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Become the victim of salt air and corrosion to the point it's off the road... and as a bonus the 3.1 turbo is going to have a bit more up and go than my 4.2 non turbo slug

For those worried about me hurting my poor old landcruiser..... I may have gotten my hands on an early 90s bighorn 3.1 manual to do tractor duty

Yep, logs cut to length that the truck can pull, entire tree is about 40m high.

Md is onto with the splitting technique, ideally an ace with a long cutting edge rather than a heavy sucker, my big...

Will have to go looking, there was an old land cruiser single cab at the bottom of the Gully, it got a little squashed by the last tree but think the bonnet should be all good

Is that to keep it together when splitting or just moving them?When splitting (with the axe) I use a chain with a bit of bungee cord on it, holds the ring together rather than walking all over the...

norsk had thought about halving the log but suspect that more sharp edges will cause it to stick, one way to find out! As for twisting the chassis... Don't really want to go there as the old girl is...

Hey woody, on the island.... Didn't know about shock loading chain, will sort a wire rope before I get started again.

Hoping to replace the a frame idea with using a couple of remaining trees at...

MSL trees were standing about 40m off the side of the driveway and downhill vertically maybe 15m they fell straight down the hill so no way to roll them up, much better to drag from an end.
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Tentman yeah it wasn't the safest thing I have been involved in.... Made sure I wasn't downhill when they were on the move.

David, think I can make do with what I have but will bear it mind.
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Hey md, Have a length of wire rope somewhere.... Came on the winch and I got a second loop out on the other end to use as an extension, shall have a dog through the shed for it. Sounds like there is...

Should have said, used chain with open loop on end and chain fed back through it to make a loop. trouble was getting the chain to grip to a log, went round the logs twice a couple of times (amazing...

Bit off topic but figure there are a few here that may have answers....

Have a firewood job coming up, old man pines about 35-40m and about 3.5-4' diameter (going by the way my 3" bar vanished...