Log peeler

A log peeler system comprising a log peeling knife means adapted to be held by an operator and guided by the operator along the surface of a log to debark or shape a log;

• powered cable drum means including a pulling cable and a cable drum with said pulling cable extending from a cable drum to cable attachment means on said knife means;
• said cable drum means including chainsaw means operably connected to said cable drum for winding said cable onto said cable drum, said chainsaw means including clutch means engageable to cause said cable drum to wind said cable onto said cable drum and disengageable to enable said cable drum to free wheel so that the operator may activate said cable drum to pull said knife means along the log and may inactivate said cable drum so as to be able to pull cable from said cable drum when relocating said knife means;
• mounting means for detachably mounting said cable drum means to an end of a log so that winding said pulling cable onto said drum will cause said knife means to be pulled along the log toward said mounting means, said mounting means being constructed and arranged to position and hold said cable drum means near said log when said knife means is pulled along said log;
• control means locatable near said knife means for controlling said cable drum means such that cable winding onto said drum can be controlled by the operator near said knife means, said control means comprising a remote control;
• and controller means located with said chainsaw means and operable to activate said chainsaw means in response to a signal received from said remote control to wind cable onto said cable drum.