Weld a couple of hooks on the arch. This way you can choke the log, pull the chain through your d ring and then pull the slack and hook the chain at the correct length. Very nice build.
I use a electro-hydraulic drop down trailer for my logs. It lowers all the way to level flat with the ground. I built heavy duty tube steel side and end walls, bolted on the original trailer to increase it's height about 24". Then I mounted a 10 ton Warn winch to the font wall to pull logs in. The side walls also help to greatly support the pull stress. No need to "get over the hump" as you say. And no need to have that arch smack you on the back of the noggin. Maybe weld some pillows to that side of it?
Ma’am. Great build as always. I have been assembling pretty much the same type set up as you for the past few years since I have retired. I have built a chainsaw mill and as soon as I can get back to work I’m building a kiln and completing a shop. I’ve been fighting a second round of cancer ( thank you Agent Orange) so I’m having to take a couple of months off. And I think this arch will be a project I’ll build soon. I’m so thankful to see you wearing proper clothing for welding now. If I may, when drilling larger holes in metal a good rule of thumb is to drill your pilot hole approximately the same size as the bit twist , or the size of the point of the bit, and then drill with the final size of the hole needed rather than stepping up the size of the bit little by little. Great job, y’all do such a good job videoing your work. Thanks.
April, weld the nuts to the angle iron on the bottom, then removing those plate will work with one wrench. A chain on both side will stop the arch from going to far down in both directions. And a snatch block with a cable lock and release would allow you to use the winch to do all with very little moves. Looks well built!
With a bit of modification the arch could be used as a frame for the ramp to drive up onto the trailer when being used in a more traditional way... great design and great build. Really enjoy your videos.
Great job!! For ease of removing arch, you could back to a high spot under a tall shop eave, and pull the arch up with a cable and have it hang out of wx when not in use. Kind of like folks that store their truck campers on barrels or drums. Just a thought.
I would suggest that you construct a single wide roller made of 3" steel pipe mounted to steel plate brackets at either end of the pipe, the roller should fully extend across the rear of your trailer. Mount the roller's brackets to the outside of the trailer's rear end frame rails, this should assist the large logs being loaded onto the trailer's bed.
First The Positive: I Really Appreciate the craftsmanship, and fab work Now The Negative-Clean The Mill-scale off where the welds are laid. You Need that deeper penetration for added strength, durability, and reiability. Integrity of welds is everything, Especially since you're MIG'ging it instead of STICK Welding it. It May Be running a lil Cold as Well But I'm no Instructor, by any means! Great Video!
Great job on that, may I suggest chains or cables for the arch stops? Also when you winch heavy objects throw a blanket or piece of carpet over the cable to control it if it should snap. Adding a couple of jacks to the rear of the trailer is a good idea also. Other then that I am totally blown away.
It takes ingenuity, determination, persistence and sheer stubbornness to be able to fit structural steel alone. Also practising using clamps one handed helps
Great job April !! I was worried about the tail weight when loaded . Did not think about winching log forward !! Definitely keep a close eye on weight distribution . Being you are pulling that size trailer and load with the Yoda. To much tail weight would be a disaster 😱
you should consider a chain grab hook mounted to the top of the arch in the manner of the D rings so it can swivel to service both sides. you can attach to any point on the chain instead of threading the chain through the D rings and attaching to itself.
Awesome video. You definitely need a huge collab with Matt when you make that amazing Wilkerized Band Saw mill!! This video definitely felt like a homecoming video to the good old April videos. Thank you.
Choke up on the chain when loading and the arch will place much farther forward on your trailer as well. Also would make it easier to stack your load of wood taller.
April, that all looks great but if you ever build one again and you want versatility you could try making 3 receiver hitches on the rear of the trailer and then frame it all to go on from there.
April just a suggestion think about welding a roller outside the end of the bed. With a slide in bar lock when not in use. It will be an excellent mechanical advantage and aid in ease of loading.
