Patent ID: 7568876

Claim:
A portable log skidder for hauling fallen timber and logs, comprising: a. a base frame, the base frame having a front end section and a rear end section and having a longitudinal axis traversing the frame between the front end section and the rear end section and a transverse axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis; b. a winch disposed on the base frame proximate to the base frame front end; the winch comprising a motive force, an axial shaft and a drum, the axial shaft having a rotation axis parallel to the base frame transverse axis; c. a fixed pulley disposed on the base frame proximate to the rear end section of the base frame, the fixed pulley having a rotation axis parallel to the winch rotation axis; d. a rear support frame, the elements of said rear support frame comprising two rear support columns each having an upper and a lower end section; an angled or curved log bunk having two end sections, and a linear cross member having two end sections, wherein each of the rear support column lower ends are disposed on either end section of the log bunk, each of the rear support column upper ends are disposed on either end section of the cross member, the two rear support columns, log bunk and cross member of the rear support frame being assembled within a plane; e. a curvilinear front support column having an upper and a lower end section, wherein the front support column lower end section is disposed on the base frame proximate to the base frame front end section and the front support column upper end section is disposed on the rear support frame cross member, medially between the two cross member end sections, the front support column further comprising a plurality of accessory attachment fittings, the fittings disposed at intervals along the length of the front support column; f. one or more wheels on the log skidder; g. a log chute having an upper edge and a lower edge, wherein the upper edge is congruent with and rigidly disposed on at least part of the length of the log bunk, the lower edge is straight, and the surface of the log chute is warped; and h. a stabilizer, the stabilizer having an upper edge articulating with the log chute lower edge.