I certainly like it. I contacted Mr. Schertel about buying one. He advised me that they are not in production at this time. I know it's not for everyone and a level cutting area is needed but I'd still like to have one. He sure makes it look easy. My last reply to him was to put me on the list Of like to be on the first run. I got to thinking about if it's a universal fit and concluded " in my mind anyways" that with so many different configurations of saws , throttle location, bars etc. that it's not. Don't know, you may need to send them your saw for fitting. Any ideas fellers? Sent from my XT1650 using Tapatalk
I think It's pretty cool , less fatigue , more work done There a lot of people that bring their logs home and have a level cutting area. Would work good for log loads too
Funny you said "fellers"... I've often thought of a design that would sort of approximate something like this, maybe not on wheels, but which would be nimble enough to fell a tree, remotely.
I agree, alot of times I bring the logs home and the saw Dolly would come in real handy. Sent from my XT1650 using Tapatalk
Not that far away, yet intriguing I've thought about the individual who, perchance, couldn't meet some of the physical requirements of operating a saw during this aspect of collecting firewood. I took in an episode of them Twin brothers ( Howe and Howe) up in Maine who made the track wheelchair, and thought, hey-not every vet may want to shoot a gun still, but maybe some want the satisfaction of heating their homes with wood, and providing that heat from the stump. After all- this is STILL America, and that, sir lends itself to being the land of ingenuity.
Love it HD... ! Zactly how my pea brain works. Really like his ideas of the log rolling handle and the log prop too. A true back saving gravity fighter right there... ...
Gotta be cheaper than making a wood processor! Cutting into blocks is my least favorite part of the job
you could process 3x the amount of logs without this thing, too much set up time.... nice idea, but far from practical IMHO
My point was more along the lines of a homeowner not a person who makes their living selling wood. It's not for everyone but it has it's place. I'm guessing that many of the people in this thread and the other who think it's too slow, time consuming, etc. either: A. Are young B. Have never injured their back I still buck on a pile of logs but I'm only 52. I have, however, gotten into a bad car accident in 1994 and I have chronic back pain. I try to remember to move slow, lift correctly, etc. but a day of bucking logs can almost cripple me at times. At some point, doing this work will be very difficult for me. If there is something out there that can allow me to keep my passion of heating with wood as I get older and stiffer I say hurray!
I can see where it has applications. I can also see a few drawbacks. For one, in most cases you could not take it to the woods and buck where you fell the trees. For this then you need to cut into log length then get that log out. Unless you have a grapple or forks on FEL, that sometimes can be a real task and definitely hard on the back rolling those logs. Like Deer Meadow Farm I have the perpetual bad back (though a bit older than he) so can relate. As I age I find that I can no longer do this work for hours at a time (Oh how I'd love to be able to do a full day's work of this!) so I have to do it a little at a time. I am considering a tractor and getting a grapple for getting logs out as that could ease the work a bit but like other methods, this is not for everyone. On the video, that guy would be highly advised to wear steel toed boots because of the way he was lifting those logs in the first part of the first video. Just sticking the pickeroon into the end of the log and lifting spells disaster. It takes only one time for the pickeroon to let loose and down on the toes that log can come! Ouch, just the thought of it makes me cringe.
