First log loaded with newly add Norwood hydraulic log loader. Log is 16’ L x 20” W. Probably weighs over 1500 lbs. #norwoodsawmill #HD36V2 #davessawmillservice #logloader #sawmillbusiness
I just ran across this and Howard's comment that he bent his frame. My frame was twisting too with a large log. So I welded up reinforcements at the point of each lifting arm. It seems to stabilize it very well.
The log lifter can handle the weight, if it is properly supported. Looks like it would have worked better if turned end-for-end, so that the log would have been better balanced. For long logs, consider setting up a 3-strand log deck. Or you might consider winching them up a pair of ramps so you can adjust the spacing and location.
A quick comment from your newest subscriber. Love your videos. The lift you did in this video is nearly identical to the 3rd lift I did with my brand new HD36 - and tweaked the frame, resulting in me having to (at my expense of course) purchase two new bunks and install them as close as I could to the rear-most leg of the Log Loader. In other words - while the Log Loader can indeed lift 3,500 pounds, it has to be a short log, that is evenly balanced.Mine was about 18' long with the butt end at same end as sawhead, and still bent the frame - to the extent that it impeded sawhead travel. An expensive and frustrating lesson for me.
I just ran across this and Howard's comment that he bent his frame.
My frame was twisting too with a large log. So I welded up reinforcements at the point of each lifting arm. It seems to stabilize it very well.
The log lifter can handle the weight, if it is properly supported. Looks like it would have worked better if turned end-for-end, so that the log would have been better balanced. For long logs, consider setting up a 3-strand log deck. Or you might consider winching them up a pair of ramps so you can adjust the spacing and location.
A quick comment from your newest subscriber. Love your videos.
The lift you did in this video is nearly identical to the 3rd lift I did with my brand new HD36 - and tweaked the frame, resulting in me having to (at my expense of course) purchase two new bunks and install them as close as I could to the rear-most leg of the Log Loader.
In other words - while the Log Loader can indeed lift 3,500 pounds, it has to be a short log, that is evenly balanced.Mine was about 18' long with the butt end at same end as sawhead, and still bent the frame - to the extent that it impeded sawhead travel. An expensive and frustrating lesson for me.
Howard, I added reinforcement at each lift arm because I have an HD36.
what a shit design. they want 10 grand for this paper weight lifter?