Patent ID: 6921241

Claim:
A log handling apparatus for attachment to a tractor having a three point hitch, the hitch having two lower attachment points and an upper attachment point, comprising: a boom having a first end rotatably attached to the upper attachment point and having a distal second end; a flange affixed to said boom and being formed with at least two apertures arranged longitudinally along the boom; a frame rotatably secured to the lower attachment points and connected to said boom at an intermediate point between said first and second ends such that at least one of said apertures is located between said intermediate point and said distal second end; and a log-supporting device detachably mounted on said boom and supportable from at least one of said apertures such that said boom will support a log adjacent said frame opposite said three-point hitch, said boom being operable to support a log-supporting device from said at least two apertures such that said log handling apparatus can engage multiple logs simultaneously.