Sounds like a good candidate to be milled for lumber! (the OP log that is) As far as haulin stuff on a bike...been there, done than. On the way home from wally world, hardware, grocery store, etc etc etc. Went to look at a CL saw find last summer, yup, hauled that one home ($50 for a low hour PP5020AV...had to be done!) That wasn't even close to the craziest thing that I have hauled on the bike. Goldwings have impressive "load capacity" And I have seen some of those crazy bike haulers like in the pictures live and in person in Africa. Those little 125cc bikes that they all have are TOUGH! A family of 5 or 6, no problem. Goats, chickens, every day! Jugs of gas and or water (sometimes one right after the other, in the same jug!) tires of every type and size (the best one was two guys on a bike with a semi tire around the passenger, those things are heavy!) I have pics here somewheres of some of the more creative "loads" I seen...I can post some with OPs permission...
Before cross cutting, noodle through the butt once or twice, then buck and repeat. The drops will be much easier to haul to the splitter or bust up with your axe.
I almost purchased the Vision some years back when I was in the market for a new bike. I would have had it, but every time I went to the dealership it was closed, so I moved on. After all my choices were exhausted, I finally settled on The Street Glide. It's good to see so many Riders on this forum in my age group. That includes Bicycle Riders as well! BTW, Oldman47 , That's a very nice looking ride!
The log could be milled, but my neighbors interest in it is solely for firewood to heat his home. His wife loves wood heat! She says the heat pump leaves much to be desired! (not her exact words) Post away! I'm always amazed at the ingenuity of how so many carry loads. The loads I carry are nothing by comparison. A couple bails of straw and a snow shovel, several bags of cement, 5 bags of mulch, upwards of 25 bags of groceries in just those plastic bags, etc. (sometimes my bike thinks it's a truck!)
The other day I came home with 4 (50lb) bags of hound food. I have yet to figure out how to get a hound on there, though I do know of people who ride with their dogs.
I came to my '13 Vision from a '11 Road Glide. The Road Glide convinced me I would never want to own anything but a fixed fairing bike. My Victory dealer is like many other bike dealers, they are always closed on Mondays. DaveGunther's 70s BMW reminds me of my 65 R-60 but mine has the leading link front end on it. That R-60 is a project, among the many that are waiting for me to have time.
@stargazer, I had about a 44 inch sugar maple. A real PiTA, to get on a horizontal splitter.. Hydraulic are wonderful thing used loader bucket and screw gun attached these clip to each round lifted then on splitter and chucked then to a size. I could lift. took some time but hey it was good wood!
Hey...I want in on the M/C pics...Here's me a few years ago on the 1100 Honda, which I still have and am still riding and I will be 64 next month...
As well behaved as your dogs are, I'm sure you could get one or two or three ---- aw heck, get all of them to pose in different positions on the bike. Maybe with one sitting on a couple of smallish rounds to boot.
I wish I had photoshop. I'd put a huge log or something on the back of your bike. Maybe a whole stack of wood with a chainsaw sitting on top of the pile. I'm glad to see your still riding too. (I'll be 65 in 6 months) If you look to the back of your bike, see that burgundy bike sitting there. That's a Shadow Sabre 1100. I had one just like that some years back, and I have a Vemar helmet that looks kind of like that. I'm almost sure I had it when I had the Sabre. Wouldn't that be a hoot if that was actually me? But I've never been to Maine. I had ventured up to Vermont and New Hampshire on it though.
My helping cut up the log is Thursday this week. From the looks of it, the weather will be around 70 degrees (made it to 80 here today) and overcast. My kind of cutting weather. I'll be meeting up with the guy and his wife at about 8:00am near where the log is, so I guess I will be needing to get up extra early to make the trip. I can't wait! I went ahead and picked up a decompression valve for the Stihl as well as a spark plug earlier today and have since installed them, plus gave the saw a once over to make sure things were operating properly. The decompression valve would pop long before I was finished with the first pull without the saw trying to start, so it was time to get the new one.
