Why not have a thread where we show all of our firewood-hauling trucks. Pickups, dump trucks, atvs, you name it. Tips on how you make pickup racks and how you haul your wood is all good too. So, what do you got?
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That's one big bad truck my friend.
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This is the ole lumberjack special-a 1968 ford.
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Here's how I made some stupid homemade racks. Just some sticks of green wood with old boards nailed to them. It holds a bit over 1/2 cord. I use this mainly to haul wood from out of the woods behind the house. I didn't make them any higher because I didn't want to push the old beast to it's limit!
I really can't drive a pick up on most of mine land and no way a 2 wheel drive would do it. :D Too many rocks and uneven places. I live here now,so all my wood comes up kinda by the house to be split and sawed with my tractor.Than into the loader to be dumped up at the house. I use to have an '76 ¾ ton,heavy duty Ford to haul my firewood to my other house. Heavy duty was real good. As soon as I said heavy duty to the counter person they would flip over another 6-8 pages and charge me more money for the parts. :o
That Ford looks real good shape being in the woods.
I usually use my beater 1986 1/2 ton chevy plow truck to haul wood. Its a real gem complete with invisible floors, busted back window, and lots of dents.
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Occasionally I use my "good" truck to haul wood as my plow truck doesn't have plates or insurance on it. So when wood has to be hauled on a county road I'm forced to seek alternative transportation.
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Quote from: thecfarm on January 29, 2013, 02:44:45 PM
That Ford looks real good shape being in the woods.
The gasoline engine has over 233,000 miles on it. It was bought used years ago for 400 bucks and may have never had an overhaul. It was given to me as a gift and it has been the greatest blessing. It has worked like a mule for me and never complains.
I assume the missing back window is due to the wood hauling?....
Yeah bouncing wood took out the window. Actually this one is the 2nd one I've broke. But decided that the truck wasn't worth putting another window in. haha.
My good truck has a headache rack covering the back window for a good reason.
my 4500 may be the nicest vehicle I have ever owned, Some 160 or so of them
47000 nearly toyota level trouble free miles
had many a Chevy with way more problems
can throw a cord or stack 1.5 with the rock body
put on the dumpster and 1.5 or 2 stacked
and remember I started in 1986 with a stihl 045, a maul, and a 1967 chevy 1/2 ton with rear coil springs and giant trailing arms that were not trailing cause they faced forward :D :D :D :D :D :P
This is my going to town truck. I have several other trucks for on the ranch, but this is the only one with the power and dependability for going down the highway. This was just a small load for a friend.
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I got tired of packing wood so I built this monster to haul the whole tree out to the landing. I can pull out a little over 1 cord at a time in tree length.
FB
It looks like it lifts the whole log up. Do you cut the tree into a log before you lift it up? You don't drag the whole tree along the ground do ya?
Quote from: JuniperBoss on January 30, 2013, 01:09:53 PM
It looks like it lifts the whole log up. Do you cut the tree into a log before you lift it up? You don't drag the whole tree along the ground do ya?
I pull the whole tree. I cut standing dead spruce about 24" at butt 60' long. I just drop one, winch it up to the truck branches and all. The branches don't stay long at -20. When I've got 3 trees winched up, I drag them out to the landing. In about 20 min I have a cord of wood ready to buck up and load in the truck. Green trees I pull 1 at a time.
FB
Ah, I see. I was thinking you would tear up the ground and vegetation like that. I suppose at -20 the ground is frozen or covered in snow so the branches break off and nothing can get torn up. I notice your front tires aren't chained. I assume the truck isn't 4wd. How do you get around in the winter and pull trees out in snow? Maybe it is 4wd, I just can't tell.
anyone that has a 97 or older f250 4x4 look the left front axle housing over real well. they were known to crack. most of the time it cracks in the front between the u bolts. if that tire isnt standing up straight it may be broken. new replacements are not available. a dana 60 is the answer and it bolts right in. just did one
It's 4x4. I've never had snow deep enough to warrant chaining the front axle. 3' of snow is the max i've ever broken a trail through. This old girl made a 150 km trip through the bush, with no road, pushing 2' of snow 75% of the way. Had to break open the trail and bring supplies to a camp. I've welded the rears so it's full time 4x4. With granny low, it's hard to get stuck in the snow. Now mud, that's a different story. ::) I should add that this truck will NEVER see the road again. The 350 was rebuilt by me and dyno'd out at 425hp. This year I'm taking off the engine hoist and adding an adjustable height jin pole, for loading logs onto a semi.