Mount hydraulics to to the trailer n run a electric over hydraulic pump system for it n mount it up front n plumb lines with disconnects on them to run the rams n make it all removable for regular trailer use 👍
April, you are impressive! Suggestion is you can double the power of your winch, (no pun intended), by putting a pulley on the arch bar and anchoring the cable back up at front of the trailer. :-)
Awesome, April. Your enthusiasm certainly goes a long way for you and everyone who watches you build stuff...especially this old fart! LOL. Love this video.
Hi, you remind me of myself when I was 18 and thought I knew what I was doing. You can do this with so much more control. Get yourself a couple of double acting hydraulic rams, an electric 12volt hydraulic pump unit, which come complete with integrated oil resovoir add some hydraulic pipe and you will have complete control and it is so much easier with no more humping that rear lifting bar. Attach the rams to the lifting bar and to the trailer. The whole thing can be assembled in less than a day. You will need someone who knows about hydraulics to design it for you as the ram length and reinforcing for the "U" bar will be important. Once you get your head around hydraulics you will be adding them to everything in sight. Yes fit some back supports before you reck the trailer suspension
April, you may also want to put wench points along the sides, not unlike rollback tow trucks have. this would allow you to move logs to one side or the other
If I had lived in America, I would have come to you to thank you You have the skill of industrial and beautiful spirit A woman should also be With all respect
Hi April! This is awesome. Are you going to add those stabilizer leg/foot thingys under the arch to transfer the weight to the ground? It looks like it’s putting a lot of pressure on the back end of your trailer and I noticed that Cremona had them on his in that clip you included.
April, since this video is over two years old I’m a little late to the party subscribing. What a great channel and an interesting project. I actually watched Matt’s trailer build About a year ago when I came across it. Bloopers I admire that you include your bloopers. Mistakes can be humbling and yet your confidence shows through when things go off the rails. I think of them as showing us an additional way NOT to do something, sort of failing your way to success like Thomas Edison’s lightbulb journey. In the blooper section at the end, perhaps using 2 bessey clamps about a foot apart near the center could suspend the crossmember piece in place as a first step to free up your hands. Then finish the work as you were showing in the video. The additional step should make it easier for one person to finish the work by placing the 2 additional bessey clamps on each end, requiring only one person to do it. Just my 2 centavos- and yes it did make me laugh. Regardless, you got the work done and as usual make it look easy. And please include your laugh in all videos-you could trademark it 😁
Great job young lady. You don't have "stellar" trees like we have in the north? This is a rare instance where a Texan has been willing to admit not everything in Texas is bigger? :-) This was not meant to be derogatory, just jerking a Texas chain. You may find a ramp is not necessary for loading with your very cool arch. As for rollers, I have found several 4"-6" round wood fence posts laid on the trailer deck make loading and especially unloading much easier. For unloading, just back up to a large tree, chain a log to the tree and drive away. With the wood rollers under your logs, your tractor should have no problem pulling them off the trailer. Here is where a ramp works well to let the log down gently as they come off the trailer. With experience, you will discover easy ways to move big logs just like Matt. As you know, it is all about working your head and not your back.
April why dont you use on your arch a snatch block that opens so you put your rope over pully also another thought put hydrolic arms on your arch to trailer connection for a push or pull effect
why have i not seen this UA-cam channel before. i subscribed before the video even finished. also i wish there where more lovely woman like you around my town but more my age.
I have a tractor so once I get the logs home I'm good....just use chain around the bucket and the log to pick it up then set it in place. You'll see it in action in the next video. : )
Maybe a second arch nearer the front of the trailer, so the cable is at a better angle when the lifting arch is very low. Saw it on a Tarzan TV show once, righting a rolled land rover.
I have absolutely no use for this. But i'm watching all the way and dropping a like, to give support to one of my favorite makers, probably the prettiest too! Though Izzy Swan is mighty pretty too! Hahahaha.
