.
@wolfen75773 жыл бұрын
I need to move 6 large logs about 20 yards over level grade to position them on top of each other to serve as a bullet stop for the shooting range. This old school moving tactic and a few others will come in handy! You can never dismiss an idea that always works! Great vid.
@Gator-3577 ай бұрын
That's fine for smaller logs. For larger, much heavier logs, I use the ole flip-flop winch. It's slow and tedious but it works and when you're one man working alone, you gotta do what you gotta do
@darrylcarpenter9034 жыл бұрын
Very simple procedure when you know how - thanks for sharing - this is great!
@DavidKralikOutdoors4 жыл бұрын
You are welcome.
@jeffryblackmon48465 жыл бұрын
Thumbs up. Thanks for sharing your idea.
@RobertDavis-xe4zp11 ай бұрын
So glad I saw this video. Had a 30” oak fall straight across the right of way to our camp property. After getting it sized down to 14’ I was able to use my 1” nylon rope to my 5k winch and easily rolled the beast of the road…instead of dragging it. What an effort savor.
@lonnieclemens80283 жыл бұрын
This is an awesome video! Thank you for sharing.
@avoidtheherd70662 жыл бұрын
This "rope trick" also works for putting the log on the mill. Boards for ramps, two people and a rope at each end. Tie off one end of the rope to the mill frame and pull from the other side. If there's only one person, pull one end a foot or so at a time and tie the rope off to the mill frame or some other anchor, then do another foot on the other end, roll it right on up!
@VTKingdomsawing3 жыл бұрын
I've had logs about 40 ft from my mill with no tractor. And I had two 100 ft ropes. 2 stakes pounded in secure at mill at either end of bunks, 1 rope tied to each stake and both run to a log, under and back to mill. Pull the ropes, steering log as necessary left or right. Repeated for 12 logs. Was so easy I almost sold my tractor. Not.
@pwolfpapaw84744 жыл бұрын
After watching this I tried it and busted my rear because my frayed rope broke. After using a decent rope I did it. Now, if the log is not to heavy I use this method and just leave my winch alone. Thanks for your help
@chrisw57422 жыл бұрын
Roll the center of log onto a small branch. Spin log to face any direction by hand with EASE...........
@d.w.stratton40783 жыл бұрын
Accent sounds just like my uncle from west virginia. Good tip generally. I got a bunch of junk logs dropped off at my property recently by an Arborist. He did be the disservice of stacking them a mile high and I'm having huge difficulties getting some of the logs down. But this technique helped me move some of them at least.
@antonmoric14694 жыл бұрын
Nice trick! Thanks.
@o52456075 жыл бұрын
Great idea, thanks.
@sandymarshfoot-travelingho23284 жыл бұрын
Subscribed... Thats some great tip.
@MichaelCarouthGutenTag4 жыл бұрын
I've moved lots of very heavy logs in my 4 years off grid--- oak, cedar, sweet gum, pine, and river birch. I put 26' trees over a creek for a footbridge and even a 40' high bay shipping container over the creek for a bridge. I've been working on a hybrid log home and have some really big ones on that for the frame and roof rafters. I only use simple mechanics, come alongs, vehicles, ratchet and tow straps, steel cables and pulleys and almost always by myself. Sometimes I will put logs, poles, or boards down to use as rails it can ride on easier. The shipping container I used boards as rails and logs on that the container rolled on... You kinda have to believe it can be done first, then try and out smart the situation. Your rope trick I have not used exactly like that. I barely tried it a couple times, usually with a strap. Tow straps are cheap and very strong and ratchet straps double as come alongs. I got the idea from old drawings of pioneers moving logs up into place on log cabins. You build a ramp up the cabin wall with 2 logs on either side, then roll the log you want uo there with wound up rope and a few men or a horse... Be careful and take it easy out there. I hope I'm still doing what I love out there at your age.
@bebophippie17812 жыл бұрын
i homestead in the mountains of MD. I'm just starting to fell trees and mill lumber. Trying to do with as little equipment as possible. I'm glad to know others are still doing the same. (at least 2 years ago)
@MichaelCarouthGutenTag2 жыл бұрын
@@bebophippie1781 still doing it now. House and land paid off. No utility bills.
