Probably a lot of people have seen this, but this is an interesting contraption. I saw it in Farm Show and thought I would pass it along for those that have not, or do not get that prestigious publication. It seems easy enough to build, or at least give to a fabricator to build on your behalf. Generally it is NOT against patent rights to build something for yourself, but is if you sell the product. So that being the case, I think for firewooders it would work well.
Not bad but I'd rather use a cant hook or peavey and roll em instead of picking them up. It's nice to cut up high though.
Wranglerstar built one of these on his youtube channel. What was cool was that he made it modular so he could attach via a 2" receiver to his truck or splitter. Can't dig up the link write now...
I agree with you. It is kind of a catch 22. It would be nice to have something so you do not have to bend over to pick up and put in the Timber Croc because lifting logs by hands sucks, BUT if you do have something to lift then you minds well just use that instead of building a Timber Croc. It really is nice to have wood at the ideal height to cut up though. I don't do firewood rounds often, but do a lot of 8 foot wood. Bending over is a killer and inevitably I hit the dirt and dull the saw. Now that I am spoiled by my Wallenstein I just pick the wood up before cutting it. I thought about mounting a hydraulic topping saw on the Wallenstein grapple, but I am not so sure that would be all that practical. Its pretty hard to beat the simplicity of just cutting a log to 8 feet with a chainsaw if its off the ground a few feet.
Looks like it could work great if you are pulling the poles out directly of a trailer or out of a truck bed.
