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nigelswift Sep 10, 2003 13:12:31
Replying to Steve Gray

OK, all my questions were based on the assumption they'd need dragging, hence wear and tear, ropes etc. If you're going to carry them (and I use the term you in the sense of not me) that's very nice and simple.
Actually, it'll be 8 we need, minimum, won't it?

What about if we're on a transverse slope? Any chance of the logs rolling? Do we need chocks?

Yes, I'd sussed out about the lorry!

S Steve Gray
Steve Gray Sep 10, 2003 17:14:52
Replying to nigelswift

OK, if we go up a hill, we go straight up it. No fannying about with cross-falls.

You're quite right, of course, it would be a problem to deal with logs rolling away on a cross-fall. Also, half of the team would have it easy while the other half have a bigger load to lift. I think the ancients would have surveyed the route fairly carefully in advance to avoid such problems.