Truck mounted wrapper cable storage means

Claim 1

In combination, a cab-equipped log hauling truck, a bangboard vertically and fixedly mounted on said truck rearwardly of and adjacent to the cab, a plurality of wrapper cables for encircling logs on the truck and securing such logs thereon, each wrapper cable having a hook at one end and a loop at the other, and means mounted on said bangboard adjacent an outer edge thereof and at a height accessible to a person standing on the ground for storing the cables when not in use and providing access to said cabLes for use when loading and securing logs on the truck, said means comprising a housing enclosing a drum, said drum including means for connecting the loop on each wrapper cable to the drum for winding the wrapper cables thereon, said housing including a substantially annular wall having a horizontal slot therein, said slot facing outwardly toward an edge of the bangboard to provide access thereto, said housing including an axle shaft, said shaft being horizontally disposed longitudinally of the truck, said drum having a hub portion, said hub portion mounted for rotation with respect to said shaft, spring means anchored to said hub portion and also anchored to said housing for rotating said hub portion to wind the wrapper cables thereon, said means on the drum for connection with the wrapper cables including a short flexible cable having one end anchored to the drum, and a hook on the free end of the short cable for detachable connection with the loops on the wrapper cables, said short flexible cable having a length to extend to the slot to enable access thereto for connecting the wrapper cables thereto, said hook on the free end of the short cable being connectible to the housing at the slot to maintain the spring means tensioned when the wrapper cables are unwound from the drum by pulling the wrapper cables laterally through the slot.