New Log Skidder Post for the Ford 8N Tractor

After my struggles moving the trees that fell at my parents' property from last October's storm , I had some ideas on how to improve the use of the old Ford tractor . . .

A proper log skidder post allows us to use the power of the three point hitch on the back of the tractor to pick up logs and move them where they can be parked and worked on .

So after some surfing on the web for some ideas , and a scrounge through the scrap steel pile  . . .

. . . and a bit of cutting and grinding the idea starts to come together .

Some drilling .

And some more serious drilling with a three quarter inch drill bit .

 A few tack welds to square it all up .

After a solid day of grinding and welding we arrive at this . . .

Sometimes I even amaze myself . . . yea I know , it don't take much .

And it even fits on the tractor like it was meant to . . . .

It works too . . .

 . . .  almost like I knew what I was doing

That log is about fourteen feet long and about thirty six inches in diameter at the base . If my contraption did not bend or break under that load , I am pretty sure it can hold up to normal abuse . The three point hitch could just barely lift the log about four inches off the ground and it maxed out .

I love it when a plan comes together .