What size tubing did you use for the arch? I just had one of these built for my trailer using 4x4 tubing, and it is too heavy to lift for a single man. Also, did you figure out anything to prevent the arch from slamming down into the trailer?
Hi April, I'm in the process of building a Log Arch on my 16 Ft Trailer, I was wondering why you build your flat with anchor pin through the 3" end to end and not build it like Matt who build his on the end side with the anchor pin through the 2" flat side. Which one is the strongest way off building the Arch?
Awesome! I love the outtake at the end of the video. I’ve been there and done that as they say as I work by myself. Looking forward to seeing more videos. Thanks.
I'd drill a few maybe half inch holes into the plate onto which the winch motor and cable spool is attached, just so water drops or rain or sand or whatever lands on that plate can run off. Take greater care with the chainsaw. You don't want to cut so that the blade gets pinched. Cut in a place or from a direction where the cut will open up under the weight of the two resulting pieces, as they get separated. For instance, put a supporting block under one of the pieces near the cut - the other piece being lifted, will fall off and open up the cut as it gets separated.
I purchased a SuperJaw as per watching one of your vid's. I love it. I haven't found anything it wouldn't hold. This is a great idea for the log loader also. Thanks fro the great info you treat us to.
It looks like one of the next few projects will be a bench or moveable table for the metal chop saw. Love the head band also and the nod to Rosie The Riveter. Keep up the great work. Always look forward to your videos.
I'd do rollers for sure always helps with big wood or odd shape stuff. I'd recommend some rollers on ramp an also some spaced apart on the flat side of deck too.
Weld a couple of hooks on the arch. This way you can choke the log, pull the chain through your d ring and then pull the slack and hook the chain at the correct length. Very nice build.
Good engineering brave lady
I use a electro-hydraulic drop down trailer for my logs. It lowers all the way to level flat with the ground. I built heavy duty tube steel side and end walls, bolted on the original trailer to increase it's height about 24". Then I mounted a 10 ton Warn winch to the font wall to pull logs in. The side walls also help to greatly support the pull stress. No need to "get over the hump" as you say. And no need to have that arch smack you on the back of the noggin. Maybe weld some pillows to that side of it?
Ma’am. Great build as always.
I have been assembling pretty much the same type set up as you for the past few years since I have retired. I have built a chainsaw mill and as soon as I can get back to work I’m building a kiln and completing a shop. I’ve been fighting a second round of cancer ( thank you Agent Orange) so I’m having to take a couple of months off. And I think this arch will be a project I’ll build soon.
I’m so thankful to see you wearing proper clothing for welding now.
If I may, when drilling larger holes in metal a good rule of thumb is to drill your pilot hole approximately the same size as the bit twist , or the size of the point of the bit, and then drill with the final size of the hole needed rather than stepping up the size of the bit little by little.
Great job, y’all do such a good job videoing your work. Thanks.
April, weld the nuts to the angle iron on the bottom, then removing those plate will work with one wrench. A chain on both side will stop the arch from going to far down in both directions. And a snatch block with a cable lock and release would allow you to use the winch to do all with very little moves. Looks well built!
With a bit of modification the arch could be used as a frame for the ramp to drive up onto the trailer when being used in a more traditional way... great design and great build. Really enjoy your videos.
Great job!! For ease of removing arch, you could back to a high spot under a tall shop eave, and pull the arch up with a cable and have it hang out of wx when not in use. Kind of like folks that store their truck campers on barrels or drums. Just a thought.
I would suggest that you construct a single wide roller made of 3" steel pipe mounted to steel plate brackets at either end of the pipe, the roller should fully extend across the rear of your trailer. Mount the roller's brackets to the outside of the trailer's rear end frame rails, this should assist the large logs being loaded onto the trailer's bed.
Brilliant. Attach a shackle/snatch block to the arch to double your cable and thus increase your lifting power and reduce stress on your winch.
