7-15-07
 
 
 
Two runner logs were peeled and Rack #1 went up last night.
Moving the pile of logs to the rack sometimes required a little balancing assistance.
     
 
John and Paul setting a log on the rack.
Rack #1 is almost full.
     
 
Picking up the last few logs before our second load arrives.
WHAT HAPPENED?!! Jeff's mom, Ginny, inspecting collapsed Rack #1. Some of the stumps had tipped from weight shift and brought the whole rack down. More work to be done! ...sigh...
     
 
An hour before today's load arrived, our smaller forklift broke. Fortunately, we still had the tractor and were able to borrow another forklift from a local farmer.
For this load, Jeff was on the truck with Steve.
     
 
A view of Rack #1 (collapsed) and Rack #2 which went up just before the truck arrived.
John pulls up with the tractor and steve attaches the chain sling to the log.
     
 
John pulls the log off the truck and Paul lifts the other end with another sling on the forklift.
The log can then be easily carried to the rack.
     
 
John maneuvers his end around the end of the rack.
Paul sets his end down on the runner.
     
 
Steve taking a quick nap?
 
Wake up and hook up that sling!
     
 
The logs averaged 50 feet in length - longer than the truck bed!
 
Looking under Rack #2 and the "hairy" appearance of the loose bark strips which peeled off during skidding and unloading.
     
 
Looking across the top of Rack #2. You can see the bare spots where the bark has been torn off already.
Four logs left...
     
 
...two...
 
...one...
     
   
That pizza hit the spot!
   
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