That is what I have been looking to see, Raphael. Just a tiny little , low horse power tractor(almost like the homeowner lawnmower strength?) and a couple of junkyard axle assemblies. That is definitely in my budget. Chris, I love the idea of a timber wrench, at first I thought you were saying wench , but then I got it. Would you then have to have a timber wrench for each dimension of timber you are handling? I could not quite visualize the " 1" webbing tie down strapping a 2x4" that you spoke of. Could you possibly get a pic of this? Seems like a better way to roll timbers as the peavey seems better suited to roll logs. Raphael, any advice for me if I were to try to acquire similar assemblies ror carting timbers, any specifics to look for in the junkyard that may be more suitable or would any old axle assembly do well? Thank you very much for your help guys. I had gotten a bit discouraged for a moment when I realized that it may be necessary to have to use heavy equipment to facilitate my timber framing obsession. I would much rather it take more time , but with less noise and disturbance to my property, if that is possible. I was also playing around with ramps the other day lioke for a car, to roll the log up to a drying rack or to hewing height(hip level for me), but this is still just an experiment. Has anyone used "ramps" to roll logs up to a workable level?Thanks again. tb
