Abstract: Apparatus for feeding logs into a feed chute comprising a dead deck extending laterally outwardly and sloping upwardly at least from a feed chute first side top edge; the sloping dead deck being capable of supporting a grapple load pile of side-by-side logs substantially parallel to the chute opening; the sloping dead deck having a lower portion with a front edge from which logs can roll off and fall into the chute; and the sloping dead deck lower front portion having a plurality of stops movable from a first position, which retains a complete pile of logs on the dead deck, to different positions suitable for metering the long logs by gravity into the chute.