"..... One of them will look over the edge and say "we had this problem back in 07" and while he is talking the rest will get the job done. .........."
Well if he was around in 07 (I presume you mean 1907) then it's best for him just to talk and not be hauling logs with the others.
No! Make that "Free wood for tuning turning"
You need a story teller. Year dosn't matter, place dosn't matter. "I remember back in "X7" up in the _____ mountains we were up hunting. Worst dang year for sketers. Big. Had to use a shotgun on them. Four of them grabed Jimmey from behind. Didn't even see them comming. Flew off with him to feed their young. Then a cold front came in. So cold the flame would freeze right on the end of the match. Had to rub 2 match flames togeather to warm them up to the point where we could start a fire. There we were cold, out of amunition, out of food, snowed in. The bigest bear you ever seen came into camp. Grabed an icicle and shoved it into the gun, aimed and fired. The icicle went into his brain and melted, died of water on the brain. Used the skin to build a teepee and survived the winter."
If the pull is straight up the slope to the road, then "parbuckling", a method I was taught as a field oggie in the Sappers might work.
1) Take two long lengths of rope, each twice the length from the road to the log and a friend. 2) Secure one end of each at the top of the bank and take the other end down to the log. 3)Pass it under the log, over the top and back up the bank.4) You and friend haul on the running end which will roll the log up the slope.
I have shifted some pretty hefty lumps of tree up some awkward slopes quite easily with this method.
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