How-To Make a Log Lever Complete with Lumber Rack

Before you can make log furniture you have to move some logs. When it comes time to move big and heavy logs, this log lever is what I use to make that happen. Basic leverage is what this tool is all about. Designed for light to medium “yard duty”, this little log arch has the ability to lift easily, move logs for log furniture, firewood or any other form of log work.

Log Lever with logs.

If you’ve ever tried to move a log across the yard by hand you know what the term “dead-weight” is all about. And you’ll find out fast, wheels, axles, levers and ramps, that’s where the term “smarter than the wood” comes in.

Don’t forget, once the logs are all cut, someone still has to move all that lumber! With the detachable lumber-rack that job is now much easier than before.

Log Lever with Lumber Rack

Fabricated from 1/4″ steel tubing, the log lever is narrow enough to fit through small gates and into backyards where to get those big’ole logs.

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Whether you work alone or with a full crew, when you make big heavy log furniture you can never have enough wheels and axles.

Log Lever with full load of lumber.