I have orders for lumber backing up and with all the moisture we have had I cant move any logs. Thaw, freeze, thaw, freeze etc. making it impossible to get things done.
I had 5 ash logs in front of the mill that had no special purpose other than they were in line to cut. Not having that lumber sold I chose to move them out of the way and put some oak in line to fill orders.
I thought last nights freeze was going to do the trick so out I went with my Clark 15K forklift and started to move some logs.
Got the first 4 moved no problem.
Had 1 more ash to go and a couple of T-poles. You can see to the right of the logs its getting muddy
Thinking I could get the last three pieces in one shot I went for it. As you can see from the picture, it didnt happen! This was the trail created after about an hour of rocking back and forth trying to get out on my own power.
With the forklift stuck I thought I could winch it out by hooking onto this walnut log that was sitting behind a large pile of Cottonwoods.
Unfortunatly, it didnt work.
The log litteraly was pulled from behind the pile and there was even enough force to move the pile
You can see in this pic on the bottom right another walnut log that was pushed from the back of the one I was hooked to. The Forklift was so stuck my pulling with the winch moved this whole pile of logs! Thats Stuck!
Time to for a change in tactics!
Forklift hooked with a chain from behind.
Snatch Block installed between the forklift and the truck.
Ready to start pulling!
You can see in this pic the tire tracks in front of the truck. That is why I had to install the bloccking.
I had tried to pull before and the truck slid so had to do some creative blocking! I used a 4x6 cross block from the T-poles I get and set it at a slight angle to lock into the ground. It worked perfectly in stopping the truck from going anywhere when I pulled.
My beast now sits high and dry..................and wont move until I get a good freeze or lots of dry weather