A load of firewood is only a good start... Notice the spare tire hanging by a rope on the back corner...no room for it inside the car! (seriously) I couldn't figure out how they hauled these massive loads with these tiny cars. I found out that they would have steel bars welded in place of the struts so they could carry more! Always room for more... 4-5' diameter Mahogany log Everything is bigger in Texas eh? Phhfft, this a an African Junebug (I dunno what it was really...sounded like a Helicopter coming in though!) This how many earn a living here. Scrounge firewood, none near the city (Bangui, C.A.R.) that can be scrounged so they walk out about 10 miles, load it on these 2 wheel carts and then push it all the way back...and it is not always flat! Don't mess with these dudes! More firewood haulin... Another common way of making a living, roadside wood fired brick kilns for handmade bricks. Sorry guys, I couldn't find pics of most of the really creative motorcycle loads that I remember seeing, we had to be really careful taking pics as we were told many there did not like it, or would want paid for their pic...and there was "military" all over, best to just lay low, and 6'4" Americans already tend to stick out so...
LOL, no, that is milleo on her bike. I have yet to post an actual picture of me. Came close a few times though!
Thanks! I'm only using a laptop using my finger on a touch pad so all I usually do with that program is resize pictures with it. I've got to head off to bed early since I need to be up and running by 4:00am to be where I need to be between 8 and 8:30am to help with that log. My bike is loaded, everything is set out, the alarm clock is set, etc.. So I'll be gooder to go in the AM. Pictures tomorrow evening if I'm not too tired!
It was an interesting and fund day for sure. Instead of getting up at 4:00am, I had mistakenly set the alarm clock an hour fast, so I ended up getting up at 3:00am. That meant I had an extra hour to wake up and get my chit together before heading out. I arrived at my destination at 7:54am which wasn't too bad, since I was expected between 8 and 8:30am. Coming out of the mountains my ears kept popping and the temperature difference was noticeable. The high where I live was 70 degrees, but where I was cutting made it up to 78. I guess the lower the altitude the more heat tends to stay. It was misting and cloudy when I left home but I didn't get too wet. We met up at the Hardee's in Stanlytown VA. He had breakfast and I just had a cup of java. When we were getting ready to leave, I had yet to mount my bike, a guy who parked next to me was on his way to get into his truck. He had already looked at my bike and the saw attached to it when he arrived. Boy did he ever look when he saw me mount the bike! Priceless! Note the saw was well secured along with the axe. Even had a towel over the bar and chain plus wrapped the end and used a ball bungee to keep it in place. On to the site where the log was located (they're building a new house there) and unloaded. Around 3 to 4 hours later, most had been bucked into rounds. I think my neighbor marked them at 20 inches. About 6 feet of the but was left as that will be made into table tops. Sorry but no pictures of the entire log. I keep forgetting I need to step way back for that. My part time neighbor didn't bring the splitter, and I did try to convince him we could get it all split today, but he was leery of the sun which had come out and brought the temperature way up. He said no, that he would stop by the site a few hours each morning and split some until it was done. I did demo the Fiskars, and though it took a bit, I managed to get one round broken in half and showed him how easy it was to split after. When he tried, well, he didn't do nearly as well. He said it was because he had been using a splitter for so long that he just wasn't used to it. It was fun anyway. He took the splits and put them in the back of his truck. But it was great cutting and hearing both his and my saw singing in unison. His was a Husqvarna 257 with a 20" bar, and my Stihl with the 24" bar. We must have been a sight, a 79 year old man and a 64 year old woman cutting up this log. I know I had captured the guys doing the construction attention. (several young men, and a few old) My part time neighbor wanted to take me to lunch, but I told him I'd take a rain check. The place he wanted to go was a sit down place and likely crowded. Heck, I would have been happy with an egg salad sandwich or even a pimento cheese sandwich. But no biggie. After chatting at least a half hour or more we parted ways and I headed back home. It was still a good day. I got to exercise my chainsaw, and entertain a half dozen men in the process. (I only wish we could have gotten in some serious splitting) That plus I had a nice ride, both coming out of the mountains and going back up!
