This invention consists of a front and rear lift mechanism or jack for lifting bogged down wheels of a skidder from ruts in the ground. It consists of a front and rear bracket each of which is equipped with a plurality of horizontal and vertical rollers which guide a cable from a winch on the skidder, away from the frame-work and body of the skidder when the cable is tied to a tree in the process of raising the bogged down skidder from the ruts in which it is stuck.