I have an s-10 4x4 that I'm tearing apart and rebuilding into a mini skidder. It should use WAY less fuel.
FB
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The Pete has removable bunks on the trailer to haul equipment or palletized firewood.
Both pickups have 8.1L gas engines and Allison automatic transmissions. Both dump trailers are 12' and hold exactly 2 cords when we stack a row across the back up to the top and dump the rest in loose.
The gooseneck dump is 16'. We use it mainly for mulch, but sometimes firewood.
Quote from: snowstorm on January 30, 2013, 05:09:49 PM
anyone that has a 97 or older f250 4x4 look the left front axle housing over real well. they were known to crack. most of the time it cracks in the front between the u bolts. if that tire isnt standing up straight it may be broken. new replacements are not available. a dana 60 is the answer and it bolts right in. just did one
The first one I had seen, I blamed the kid driving. I went out to my junk pile to grab one and it was cracked also. Since then I take a look periodically at the last 2 that the ranch is using and my own.
The one bad plan on a Ford! I've replaced a few of them.
Quote from: chevytaHOE5674 on January 29, 2013, 03:48:04 PM
Yeah bouncing wood took out the window. Actually this one is the 2nd one I've broke. But decided that the truck wasn't worth putting another window in. haha.
My good truck has a headache rack covering the back window for a good reason.
You have no idea how many back windows I have broken that way.... No i have gotten a bit smarter in my old age and put a piece of plywood up...
On my racks on the other truck (don't have a picture now) I have a piece of steel wire mesh that is tied to the racks, so the wood can't fly into the window.
Yeah for me its when i am loading and i am only going to toss the wood in "easy".
The one thng leads to another and I have a piece of wood sitting in the passenger seat.
I actually have a custom headache rack for my truck, but instead use the piece of diamond plate. I didn't plan to use this truck for hauling wood, that's just how things work out sometimes.
Here is the other wood-hauling truck. It is going to be mostly for deliveries. (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/31471/IMG_0035.JPG)
The racks are in progress. Here is one side, all painted up. Why the yellow? Uh... just because! (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/31471/IMG_0036.jpg)
The dump trailer is 16', load is a very strong cord. Just traded my Chevy 3500 dump for this smaller but newer diesel Ford- it pulls a load like this easily. Probably going to add sides to bring the capacity to 2 cords soon.
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Always wanted to get one of those dump trailers but don't have any money :(. A cord can fit in the pickup with the racks though so that's good enough. I can fit a dry cord in there without maxing anything out. A green cord is another matter.
I was only able to afford my dump trailer after my last trailer was taken out by a kid who fell asleep at the wheel and almost hit me head on at 60mph when I was pulling my loader... totaled the trailer and messed up the truck. I got the truck only half fixed, and put the extra insurance money towards this trailer.
The dump sure makes it easy to unload though. Took me an hour to load this morning with only one hand (the other is in a cast right now), and seconds to unload.
When I have to unload by hand to throw the wood inside, I keep the gate closed and lift the bed up all the way. I can easily reach over gate to grab pieces and they just keep sliding to the back as I unload. Works slick.
1988 Chevy one ton with 454 motor. A real tank.
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6 x 10 custom built hydraulic dump. With 2 x 12 inserted in sides, she will hold just over a solid cord of wood and is rated at 10,000 lbs gross
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Chevy one ton dually that with over a cord in the bed (over 200 bundles) . 20 foot custom built flat bed trailer shown with 650 bundles of firewood in it. Has three 7,000 axles. Can haul about 4.5 cords at a time in it.
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Making several trips using the above equipment we have actually delivered as much as 12 cords in a single day
Nice set up Busy Beaver! Love the hinged sides on the dump trailer and the custom 20 footer!
Here's my old beater ;) The tool box is nice but makes the shortbed tiny.
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That load really made her squat, I'd say 95% green honey locust. Good thing I only had to "deliver" it 100ft to the wood shed. I'd normally use the tractor and farm wagon but the battery was dead and didn't have time to let it charge up.
The horse wanted to help, I guess I need to get a driving harness so I can put it to work pulling logs or something ;D It doesn't even mind the chainsaw or log splitter running.
