Loading Logs by mechanical advantage

[EverLeafTree]

Hello, I have read and reread several old forums but was hoping for a video, diagram, or more detailed explanation.
I am needing to more easily load logs and large diameter wood into my dump truck which is elevated quite high from the ground. I DO NOT have a skid, loader, lift gate, etc. (although I hope to have one of those soon). I am looking for a video or detailed explanation loading logs using ropes, blocks, pulleys, 1 truck in addition to the dump truck. I have tried ramps and ropes as well as a homemade truck crane with a chain hoist but hoping to find out how to more easily lift the logs to the dump bed and lower them down into the bed.

Thank you very much in advance .

 

[Yarz]

When using the ramps, were you dragging the logs up or parbuckling them?
This video is an example of how to parbuckle, if you are not familiar.


You'd just have to cut them to the width of the bed and go in the back, not the side like in the video.

 

[nedsim]

Parbuckle - that's the word I was grasping for. It'll be safer and go more smoothly, especially with irregular logs, if you use 2 loops.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parbuckle_salvage