@j.jacobson8 ай бұрын
Yep 2 percent rule
@suggestivenoise3 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much I'll keep you posted on how this works out 🇺🇸
@blueplasma55892 жыл бұрын
Hey, this faint idea just came to me a couple of days ago and.... Wola, this video appeared in my logarithm. Also, watching you perform this I saw if you tied the two ends of the rope together you won't ever run out of rope!!
@njetech5 жыл бұрын
If you tied the rope ends together so that it's a closed loop you could roll it continuously without having to keep adjusting it when you come to the end of the rope.
@chrisw57425 жыл бұрын
ahhh I am gonna try that way :-)
@jbonaccorsi4 жыл бұрын
That won’t work at all. He basically made a clove hitch and is walking the log over. If you tie the rope together it won’t have a bite on the log and it’ll just pull around the log.
@MrThenry19883 жыл бұрын
You would have to wrap it around the log.
@dansherman1980 Жыл бұрын
@@jbonaccorsi he just needs weight to hold it steady while the rope tightens up. For the one in the video the weight of the log does that.
@Gr8tLakesHuntnFish Жыл бұрын
That might be the coolest thing I ever seen
@dansherman1980 Жыл бұрын
Nice demo stuff like this keeps trades alive.
@mhwp32862 жыл бұрын
Pretty cool. You just have to have open area to roll it. Great Job!
@lifeseeker95636 жыл бұрын
that was nothing like i expected and looked very easy ty Sir : ))
@jondoecan2 жыл бұрын
Tried that this morning after watching this video. 👍.
@d.w.stratton40783 жыл бұрын
I improved on this method slightly. I wrap the rope under twice, then get a good 15 get back from the log so I'm nice and safe. I then wrap one bitter end around my waist and tie a bowline where I'm in the bite of the bowline sort of like a tug of war anchor. Then I pick up the other end, pull the slack out, brace my waist/lower back against the bite, then haul with my arms. After three log moves a few feet I take a few steps back to take up the slack again and repeat. Worked very easily for me.
@larrycortner63213 жыл бұрын
Thanks buddy that's very helpful.
@dcvariousvids8082 Жыл бұрын
Heck, that’s neat. I’ll be using this technique where I can, instead of waiting for help.
@DavidKralikOutdoors Жыл бұрын
It will get it done.
@travisdoe46633 жыл бұрын
Have you ever heard of a flip-flop winch? if not check it out 👍
@darvasfamilychannel55633 жыл бұрын
Great job man,and great video to the wife 😁👫team work!♥️👫
@tanyacottrell Жыл бұрын
Oh wow,so simple..thanks.
@cdmChase13 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!
@tasmaniandevil76103 жыл бұрын
Dick proeneke would use a triangle picking up each end working it till he got to his destination
@ronfox55192 жыл бұрын
Ive had good luck with laying a pole or small log on the ground crossways to the log that i wanted to move. Then i can roll the one i want balanced accross the ones i laid down. Not good for every situation, but makes you feel like superman when it works.
@tada-us1rf Жыл бұрын
I've been looking through the comments for this tip before posting it myself - happy to see someone else does this. I learned this when I was trying to position logs for the mill as well. I now have a tractor, but I STILL do this occasionally when it's not easy to maneuver the tractor into position.
@ronfox5519 Жыл бұрын
@@tada-us1rf Nice.
@setrasundahta42242 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this video! What is the tool that you're using with the grip to roll the log onto the rope?
@DavidKralikOutdoors2 жыл бұрын
Log peavey with a cant hook.
@fxrmike51453 жыл бұрын
People who dislike this are too stupid to appreciate the beauty of this video.
@matthewwolfe52224 жыл бұрын
seems to work good when rolling it downhill, how does this work on level or uphill?
@bobt4713 жыл бұрын
I WAS JUST GOING TO COMMENT THE SAME...😁
@ronfox55192 жыл бұрын
@@bobt471 It works good uphill. Still harder than downhill, but easier than skidding.
@kennylewis96793 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!!!
@idrissuleiman286610 ай бұрын
What is the name of that instrument he started using together with rope please?
@avoidtheherd70662 жыл бұрын
If you tied the ends of the rope together, you'd have a continuous loop and wouldn't need to stand on the rope and the rope could be much shorter.
