Abstract: An extendible bunk stake mounted on a logging vehicle has an extension member that can be raised and lowered within a support member by an operator. A remotely actuatable motor, such as a source of working fluid and an expansible working chamber can be enabled by an operator to raise and lower the extension member from a safe distance away from a log loading area of the vehicle. Particularly, during periods of inclement weather, a vehicle operator can safely raise and lower the extension member without having to climb on top of the vehicle, greatly reducing any risk of related injury.

Abstract: An extendible bunk stake for use on a log truck and the like. The stake includes an upright post adapted to be mounted on a bunk on the truck, and an extension member telescopically extendible from the post from a lowered to a raised position. The extension member is releasably locked in its raised position by a spring-operated latch which cooperates with a latch cover on the post to indicate when the latch is in a locking position. An arm mounted on the member, adjacent its upper end, is shiftable between an upwardly projecting position and an inwardly projecting position where the arm is engageable by a log being lifted by a boom loader, to extend the extension member. The arm is held in its inwardly and upwardly projecting positions by a spring-loaded lock, with arm release from its inwardly extending position and movement toward its upwardly extending position occurring upon continued lifting of such a log beyond the point where the extension member has been fully raised.