Homemade DIY Log Arch Spencers-Mountain

[@garudaji108]

Beautiful build! Great watching this come together, very easy to watch. The rope work was enlightening. Thank you for sharing!

[@SpencersMountain]

@@garudaji108 thank you for the kind comments. Definitely watch some other videos on rope work, my work was using my own version of tools and technique, maybe not the best example. Thank you for watching and glad you found the video useful.

[@Jaeger713]

I feel like I know a lot about a lot of things... but watching your videos, humbles me and makes me feel like a novice. Thanks for sharing your experience and detailed videos....

[@SpencersMountain]

@@Jaeger713 Thank you for the kind comment! You can accomplish anything if you want it enough. Just be willing to look at things in different ways and anything is possible.

[@thompsoncrusher7840]

Just amazing. Great Job! This is my favourite DIY log arch build.

[@SpencersMountain]

Thank you for the kind comment and thank you for watching!

[@charliesaul729]

Impressive build as usual! Can't wait to see it in action!

[@SpencersMountain]

Thank you. Have a lot of irons in the fire but hope to get some action shots as weather becomes a bit more forgiving. Thank you for watching.

[@mrpush2532]

Oh my gosh! That beast could move the Titanic! And your welding skill makes me look like a 1st grader writing my name! I want to see that beast in action!

[@SpencersMountain]

A low cost material sort of set the excessive strength of this thing. But it could realistically handle one-ton. I have welded many years professionally. It is one of those skills you have always try to improve with practice. Here is a video moving the first log. Just slabbed that log today. Log Arch Moving First Log Homemade DIY @SpencersMountain kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2bIhaBrbJmbi80

[@Asyougo-ministry]

This is absolutely the best looking log arch I have seen thus far. I want one, but I am not as talented as you. Nice work!

[@SpencersMountain]

Thank you! Talent is simply an accumulation of experience. There are many ways to make something that will move a log. You might come up with something better. Thanks for following along!

[@5x535]

I love that paint job! Great project.

[@SpencersMountain]

Thank you! Sometimes you have to add a little fun to a project. Just moved a little 800 pound log out of the back yard. Hope to have that video up soon. Thanks for watching.

[@johnwoody4905]

Good video and job. Looks much better than most I have seen and it will handle a big log. Take care, be safe and well.

[@SpencersMountain]

Thank you so much for the kind comment. Always how heavy a log can be when you need to move it. Thank you for watching.

[@roblescurbappealconcrete]

Great job! Really like the color scheme. Thank you Sir

[@SpencersMountain]

Thank you. Gotta have a little fun with your projects. Thank you for watching!

[@workingmanrondoyle3287]

Nice work 👍🏻👍🏻You've got some really nice fabrication skills. I just subscribed. I'm hoping to build log Arch like yours one day. Thanks for sharing.

[@SpencersMountain]

That is a great compliment coming from a "Working Man". I have been a fabricator for a number of decades so this kind of work is not new to me. Thank you for your subscription another compliment I very much appreciate. Be realistic in the size logs you intend to move and build accordingly. My result is really too heavy but was dictated by cheap material and a lets see what I can do attitude. Good luck with your projects and thank you for watching!

[@widerivercc]

Looks great! One small suggestion. I would replace that roller fairlead with a solid aluminum one, which is designed for braided line like dyneema. The braided winch line tends to get pinched in roller fairleads causing damage to the line.

[@SpencersMountain]

Thank you for the suggestion! As you can tell from the video, I am new to Dyneema and getting an education on its uses.

[@ramonecologia]

Nice job. Congratulations from Brazil.

[@SpencersMountain]

Thank you! From 🇺🇸 USA

[@roberto.peterson9917]

just found your channel found most interesting how you working with rope winch ends had seen done 👍

[@SpencersMountain]

Thank you for the comment. There are many synthetic rope videos much better than my low experience. I used my own spin on tools to get the job done. Most of our videos are stepping stone solutions to our off-grid home build. Thank you for watching!

[@foreal8691]

Nice job! I built a log arch a couple of years ago and it works awesome. I wound up replacing the hand winch with an electric winch, the hand winch just couldn't stand up to the abuse the larger logs put on it. Some of the large oak logs with over 2,500lbs. Oh and that paint job is pretty sweet!

[@SpencersMountain]

Thank you! I was gifted a small used electric winch but it was not available for this build. Little hand winches are likely to be under powered and the reason for using several ways of force reduction. Most trees I deal with are relatively small in diameter, but may have opportunity for a few large ones. Thank you for the comment, information and watching our video.

