Lifting HEAVY wood

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Mark Mandell - Gone Round In Jersey

>I mounted a 1K capacity muscle-powered crane in my trailer. Next year I may fit it with a 12v winch. I put a 440 lb cap. 110 power hoist on a 6' sliding track over my lathe. Got both from Harbor Freight.

Pick-up crane was $135

Hoist was $60 [on sale]

Track and rollers - $50 from local Agway.

My chiropracter sends me "Wish You Were Here" post cards.

Mark

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TD

>If it is only a couple hundred pounds I use a 2 x 12 about 6 ft long which I prop on the tailgate and the other end on the ground. Roll or push the log as far up the board as you can and then pick up the other end of the board. It helps to have another person with you to help balance the log as you lift the board. (Or is it a plank?)TD

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Wood Spinner

>I have purchased three pieces of barn door track to mount above my lathe. Two will be on the side walls and one hanging,on track castors, from those, crossway. A chainfall will be hung from the cross rail on a caster. This will give me a full motion lift.

I have a motor lift like you mentioned and it is to much work in my shop. I have rubber mats at the lathe so that stops the front wheels when it has a load. Also the shape of the bottom of the lift hits the lathe frame and so I lose full motion. It sits in the corner gathering dust and using space.

Good turning and be safe

Bill

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John Lucas

>TD

I use ramps to get the logs in my truck but I was rolling a 24" by 3 footer up the ramp and it got away from me. Occured to me that it could have hurt me seriously. I hooked a chain around it and drug it to a ditch. Then I put the truck in 4wheel drive and backed down into the ditch. This let me roll the log right into the back of the truck. God I love 4 wheel drive. That's a redneck solution to loading logs.

I have seen gardeners

Fred in NC

>Gardeners backing up a trailer into a ditch, and then driving the lawn mower right in.

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Pete LaBelle

>Use caution attaching things overhead. Make sure your tracks, hoists, fasteners and expecially ceiling/roof structure will handle the load. A 150# piece of wood falling from above is bad. Bringing down the hoist system and possibly the ceiling/roof will most likely shift your focus from the lathe for a while. Industry uses a minimum 5:1 safety factor for lifts that can operate overhead.

Play safe ..........

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Glenn Hodges

>I use an engine hoist to get heavy pieces of wood on my lathe.

Nashville, GA

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Dick Hines

>A while back there was a hint in the AAW mag from a guy in Fla., I think, that ahd a rig that he made that let him load logs into his truck. It looked like a streacher with a 2x4 across the handles that were the same distance from the end as the heigh of his truck bed. He rolled logs onto this thing and lifted it up and the log just rolled into the truck. Check AAW a couple of years back.

Me I use my trailer with a ramp. Just roll the logs rightin.

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Lan Brady

>When I was 12 years old helping my Grandpa on the farm (part time blacksmith) he found a eastern red cedar stump he wanted to use as a pedistol at the forge. You were allowed to use dynamite then on the farm without a licence. The law stated, that you could not elevate an object higher than 2 feet. The hardware store gave you a chart to estimate how much to use. You guessed it. Too Much. As we watched that stump fly over our head(still intact) we realized our error. I still use that stump with my anvil mounted on it today!

I realize that I have sidetracked the question, but reading this thread brough back a great memory for me.

Thanks, Lan

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RonZ

>That's why my wife and I had kids, to shlep of course. =o)

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David Galloway

>My friend, Nick Cook, was recently commissioned to do a series of stools for a bar, turned out of 40 inch logs. Getting them between centers was to be a pain, especially since Nick often works alone. Solution: a visit to Harbor Freight to find a rolling table that has a foot pump lift. We added a couple of 2x4s to extend the reach over the bed of the lathe. Cost of the table $199. Not going to the chiropractor or orthopod surgeon- priceless.

this might work

Tom Sontag - St. Louis

>I don't have a working lathe at the moment, but I have found that this can lift some heavy wood for me