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POSTON WIDEHEAD

A customer in Columbia, S.C........1 hour and 20 minutes South of me is bringing 60 or more logs. He has already brought 15 nice'ns. All of these straight Loblollys are in the 20 inch range.
He will make several trips with his newly bought 14 foot goose neck trailer with NO FENDERS. 8)

He will be giving me a cut list for the whole kit and caboodle.

Now......when he picks his trailer up, he will head to West Michigan, between Holland and Grand Rapids where he will start a cabin.
He wants all his lumber stacked and stickers on the trailer and he will strap it down.

He will be making several trips to Michigan.

I guess this will work....I've just never done it like this before.  ::)
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Magicman

Yes, I have stickered framing lumber on trailers before, but none of it went to Michigan.  He sounds like a good cu$tomer.   ;D
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shakebone

Sticker it and band it if you can that will keep it tight . I band  mine even if its sitting  on the yard
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Larry

Air dried at 70 mph...won't be any mold on that lumber.  What a novel idea. :D :D
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I can't believe you've never heard of a trailer with no fenders.  ;D
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POSTON WIDEHEAD

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drobertson

yea, did it for a fellow out of Kansas way with oak,  it works just fine,  good plan there for sure,
I will say, and pretty much know in my mind, you are bragging, don't blame ya, it's a southern thang ;D
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terrifictimbersllc

Was told here once before about making sure that a stickered load is tarped for travel.  Otherwise it will dry out way too fast.   So the load got tarped.



 
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beenthere

Will be interested in seeing the pics of the stickered stacks on the trailer. Cutting all the same length logs, or different lengths?
I'd worry some about the air drying, and the shrinkage, and keeping the straps tight enough that boards don't work loose along the way.  Hope he has a good plan.
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WH_Conley

Needs to be tarped. That is a lot of harsh drying.
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See now, Jake cut right to the heart of the matter !

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ozarkgem

Will you be able to get a full load with the stickers making your stack twice as tall? Seems like a good idea.
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POSTON WIDEHEAD

Brother Been.....yes I'm gonna take pics. If I said I had a poot in a jar, you would wanna see it.  :D
I do not know the length of the logs yet. I only have 15 and they are 10 foot. Some of the other logs should be here this weekend.

CustomSawyer......not gonna use my stickers. Gonna saw his out of his logs. He will take a load....stack and sticker it at the cabin site and come back to S.C.

And about the air flow.......we put fans on our green wood....IMO, I don't think the air flow from a trailer ride will harm the wood at all.

SHAKE BONE.......good idea, I will band it on the trailer then let him strap it.

drobertson........I will BRAG when the job is FINISHED.......yep....its a SOUTHERN THANG.
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slider

I just loaded one yesterday that way but it was just going to Florida.The guy has picked up several loaded that way.You just have to check your straps from time to time so things don't get ugly.
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Ocklawahaboy

SC to MI, that's a lot of states.  Has he checked to make sure the departments of agriculture, DOT, Border patrol, homeland security and school safety patrol are all going to be ok with him bring green lumber through?

Dave Shepard

I've shipped some stickered lumber. I put the straps right on the stickers, and it seems to hold together ok. I know I wouldn't want to ship hardwood green and untarped. A friend of mine used to have a flatbed and all lumber was tarped. Construction lumber always had their own lumber tarps from the mill, and for green lumber he had to use his tarp.
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Jeff

If it was stickered green grade hardwood, it would destroy the grade from surface check if not covered. 
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beenthere

Quote from: POSTONLT40HD on March 24, 2015, 09:15:02 PM
A customer in Columbia, S.C........................
He wants all his lumber stacked and stickers on the trailer and he will strap it down.
............

Sorry, I think I misread this as the lumber being hauled while being stickered.  But seems will be solid stacked with stickers sent along with.  Maybe not the only one to get that impression.
Poston then said
QuoteHe will take a load....stack and sticker it at the cabin site and come back to S.C.

:D If the load isn't stickered while traveling, then you can forget the pics. I was more curious how the stickered load would be stacked and held down. But looks like that isn't a part of the plan. ;)
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Southside

Been that's the same impression I got, then again I did not take goat in school so who knows!!  I did have images of a multi wing airplane like contraption heading down the road though!!!
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terrifictimbersllc

Quote from: beenthere on March 25, 2015, 10:46:38 AM
Quote from: POSTONLT40HD on March 24, 2015, 09:15:02 PM
A customer in Columbia, S.C........................
He wants all his lumber stacked and stickers on the trailer and he will strap it down.
............

Sorry, I think I misread this as the lumber being hauled while being stickered.  But seems will be solid stacked with stickers sent along with.  Maybe not the only one to get that impression.
Poston then said
QuoteHe will take a load....stack and sticker it at the cabin site and come back to S.C.

:D If the load isn't stickered while traveling, then you can forget the pics. I was more curious how the stickered load would be stacked and held down. But looks like that isn't a part of the plan. ;)
I stickered green red oak with 3/4" stickers, a 2x3 on the bottom, and bundled them tight with 3/4 poly straps about every 24".   "Forkable bundles" about 1000#max for easy loading & unloading.  After loading, the trucker put his wide poly straps over the bundles and cranked down on them.  The ratchet handle was about 4' long and he was hanging on it.  Then everything got tarped as shown in the pic above.
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POSTON WIDEHEAD

Brother Been......my apoligies ......I wrote it wrong.
He wants the lumber stickered ON the trailer while he travels .
I will take pics. This is the first time I'be typed something rong. :D
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Tom L

Quote from: Jeff on March 25, 2015, 10:20:10 AM
If it was stickered green grade hardwood, it would destroy the grade from surface check if not covered.

so how big is the cabin going to be?

only a yupper would go to the carolinas for lumber :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

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