@rodgarcia30194 жыл бұрын
Genius. Thx
@knot4man3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, David. This is called a parbuckle.
@petergreen13543 жыл бұрын
See I’d tie the ends of the rope together that way you can shorten the length of it and be able to keep going perpetually.
@donataspimpasas5 жыл бұрын
It was unexpected, I was sure he will attach ropes to some kind of device..unbelievable!
@DavidKralikOutdoors5 жыл бұрын
It's amazing what a person can do on their own. Thanks for stopping by, Little Girl.
@Limp_Briskit5 жыл бұрын
How’s this method with larger diameter logs? Great vid though
@DavidKralikOutdoors5 жыл бұрын
I have used it to roll 1000 pound logs.
@Limp_Briskit5 жыл бұрын
@@DavidKralikOutdoorsThanks for the quick reply! around 12:20 you mention doing a video in the future loading a trailer (I believe parbuckling is the proper term) from the side with ropes. I may be mistaken but I didn't come across that in your list
@matthewwolfe52224 жыл бұрын
@@DavidKralikOutdoors seems to only work downhill, when gravity is helping. Can you roll 1000lb logs up a 20% incline?
@chrismartin51372 жыл бұрын
Not "Huckleberry Hill". funny stuff
@johnr5545 Жыл бұрын
Nice job god bless
@doubler7hawkgt3882 жыл бұрын
To turn the log you maybe roll it onto a piece of wood in the middle like a see saw than just rotate the log
@brandenkelsey89294 ай бұрын
Thanks! feel stupid for not knowing this
@douglaspollard45855 жыл бұрын
All downhill almost rolled over your feet!!
@matthewwolfe52224 жыл бұрын
I noticed that too, its going downhill. Lets see level or uphill.
@27JASKO Жыл бұрын
Flintstone dragster?
@PBS-nm1uu Жыл бұрын
Nice. one for the little guy.
@okie_outlaw5 жыл бұрын
Now how do you lift it?
@okie_outlaw5 жыл бұрын
@@DavidKralikOutdoors thank you sir, I'm looking to build a log cabbin
@DavidKralikOutdoors5 жыл бұрын
@@okie_outlaw Check our Survival Sherpa. Todd Walker is in the process of building a small cabin using primitive tools.
@michellepernula872 Жыл бұрын
I had a bundle of railroad ties snap and roll down hill over me, there's nothing to stop that weight once it wants to start going right over you. Tore my achilles heal tendon and turn my foot inside out over the back of the heel. Logs do what they want.
@tada-us1rf Жыл бұрын
OUCH!
@firstlast98134 жыл бұрын
He’s nothing special, you know. Just your average genius
@davidhardy25834 жыл бұрын
I like this guy but there’s no way that’s 3000 thousand pounds!
@firstlast98134 жыл бұрын
David Hardy 😂 Science
@mountainbushcraftersallian86546 жыл бұрын
That's using Brain over Braun......good vid..
@DavidKralikOutdoors6 жыл бұрын
Got to do something to outsmart those back busters.
@manicsurfing4 жыл бұрын
brilliant
@kesslerwatson40852 жыл бұрын
Awesome
@larryshennum21783 жыл бұрын
Will that work with a chain?
@DavidKralikOutdoors3 жыл бұрын
I suppose it would, though I don't know what the advantage would be.
@dougwilson80393 жыл бұрын
Very good ah leverage is so powerful
@roncar1761 Жыл бұрын
Would it be quicker to hook up two Corgi dogs to pull it? 😁 (👍)
@greg330333 жыл бұрын
stab your timber jack into ground to pivot your log instead of using the wood chock, it is easier on the back. before you run out of rope, run first part under the log to you wont have to do it again.
@pollymonopoly88034 жыл бұрын
I wonder if you couldn’t tie the ends of the rope into a loop and run it continuously
@relentlessmadman4 жыл бұрын
should work you should need less rope
@knightmareoflegends23803 жыл бұрын
Old school skills Work smarter Not harder
@optimoprimo1325 жыл бұрын
That is very helpful and ingenious... Truly compliment you however.... If you gave me 20 dollars I would pick up one end of the log standing it straight up and down then lay it on my shoulder and simply walk out of the bush with it. That log isn't 400lbs.... It is about 250 to 275 at the most unless my experience and eyes are playing tricks on me. If it truly is 400lbs then all bets are off.
