What I need is an area larger than where my logs are now piled. It's just large enough to handle the load of logs and a place to put the logs when bucked up. When it's time to split the blocks, I toss the pieces to the area that the logs occupied. I know my JD 4500 will handle the weight of a log, whether it be on the front end or 3pth, it's I don't have the swing room for the tractor with a log on it. When that log came crashing down, it was a wake up call so I haven't given up finding a solution. That could have easily been me under the log. I don't know how much a 14 inch diameter 16 foot long log would weigh, but I know I would come out on the wrong end of things. Roger