First The Positive: I Really Appreciate the craftsmanship, and fab work
Now The Negative-Clean The Mill-scale off where the welds are laid. You Need that deeper penetration for added strength, durability, and reiability. Integrity of welds is everything, Especially since you're MIG'ging it instead of STICK Welding it. It May Be running a lil Cold as Well But I'm no Instructor, by any means!
Great Video!
Great job on that, may I suggest chains or cables for the arch stops? Also when you winch heavy objects throw a blanket or piece of carpet over the cable to control it if it should snap. Adding a couple of jacks to the rear of the trailer is a good idea also. Other then that I am totally blown away.
It takes ingenuity, determination, persistence and sheer stubbornness to be able to fit structural steel alone. Also practising using clamps one handed helps
Great job April !! I was worried about the tail weight when loaded . Did not think about winching log forward !! Definitely keep a close eye on weight distribution . Being you are pulling that size trailer and load with the Yoda. To much tail weight would be a disaster 😱
Good design for road hauling. I would install a rear ramp with spaced bearings in between to make heavy logs get up easier.
you should consider a chain grab hook mounted to the top of the arch in the manner of the D rings so it can swivel to service both sides. you can attach to any point on the chain instead of threading the chain through the D rings and attaching to itself.
You and matthew cremona have the best videos ive seen on making a log arch. Its really helped me in planning my own. Thanks for sharing
Awesome video. You definitely need a huge collab with Matt when you make that amazing Wilkerized Band Saw mill!! This video definitely felt like a homecoming video to the good old April videos. Thank you.
Awesome job
Ok April make yourself a short link chain. 3 chain links and 2 hooks. This allows you to shorten the chain to any length.
Awesome job.
Choke up on the chain when loading and the arch will place much farther forward on your trailer as well. Also would make it easier to stack your load of wood taller.
Yep, the jacks at the end would be very helpful!
Nice build :) Definitely appreciate the out takes at the end!
April, that all looks great but if you ever build one again and you want versatility you could try making 3 receiver hitches on the rear of the trailer and then frame it all to go on from there.
Great project like always need a set of log tongs for grabbing those logs
April just a suggestion think about welding a roller outside the end of the bed. With a slide in bar lock when not in use. It will be an excellent mechanical advantage and aid in ease of loading.
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Mount hydraulics to to the trailer n run a electric over hydraulic pump system for it n mount it up front n plumb lines with disconnects on them to run the rams n make it all removable for regular trailer use 👍
With a different pivot point, that would be the beginning of a full width ramp. Love the vid's!
April, you are impressive! Suggestion is you can double the power of your winch, (no pun intended), by putting a pulley on the arch bar and anchoring the cable back up at front of the trailer. :-)
Awesome, April. Your enthusiasm certainly goes a long way for you and everyone who watches you build stuff...especially this old fart! LOL. Love this video.
First video of yours I have seen, very impressed.
I know Cody doesn't want a channel, but man I wish he had one! And a side note, wix is super helpful! Great sponsor!
Awesome video
Nice job April!
very good!!!
Hi, you remind me of myself when I was 18 and thought I knew what I was doing. You can do this with so much more control. Get yourself a couple of double acting hydraulic rams, an electric 12volt hydraulic pump unit, which come complete with integrated oil resovoir add some hydraulic pipe and you will have complete control and it is so much easier with no more humping that rear lifting bar. Attach the rams to the lifting bar and to the trailer. The whole thing can be assembled in less than a day. You will need someone who knows about hydraulics to design it for you as the ram length and reinforcing for the "U" bar will be important. Once you get your head around hydraulics you will be adding them to everything in sight. Yes fit some back supports before you reck the trailer suspension
April, you may also want to put wench points along the sides, not unlike rollback tow trucks have. this would allow you to move logs to one side or the other
Hey thank you so much
id use some high load struts with a 50/50 proportioning to help with the falling issue
Awesome I loved it
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you can mount arch forward after you make it longer. but make sure you add stops so it wont flop onto ur pickup truck
If I had lived in America, I would have come to you to thank you
You have the skill of industrial and beautiful spirit
A woman should also be
With all respect
I love the bloopers!
