Getting logs to the cabin site(remote)

[jd]

Just wondering, they used to move flatboats up river over sand bars, ect by a technique called "grasshoppering". They took long poles, anchored them to the boat sides and used it as leverage to move the boat forward. It would be slow, but with a good long lever you should be able to move a log, rock or what have ya.
JD

[1withNature]

Another option, although there would be many obstacles, make rollers from other smaller logs to place the big log on and roll it as the Egyptians did moving the stones for the pyramids. As the short roller logs, which are perpendicular beneath the big log roll out from under the rear, move them to the front. Obviously, this is physically a lot of work, sure beats trying to carry a large log on your shoulder or dragging it through the earth, stone, and brush.

[theouthousegang]

I'm new here, but I thought I'd add my two cents for what its worth.
Moving a log in the winter is immeasurably easier than trying to move that same log in the summer. For one thing, you don't have to fight the ever present Alders and the always popular Devils Club, since they will have been mercifully subdued beneath a heavy blanket of snow thus negating their irresistable magnatic pull on your tree which is under some kind of contractual agreement to pivot on its stump in whatever direction is necessary in order to land squarely in the most profusely Devils Club infested Alder patch available. This option also spares you from the delightfully inevitable encounter with the basketball sized Yellow Jackets nest that your freshly felled tree has just snatched out of the surrounding shrubs and pulverized beneath its branches, which coincidentally are cleverly concealing its enraged citizens from your view, until you happlessly stumble into the presence of roughly 50 trillion mini versions of insanely rabid Pitbulls who promptly introduce themselves by funneling up your pants legs and down your shirt collar. This results in complete pandamonium erupting as you, chainsaw, brush pile, and resident hornets all meld into one indescernable mass. 48 hours later after the swelling in your eyelids begins to subside enough so that you are begining to see light again, it dawns on you that in your hasty retreat, you've left the chainsaw and your left boot behind with the tree, but then again, who cares since at this point you couldn't give two hoots if you ever see that dang tree or chainsaw again!
Not that I'm speaking from past experience or anything here, but I highly recommend cutting and moving your trees in the winter if at all possible.
One person (preferably two but hey, you work with what you have) with just a come-along, appropriately rated nylon slings/straps and hardware, and modestly sized snowmachine can move some very sizeable logs! It's certainly not rocket science, and you don't need a degree from an exclusive Ivy League college to accomplish the task. Hey, Richard Proenneke did it by himself with nothing but his arms and legs for leverage and motive power and during the summer months to boot, so don't sweat it! Just make sure that you have a plan that you've put some forethought into (before you start) and that you have the appropriate tools on hand to implement that plan. Then be prepared to adapt to the situation as it's called for and you'll do just fine! Good Luck!

[Washkeeton]

That sounds like one of those been there done that and have the tee kind of stories to me. lol

Welcome to the forum Out house gang. So are you all in town or out of town? general area is fine.

[theouthousegang]

Unfortunately, both I and the "gang" are much closer to organized civilization than I ever wished to be! It just kind of exploded around us overnight and now we're located at the epicenter of an ever expanding wave of development, and feeling more and more claustrophobic by the moment! Now we find ourselves surrounded by our now more than abundant neighbors who range anywhere from warm and fuzzy to hostile, passive- aggressive, and of course no neighborhood is ever complete without atleast one neighbor who is insanely bonkers and who just happens to live within 10 feet of your front door knob! Oh and of course we can't leave out the "Duelling Rap Refugees" who feel it their civic duty to inlighten you as to why addiction to thier particular version of putrid lyrics is far worse than the addiction to putrid lyrics by the neighbor directly on the otherside of you. Both of them feeling you can only fully appreciate thier excruciating existances after the volume war between them has reached such a creciendo that every dish in your dining room table is wrything about in epiliptic fits and all the hinged doors in your house are spasmodically slamming open and closed intermittently spewwing their contents around your home in time to the compeating beats! I wont even mention the nightly Summo wrestling events, capped off by the side ring show involving polishing thier mosh-pit moves for the week! The good news is that we are in the process of tying up the last loose ends and finishing some business here and then its off to our little corner of remote wilderness and back to the Alaska that we truelly enjoy and greatly miss!! Someone else can take our spot in the "Little Seattle" rat race, 'cause we're gladly relinquishing rights to it - "We're outta here!!!!"