Nice take on a skidder.  Much less ornery than a couple of mules. 

You might be interested for future reference with the loader that this guy has for his trailer.  You can see how it works in the first few seconds of the video below. 




This video short has another view of it.  





--Nathan, TX. Hire the lazy man. He may not do as much work but that's because he will find a better way.