Comments on: Antique Tools: Logging Gear http://toolmonger.com/2009/04/14/antique-tools-logging-gear/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:51:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: chris jones http://toolmonger.com/2009/04/14/antique-tools-logging-gear/#comment-1041533 chris jones Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:28:41 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=23030#comment-1041533 FORD SPECIAL WRENCH. I had a set of these antique sockets mad in N.Y. apparently for Ford. Never could find out the exact nature of their origins. Today while flipping through a 1923 Montgomery Ward catalogue, bingo! thee tey were! Dovetail wooden box Everything Exact. They were sold at Mongomery Ward in 1923 and probebly later. They were some of the first sockets ever made. This was apparent when the ad in the book gave instructions on how to work the ratchet. "just turn the handle back and forth" as if it were state of the art (it was then). Cool, I sold them on EBAY to a guy in Alabama (I think). If he researches as hard as I did, perhaps he'll find this blog. FORD SPECIAL WRENCH. I had a set of these antique sockets mad in N.Y. apparently for Ford. Never could find out the exact nature of their origins. Today while flipping through a 1923 Montgomery Ward catalogue, bingo! thee tey were! Dovetail wooden box Everything Exact. They were sold at Mongomery Ward in 1923 and probebly later. They were some of the first sockets ever made. This was apparent when the ad in the book gave instructions on how to work the ratchet. “just turn the handle back and forth” as if it were state of the art (it was then). Cool, I sold them on EBAY to a guy in Alabama (I think). If he researches as hard as I did, perhaps he’ll find this blog.

]]> By: Ben Sumner http://toolmonger.com/2009/04/14/antique-tools-logging-gear/#comment-910193 Ben Sumner Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:10:42 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=23030#comment-910193 The primary benefit of the log arch is to lift the front of the log off the ground when the wheels move forward--thereby easing the burden on the animals and increasing the efficiency of their power. Many horseloggers use an updated version that incorporates trailer tires and a seat. The primary benefit of the log arch is to lift the front of the log off the ground when the wheels move forward–thereby easing the burden on the animals and increasing the efficiency of their power. Many horseloggers use an updated version that incorporates trailer tires and a seat.

]]> By: David Bryan http://toolmonger.com/2009/04/14/antique-tools-logging-gear/#comment-890267 David Bryan Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:12:46 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=23030#comment-890267 I wish they'd use horses when they cut timber on my family's land. A clearcut in that marshy kind of ground looks like the site of an artillery barrage. They use some pretty serious machinery nowadays and although there are supposed to be guidelines protecting the timber property they don't seem to be anybody's priority. Cutting pulpwood used to be a hell of a bad job. It might just be one man with a saw and a truck with a winch made out of an old differential with a long cable, cutting truck-wide lengths to bundle up and load. The still air in those buggy pine woods in the summer doesn't hardly seem breathable. I wish they’d use horses when they cut timber on my family’s land. A clearcut in that marshy kind of ground looks like the site of an artillery barrage. They use some pretty serious machinery nowadays and although there are supposed to be guidelines protecting the timber property they don’t seem to be anybody’s priority.
Cutting pulpwood used to be a hell of a bad job. It might just be one man with a saw and a truck with a winch made out of an old differential with a long cable, cutting truck-wide lengths to bundle up and load. The still air in those buggy pine woods in the summer doesn’t hardly seem breathable.

]]> By: Patrick http://toolmonger.com/2009/04/14/antique-tools-logging-gear/#comment-889410 Patrick Wed, 15 Apr 2009 06:41:55 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=23030#comment-889410 Interesting note on horses - between commercial work (such as logging and Budweiser promotional materials), pet & show horses, and just plain ol' meat, there are more horses alive and kickin' today than ever. Old tech never goes away, it just gets lost in the swamp. Interesting note on horses -

between commercial work (such as logging and Budweiser promotional materials), pet & show horses, and just plain ol’ meat, there are more horses alive and kickin’ today than ever. Old tech never goes away, it just gets lost in the swamp.

]]> By: Roger http://toolmonger.com/2009/04/14/antique-tools-logging-gear/#comment-888890 Roger Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:55:33 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=23030#comment-888890 Horse logging is alive and well in the United States. If you Google the term you get in excess of a half million results. As far as I can tell nobody is using a rig like what is pictured above. All the setups that I have seen are variations on a chain attached to an evener to spread the load between two horses or mules. Horse logging is good for environmentally sensitive areas where you don't want to build logging roads. Also good for timber lots where you are thinning a stand of trees rather than mowing down everything in sight. Horse logging is alive and well in the United States. If you Google the term you get in excess of a half million results. As far as I can tell nobody is using a rig like what is pictured above. All the setups that I have seen are variations on a chain attached to an evener to spread the load between two horses or mules. Horse logging is good for environmentally sensitive areas where you don’t want to build logging roads. Also good for timber lots where you are thinning a stand of trees rather than mowing down everything in sight.

]]> By: Bryan http://toolmonger.com/2009/04/14/antique-tools-logging-gear/#comment-888657 Bryan Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:49:42 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=23030#comment-888657 Mike Rowe hauled logs with mules in an old episode of Dirty Jobs. They didn't even need wheels. The episode is titled "Mule Logger" and it first aired on January 23, 2007. He also learns how to make wine barrels. Mike Rowe hauled logs with mules in an old episode of Dirty Jobs. They didn’t even need wheels. The episode is titled “Mule Logger” and it first aired on January 23, 2007. He also learns how to make wine barrels.

]]> By: Jonathan Peterson http://toolmonger.com/2009/04/14/antique-tools-logging-gear/#comment-888643 Jonathan Peterson Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:38:15 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=23030#comment-888643 With that rig you could get trees out of the woods without having to clearcut for bulldozers or build roads for 18 wheelers. With that rig you could get trees out of the woods without having to clearcut for bulldozers or build roads for 18 wheelers.

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