Hi April! This is awesome. Are you going to add those stabilizer leg/foot thingys under the arch to transfer the weight to the ground? It looks like it’s putting a lot of pressure on the back end of your trailer and I noticed that Cremona had them on his in that clip you included.
She said that she will be adding jacks to the back end to stabilize it.
That's what she was referring to when she said she would add jacks at the end of the video.
Nice!
Well done!! 👍🏻
Nice video
April, since this video is over two years old I’m a little late to the party subscribing. What a great channel and an interesting project. I actually watched Matt’s trailer build About a year ago when I came across it.
Bloopers
I admire that you include your bloopers.
Mistakes can be humbling and yet
your confidence shows through when things go off the rails. I think of them as showing us an additional way NOT to do something, sort of failing your way to success like Thomas Edison’s lightbulb
journey.
In the blooper section at the end, perhaps using 2 bessey clamps about a foot apart near the center could suspend the crossmember piece in place as a first step to free up your hands.
Then finish the work as you were showing in the video.
The additional step should make it easier for one person to finish the work by placing the 2 additional bessey clamps on each end, requiring only one person to do it.
Just my 2 centavos- and yes it did make me laugh.
Regardless, you got the work done and as usual make it look easy.
And please include your laugh in all videos-you could trademark it 😁
Verey nice ..thanks
Skip the rear rollers ,go with a steel plate that flops down at an angle so the logs slide up, when done lift it up and lock it
This would be amazing to have in a car trailor for racing
Super project April but have you thought of getting a welding table? what one would you think of buying?
Great job young lady. You don't have "stellar" trees like we have in the north? This is a rare instance where a Texan has been willing to admit not everything in Texas is bigger? :-) This was not meant to be derogatory, just jerking a Texas chain.
You may find a ramp is not necessary for loading with your very cool arch. As for rollers, I have found several 4"-6" round wood fence posts laid on the trailer deck make loading and especially unloading much easier. For unloading, just back up to a large tree, chain a log to the tree and drive away. With the wood rollers under your logs, your tractor should have no problem pulling them off the trailer. Here is where a ramp works well to let the log down gently as they come off the trailer. With experience, you will discover easy ways to move big logs just like Matt. As you know, it is all about working your head and not your back.
Nice but the thing should have a slowing mechanism on the back so if it come very fast it should come to resistance
April why dont you use on your arch a snatch block that opens so you put your rope over pully also another thought put hydrolic arms on your arch to trailer connection for a push or pull effect
Nice 👍
Hydraulic arms or piston arms on the uprights to stop it flopping down on the trailer bed
Great work April! I'm super pumped to build another mill with you!!!
Matthew Cremona love you guys working together👍🏼
9ft wide!
Just finished your gigantic band saw video series. Awesome project!
Thanks John!
hahah 9' wide so she can cut 9 of those size logs at once!
Rollers on the tail will help with potential damage.
Awesome job. Where did you learn to weld?
I'm thinking the only limit to the lift would be the width of the log compared to the width of the lift.
Dont forget to put a cloth on the wench in case it bursts
Lov it, thanks!
What winch did you use. I know very little about winches
why have i not seen this UA-cam channel before. i subscribed before the video even finished.
also i wish there where more lovely woman like you around my town but more my age.
Muito bom projeto parabéns.
When you did the shop floor did you do anything to protect the concrete from welding? Any wear or damage from the welding so far?
Abril my respecto and admiration, greetings from Salamanca Guanajuato Mexico
ramp with rollers....there you go
Nice work I
Careful with the steel young lady jack stands would help.
Wonder if the welder sale is still good till November 👍
Need to add a GMC to the front of it
Lol
Dang good job. I can see other uses for this. Not many women with your initiative. 👍😄
Now this is a good video 😂
D.I.Y what a badass
Be careful of that winch cable. It breaks people get hurt. See how Matt used a drape on the cable?
