The idea of this frame was firstly, to keep the logs off the ground, away from sand and grit, and secondly, to provide a more ergonomically friendly position for manually debarking the felled logs.
We would tow the logs to the frame with Bessie and then, with the help of the little crane at her rear, first hoist one end of the log onto the frame, then drive to the other end and hoist that onto the frame. We would then manoeuvre and roll the logs with our cant hooks to a desired spot where we would then start debarking the log.
Needless to say, the frame needed constant repair and modification as it strained under the immense weight of the logs.
We could accommodate about 9 or so logs on the frame, after which we would roll them off onto another frame that was constructed on the ground with a lattice of sacrificial logs. It was important to keep the debarked logs off the ground to keep bugs and bacteria away. In no time our meadow filled up with the 70 logs.
