Parbuckling Logs on a Bobsled

[Does’ Leap]

I had a couple of large, unruly firewood logs and a poor staging area and decided to give parbuckling a try. After a quick phone consult with Carl Russel, I hit the woods. Here’s the result.

George

[Anonymous]

Looks like the phone consult paid off George! Well done.

[Tim Harrigan]

Great video, George. Nice use of the cross haul, sure helps for trying to role those narley logs. Nice helper there keeping an eye on things.

[mink]

how do you ride on the sled george?
like that wrap you use on the rope, kinda like a chinese finger type thing

[Carl Russell]

Kewl George……. you need to get another battery….. I wanted to see that load pull away.

You and Ed both seem to have some wicked good coffee. I never saw anybody move that fast in the woods……:p

Carl

[mitchmaine]

nice quiet pair of horses george. gotta like that

[Ronnie Tucker]

i never have done it like that but looks like it worked out fine.

[Does’ Leap]

@Carl Russell 39138 wrote:

I wanted to see that load pull away.

Carl

Kind of anticlimactic huh? I found the camera more challenging the the parbuckle! The horses drew that load well. It was mostly a downhill pull along with some gentle up and down slopes. I have a fairly, long steep hill leading up to my firewood landing and I ended up blocking off 1/4 of the load at the bottom of the hill.

Mink, I generally start the load while I am on the ground. I then check my chains for tightness, re-adjust if necessary, and then ride atop the load – a great ride.

George

[john plowden]

Nice work George!! Good looking team – It is great to see such simple technology put to practical use.

[Eli]

Cool video I hope to do things like this one day. Nice team. Eli.

[Ed Thayer]

Very informative George, your narration is very helpful. The team looks great.

[mink]

george i was wondering about going in empty, maybe you sit in the space next to your saw? i see carl in his videos standing on top the logs going out but never see anybody going in the woods.

[Does’ Leap]

@mink 39152 wrote:

george i was wondering about going in empty, maybe you sit in the space next to your saw? i see carl in his videos standing on top the logs going out but never see anybody going in the woods.

I ride with one foot on the back side of the runner and one foot on the bunk, lines in one hand with the other holding on to the peavey for balance.

George

[Carl Russell]

@mink 39152 wrote:

george i was wondering about going in empty, maybe you sit in the space next to your saw? i see carl in his videos standing on top the logs going out but never see anybody going in the woods.

I stand on the bunk, and drive with both hands…… balance is improved with practice….

In this video clip you can see me riding on the empty sled.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eZSZS-YnbM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eZSZS-YnbM

Carl

[mink]

nice video carl. i like the spot you picked to load , it was near level with the top of your sled. fits the saying work smarter not harder. had to hit rewind though, your white t-shirt turned blue on ya….lol

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