Thanks everybody. I figured that there would be quite the assortment of innovations for this thread. Housewright, with the pvc pipe, is it rolling on the sawhorse or is it just so smooth that the timber glides over it so easily. Also , how does it sound to lay down several lengths of pvc pipes or smooth log cants perpindicular to the timber and rolling the timber along the smooth rounded tops of them, as the timber moves forward, bring the rolls from the back to the front and so on??? Just an experiment in the brain as of yet , but I have heard of people moving whole houses in a similar way. Of course you still have to get the timber on the rolling tubes, for which I am playing with rough axed log ramps and using peavey and timber carrier(two-man) and also possibly hoists, one end at a time. It is all just intense brainstorming now and also do not have the money for tractors or hiring a harvester to help me move them. Regardless of how it all plays out, I think that we all need to attend our needs for self sufficiency in this difficult craft and attempt to perform timber framing without the ease of modern heavy equipment. After all , one of the reasons I love timber framing is the expansive impressive spaces, particularly old barns, and what more impressive than building and moving these tremendous timbers without the modern "advances". Thanks again guys , I hope to hear more ideas from you all, as I feel that there are others out there that are on the same page as me , " defiance of physical limitations. Housewright , did you move those without a tractor on the trailer hitch or were they too heavy? I have not yet had to struggle with the large timbers and I will be in the future( 40 ' purlin plates and 24' anchorbeams as well as 18' oak posts}, just curious what I am in for as far as weight and feasibility with these larger timbers???