Now how do you get them off?
Matt has videos of the winch being used with a redirection to winch them off.
to get them off, tie the lumber to something fixed & drive forward... haha, i'm sure April will come up with something more elegant / engineered
I have a tractor so once I get the logs home I'm good....just use chain around the bucket and the log to pick it up then set it in place. You'll see it in action in the next video. : )
Maybe a second arch nearer the front of the trailer, so the cable is at a better angle when the lifting arch is very low. Saw it on a Tarzan TV show once, righting a rolled land rover.
Keith, exactly what I was thinking about the cable. Be aware and careful.
Wooo Nice April
A shortest chain would do the trick. No need to weld anything i think
I have absolutely no use for this. But i'm watching all the way and dropping a like, to give support to one of my favorite makers, probably the prettiest too! Though Izzy Swan is mighty pretty too! Hahahaha.
where did you get the tires from and how big are they?
What size tubing did you use for the arch? I just had one of these built for my trailer using 4x4 tubing, and it is too heavy to lift for a single man. Also, did you figure out anything to prevent the arch from slamming down into the trailer?
You say “ don’t live that far from Mr M. Cremona .... “ that s what in Miles or Km ‘s ? ; grts from Belgium
Hi April, I'm in the process of building a Log Arch on my 16 Ft Trailer, I was wondering why you build your flat with anchor pin through the 3" end to end and not build it like Matt who build his on the end side with the anchor pin through the 2" flat side. Which one is the strongest way off building the Arch?
It’s 2 different ways of doing the same thing. The strength is in the steel you use, thicker is stronger and of course how good your welds are.
April, how did you decide on that height for the arch, I would have thought taller would be better? Just wondering. thanks. Good luck.
Awesome! I love the outtake at the end of the video. I’ve been there and done that as they say as I work by myself. Looking forward to seeing more videos. Thanks.
I thought everything was bigger in Texas.
Flap wheels only work by pulling them. They r not like a grinding wheel. Just apply pressure and pull back.
I'd drill a few maybe half inch holes into the plate onto which the winch motor and cable spool is attached, just so water drops or rain or sand or whatever lands on that plate can run off.
Take greater care with the chainsaw. You don't want to cut so that the blade gets pinched. Cut in a place or from a direction where the cut will open up under the weight of the two resulting pieces, as they get separated. For instance, put a supporting block under one of the pieces near the cut - the other piece being lifted, will fall off and open up the cut as it gets separated.
Yeah, I agree about the chainsaw. I cringed with fear when I saw her cutting those stumps.
Reminds me of my daughters they would do the same thing. Love tough females. Kick ass young lady Luca
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can you tell me the distance from bed to top of arch when straight up
Could a ramp gate lift assist on the sides with some pulleys help it from the free fall point? Thanks for the video.
Ramps with rollers. Talking to the steel always helps, personal experience.
@@walterdove8727 AGREED .... Best / Most practical solution for the trailer ... and nothing else to carry or handle when using the trailer/arch !!!
One word parbuckle
or just pick the dam log up by hand....
@@Hats4everyone sure
Im seem similar built trailors in Houston, but built heavier.
One of the most consistently great channels on UA-cam!
I purchased a SuperJaw as per watching one of your vid's. I love it. I haven't found anything it wouldn't hold. This is a great idea for the log loader also. Thanks fro the great info you treat us to.
Are there any cons to the SJ?
It looks like one of the next few projects will be a bench or moveable table for the metal chop saw. Love the head band also and the nod to Rosie The Riveter. Keep up the great work. Always look forward to your videos.
Yep, a table and cutting station is on the list but who knows when I'll be getting to them. My list is very long. : ) Glad you enjoy the videos!
👍
I'd do rollers for sure always helps with big wood or odd shape stuff.
I'd recommend some rollers on ramp an also some spaced apart on the flat side of deck too.
Great project and build April!