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Ty, I drove one just about like that in high school...didn't have the PTOs.

That it would, my friend. I'd not turn my nose up at one, should it come my way :D.

Great to look at, I'll agree completely...but hell on earth to drive any distance at all, never mind getting much over 50 mph or 9 mpg. :D

That part I get...:D.

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Wonderful. Been there, more or less :). It's more work than it ever looks like in the pics, eh?

Welcome, kneejam. Beautiful pictures, and job well done. I'm sure you'll fit right in here. Like Sean, I also have some experience with your sort of rigging challenges, having over 32 years with the US Forest Service (happily retired now). I'd guess you also work for a natural resource...

https://www.masterblasterhome.com/showthread.php?15445-Old-Time-High-Lead-Logging-Blocks&p=513246&viewfull=1#post513246 An example...

I never hooked up to anything nearly as heavy as those logs, nor with tongs as large either...but I have pulled some decent sized wood with tongs...infrequently it was some trouble to get a solid grip, but never was it hard to knock them loose.

Yo, Kyle :). Here's some pics of another bit of big weight moving. I know I posted these and the whole story somewhere here, but danged if I can find that thread to link. So I'll repost a few pictures for your perusal :). Best estimates put the weight of the boulder within a few percentage...

Here's another old thread, Kyle. Nothing spectacular, but shows some of the sort of rigging that gave me a lot of help when I was working solo. Then the thread goes sideways to some felling stuff, but nevermind :). https://www.masterblasterhome.com/showthread.php?13918-A-day-in-the-life

An old thread... https://www.masterblasterhome.com/showthread.php?15464-Pulling-big-ones

Old school methods, learned or re-invented. I have to admit to a little pridefulness...having on some occasions seen far better educated than I types...engineers or architects, etc. look at me with surprise, and maybe even a little admiration, when I moved some seemingly unmovable item with a...