In keeping with the log-working theme, Menards also has 16-inch log-skidding tongs for $39.99. These Forester model number FOR2222M skidding tongs allow those working with logs up to 16 inches and ...

Mike, at 2,100 pounds, and Prince, his 2,400-pound more mischievous co-worker, jog along a forest trail to pull a 1,200-pound log after Thorson hooks a pair of iron skidding tongs in the wood.

Jamming a metal skidding tong into a log, Roger Daugherty draws the slack from his driving reigns and clicks to his team of dappled Percheron draft horses, Willee and Charlie. “Wake up there ...