[@dangoras9152]

That's nice... I need to make one too instead of dragging the logs to the sawmill... Awesome project brother I need to learn that rope trick..... Keep it up brother

[@SpencersMountain]

Thank you. Clean logs do make blades happier. The synthetic cable eyes are pretty simple and let you make custom winch cables or fix ones you have. Unfortunately, I am not the best example for making splices, but I enjoy learning and making my own stuff. There are lots of better videos out there to help you out. I am looking forward to playing with soft shackles made from this synthetic rope and the pulley reduction. Thank you for watching.

[@randallkeisler7372]

I just found your channel.i just subscribed.great videos

[@SpencersMountain]

Thank you so much, we appreciate your support!

[@poochie49]

Amazing! Well done.

[@SpencersMountain]

Thank you. Thank you for watching!

[@AlarmSystemStore]

very nice. How many manhours you think you have in this?

[@SpencersMountain]

Thanks! About 20 hours including finding parts and paint. Would have been much less using tube instead of shelf supports welded together and somewhat lighter. But the frame was low cost and is very heavy duty. Thank you for watching.

[@claytonnicholson4639]

WOW! I've watched a lot of DIY log arch vids, and that is by far the nicest I've seen. Do you deliver to Nova Scotia, Canada? lol

[@SpencersMountain]

Thank you! But you did point out DIY. Build one for yourself. You got this! Thank you for watching!

[@Scaleman]

That's awesome!

[@SpencersMountain]

Thank you. Hope to put it to use and see if it lives up to expectations. Thanks for watching.

[@grassabrutta]

are the axle spindles welded on the inner side terminations ?

[@SpencersMountain]

@@grassabrutta yes, welded inside. Hate welding around an axle on the outside. I know it is done all the time, but does all kinds of weird stuff in that weld area I don’t want right there.

[@raymondwaterman6520]

Nice fabricating.

[@SpencersMountain]

Thank you and thank you for watching! Also have this video on the arch. Log Arch Moving First Log Homemade DIY @SpencersMountain kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2bIhaBrbJmbi80

[@tn65s]

Iron work looks great but the wheels are too small.

[@SpencersMountain]

That would depend on the application. For my use, the tires are fine. Thank you for watching.

[@jackspagnuolo9517]

Pretty stout!

[@SpencersMountain]

@@jackspagnuolo9517 yeah, a little excessive due to cheap material. But, have seen a lot of bent arches and several videos reinforcing bent arches. I am limited by tire capacity, the tires will die before the frame. Thank you for the comment!

[@harrydensmore4007]

Just by chance would the be a set of your design prints .

[@SpencersMountain]

Harry, I made some quick CAD drawings just for concept and cut angles for this project. Everything was based on the salvaged pallet rack shelf supports. That material was cheap but did result in extra work making tube and ultimately a frame unnecessarily too heavy. The material length I had was 40-1/2”, so the arch is base on 20” pieces to use up that length. My advise is to build to suit the logs you have. Calculate weight and build to suit your needs. Ultimately everything comes down to what you can realistically handle. Then axles, tires, winch, chains, cables, etc. have to be able to hold that load.

[@harrydensmore4007]

Thank you, and you did a great job

[@cryon7260]

Camouflage.....bad ass !!

[@SpencersMountain]

Thank you! Sometimes you just need to have a little fun with projects.

[@cryon7260]

@@SpencersMountain Have an idea of a band saw that's utmost lightweight and with separat mountable lightweight tracks that could saw right at the spot where a heavy tree is laid....when I find the time.

[@cryon7260]

@@SpencersMountain Sometimes logs don't know who ownes them and are in fange to rot away. In that case camouflage is the right paint....😎

[@cryon7260]

danger

[@SpencersMountain]

@@cryon7260 sounds interesting. I have had several people ask for such a saw.

[@randywipert6759]

are your plans available

[@SpencersMountain]

Sorry, no. All I have was designed for the material I used which is too heavy and may not be easy to find. I also sized to some local arborist cuttings which can be large. Build your arch to the size and weight logs you intend to move on a regular basis. Too heavy / big is difficult to use and loses recovery capabilities. Too light is not going to move anything. Download a log weight app or chart. Know how much a certain diameter of log weighs by species density. Thank you for watching.

[@bobweiram6321]

LOL! So you're a Van Halen fan.

[@SpencersMountain]

OK, I do have a lot of respect for Eddie and his “candy stripe” was mentioned in the concept but I did try to be different (didn’t want to mess with tape). It is cool you made the connection. Thanks for watching!