Quote from: tyb525 on February 01, 2013, 07:33:19 PM
The tool box is nice but makes the shortbed tiny.
Both my wood hauling trucks have a dang toolbox or extra gas tank in it. It really shortens the bed but the real thing is it weighs down the truck so that I can't fit as much wood in it without maxing out. The limit is 3000 pounds (surely is will haul more but I don't want to try) and is about 1 cord of dry wood. I can do about 3/4 cord of wetter wood.
Trailer holds about 5 cords
Try again on pic
My only wood hauler is pictured in my avatar.
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Quote from: Brux on February 03, 2013, 08:13:42 PM
Trailer holds about 5 cords
Pardon me Brux? Care to explain? Your trailer holds 5 cords? Want to show a picture of it? I'm interested.
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hope this works
Wow. So where do you go with all that wood? And why the semi? You could haul pretty much the same amount almost just as easy in a trailer towed by a diesel pickup.
This was a custom job for a trucker in town. He had gotten a bunch of logs years ago to have milled but never got around it it. He wanted the firewood. At his other place about 5 miles away.worked better than his dump truck. Filled it 3 times that afternoon. Would like to find a dump trailer that holds 5 cords that I can pull with one ton. My 16 fro dump will only hold 1.75 cord thrown in.
Well if a guy's got a semi he might as well use it :D
Quote from: JuniperBoss on February 04, 2013, 08:56:50 AM
Wow. So where do you go with all that wood? And why the semi? You could haul pretty much the same amount almost just as easy in a trailer towed by a diesel pickup.
5 cord of wood plus trailer is way more than you would want to put behind a 1 ton truck. Using the FF toolbox calculator 5 cords of green hardwood can range from 20,000 to 26,000+ lbs. Add a trailer to haul that kind of weight and you are well into semi territory.
Notice I said "almost" just as easy and "pretty much" the same amount. Five cords of wet hardwood is pretty darn heavy but say four cords of dry softwood can be pulled just fine with a big pickup. That is if you are not on the freeway or traveling a long ways. Like I said though if he's got a semi why not use it.
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Nice trailer. Does that dump? How much did it cost?
No it dosnt dump unfortunately. It is just your typical landscapers 4X8 trailer and I built up the sides to total 48".
Max payload is rated at 2900lbs but with a cord of wood, that's a 3940lb load so really it is not the ideal setup but it works.
Even worse I tow it with a Toyota Tacoma 4 banger. it seems to tow it ok but stopping a cord of wood is a lot to ask the truck. Trailer has no brakes.
Truck in the picture is my work truck, I don't use that for firewood stuff to keep my boss happy.
Trailer was free, a gift from my dad.
Here ya go Jim. It looks a little different than when you had it. For others, it is a 1953 IH R-200 originally purchased by the USMC and used at Quantico. When they surplused it, a paving company down here bought it and used it, then "donated" it to a local scrap yard who passed it to fellow sawyer Jim H who passed it to me. The big hang up to getting it running was the now unobtainable carburetor. I found an adapter that would enable me to use an Edlebrock 4 barrell and that has worked out great. Every year I try to advance it's "restoration" a bit. New USMC olive drab paint should be in the near future. The front clip and doors I got off of a Navy truck. It really is a heavy hauler. I've had dirt rolling off the sides in the back. No way to overload it with firewood.
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Nice rig. My family owns an old dump truck. I'll take a pic if I remember to. I'm not sure of the year but I think it's 60's. It is a ford f-600 with a gas engine. I think it has some carb issues too. It seems to spit and sputter a little like the fuel mixture is off. I've never put any wood in it, I suppose because it scares me to turn it off, not knowing if it will turn on again. I've seen that with those old rat-chewed trucks. That would be embarrassing being stuck at a customer's house needing a jump!
Yellowrose, is the shift pattern on the IH first upper left, reverse lower left, second upper middle?
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Holds 2-3 cords dumped loose, 5 stacked. Also useful for moving the loader tractor around the fields/forests when I don't have help. I deliver within 8-10 miles, get repeat calls because I can unload where trucks can't go and save some folks a lot of hauling wood.
Quote from: r.man on February 15, 2013, 10:46:00 PM
Yellowrose, is the shift pattern on the IH first upper left, reverse lower left, second upper middle?