@CanadianBriar4 жыл бұрын
i was thinking the same. i like the rope idea, but the bush around here is too thick for that kind of business. you'd spend all day getting the rope untangled from everything. logs that size I just caber them out, tip them up on end and drop down the direction I want to go, tip and drop, until i'm out where I can grab them with log tongs.
@leoocallaghan41066 ай бұрын
Well I'll be...!! I can see now how you got to be so grey headed... It took so long to move that there thing. Golly i almost turned grey myself just a watching you.
@johnmoyer55155 жыл бұрын
Simple i like, but i have giant boulders a pretty steep hillside and a creek so its down and up either way big oaks est. 2 tons. Soon be 64 never been more than 130 lbs.
@EffectPlaceboThe5 жыл бұрын
That's what mules are for
@xetra11553 жыл бұрын
that's clever
@jewelhome13 жыл бұрын
A simple 2:1 pulley system could have be demonstrated in about 30 seconds.
@manvsbridge16112 жыл бұрын
Brains and testosterone the ultimate multi tool.
@doggoplex34624 жыл бұрын
Please be my grandpa youre so cool
@RobertFay10 ай бұрын
*- Nice!* *- Find the laziest engineer around to solve the impossible problems, right?*
@drew92gill3 жыл бұрын
Chainsaw and carry??
@ronfox55192 жыл бұрын
Its not firewood
@maxwebster75725 жыл бұрын
Do it with 20 block of granite and solve the pyramid mystery lol......
@johndowe70035 жыл бұрын
its been done, look up coral castle & Ed Leedskalnin. theres some old videos of him lifting 15 ton blocks with a chain hoist and tripod
@De80802 жыл бұрын
Just pick it up
@jerrymascorrojr.83193 жыл бұрын
Mechanical advantages, not hydraulics
@sandymarshfoot-travelingho23285 жыл бұрын
I could pull it with my pony.
@l.tjustonsenack2 жыл бұрын
mosquitoes in nov lol
@LaukSmith3 жыл бұрын
Give me a peavy and I'll move a log
@mikej3211002 жыл бұрын
yer logs goin to be rotten before you get them to the mill.
@shaziaatif51093 жыл бұрын
Ha
@alexislathem1219 Жыл бұрын
Thos!e are not heavy logs! I need to move 6000# logs
@randyhappe29122 жыл бұрын
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@mandeepgrewal57424 жыл бұрын
I'm
@maybesomaybenot16523 жыл бұрын
Very
@donaldhamel93113 жыл бұрын
Sure is easy when you have almost nothing in the way but when you have to remove the trees from in a wooded area that procedure is worthless
@johnmutton799 Жыл бұрын
I can do all that without using a single thing. Get someone else to do it!
@johngallagher37322 жыл бұрын
This is cute and all but utterly useless when there’s rough terrain or other logs etc in the way.
@assngrass19433 жыл бұрын
For goodness sake move along in your films a bit faster. Otherwise I will either die from boredom or apoplexy. I don’t have enough time left to waste watching a 13 minute video that could be done nicely in 3 minutes. I also don’t have enough time left in my life to provide the constructive criticism needed by everyone on KZfaq. However, thanks for the suggestions.
@joeymarsh55713 жыл бұрын
Yet you waste time commenting your hateful words💀
@assngrass19433 жыл бұрын
@@joeymarsh5571 Ditto.
@chainsawFirewood89 Жыл бұрын
In Arkansas I don't rely on the government so I'm 35 if no one is there I do it myself probably getting to were I'm going to make it eiser on me , Pain might be different I broke some bones in life due to motocross but by yourself I felt pain in my pelvis so Pele will add lies and say I ripped a muscle but I'm from Arkansas that was got letting me know not to Life so heavy but it seems I cut a BiG apple tree and I never sewn such huge chunks but I'm going to sit am split tomorrow Awesome video an being from Arkansas a rope an a Lawnmower is all I got but I appreciate this specific way seems very strong but I don't TRUST IN GREEN PAPER OR Modern Government Missquitos must be From my area it Arkansas state bird lol thank you as well !!