No, reverse is on the lower right. The others are the same. It is a 4 speed with a 2 speed rear. I only use it on the farm but it beats hauling wood a Gator load at a time.
The truck looks great, I'm glad you got it going. It was one of those projects I never would have gotten done, I think my wife misses seeing it sitting in the driveway though. :D
Now don't LAUGH TOO HARD! - Use this little trailer on a daily basis and tow it with a small 4 track. Most of the time I get my firewood for my own stove out back on the north 40. I have a lot of white spruce that is dead and standing or blown down from old age. I usually get a full load of rounds on the trailer [about 1/4 of a cord], but during the spring on nice days [today was sunny and 45° F] I get a small jag on the return trip from dumping horse shavings from cleaning the barn [tubs up front].
I then locate the splitter next to the woodpile [or shed door], pull up a round for a seat and split the rounds as I off load and pile them in one process.
Trailer in the background is a 7 x 12 hydraulic dumper that I use to haul my mill edgings to those who use them for firewood.
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An atv and a trailer is a good way to do it, especially in rough or slick terrain. I don't have one so I have to get the wood in ideal conditions, with 2wd pickups. I like the pickup though, because they can haul a good pile of wood.
Here is my method
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I like that :). Like your tractor and shed too. Looks like you got a nice place.
ST Ranch,I use to haul a trailer like that behind the wife's small tractor. I think mine trailer is shorter. I had to brace it up some. I finally built a trailer for me to use. Those small trailers can haul alot. Everyone I know that has one abuses the poor thing. I can get around in some of my woods much better with the small tractor than the big one. The big one I have to make a road for it and cut trees to get it around.
Here are a few of my toys. The truck is a 72 F700 that was a firetanker that I remodeled with that bed and put a 14T hoist in it. The quad trailer is homemade and doubles as a dump flatbed and a logging arch. I built one of these back in the 70's for a tractor and it worked well so did one for my quad. The splitter used to run off the pto, but changed it out for the independent engine. As you can see picking up those big ones is a breeze. I have had blocks in the 6' size. Sure beats have to use a chainsaw to work them down or bounce a sledge on a wedge.
I tried to download some pics, guess there is another way I am not aware of.
this is odd, says I cannot upload photos
plumbstraight,this will help on the pictures,
https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php/topic,61788.0.html
This is how I get firewood out of the woods, if I am just cutting a small amount. I'll take it to the splitter and then stack the splits in it to take to the firewood shed.
It is a lot easier to transport than a trailer, and I can go more places with the tractor than I can with a truck. (and it's a lot easier on the back to load/unload ;) )
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Much easier than having a trailer on the back.Or at least in my woods it would be a lot easier.
The old girl must steer extra easy with that weight on the back ;D
She's young enough to have power steering :D I often have to use the brakes to steer on slick ground, with that kind of load on the back. I haven't had the wheels come off the ground yet, but it's enough to make them skid rather than steer.
Im wanting to see some more wood fetchers to get ideas from.
I dragged this home in some trading recently and am setting it up for retrieving and delivering firewood. Its an 84 F250 with 351/c6/bw1356 and 3.54 sterling 10.25 / TTB front with twist hubs, both welded.
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I pulled the 42s and put on some 1st gen humvee rubber ive had for years. Its a lot happer on the 36s and steers lock to lock now without any rubbing.
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Need to build a dump flatbed with headache rack, removeable sides and toolboxes.
i bought one like that new in 84. the ifs is prone to breaking on the drivers side. mine had the 351 ho. 4bbl holley roller timing chain different cam
This is my Load Trail dump trailer. We usually process right into the trailer. Most of the time we do 1 cord loads, 16in wood goes to the bottom of the wood boards with a little hump in the middle (thats a cord), 18in, a little bigger hump, 22-24in wood needs to be at the top of the 2x4's that hold the side boards.
I've put 1.5 (thrown) cord on without a problem, and stacked 2 cord (dry) for a longer delivery, trailer hauls it, just need to have enough truck! I've moved plenty of logs with it too. Usually cut them about 11ft and load either with my tractor and grapple bucket or my buddys excavator with hyd. thumb.
Pretty sure she's a 2013, I actually bought it new, on it's second set of tires. I've had to repair the gate a few times, but that was ALL MY FAULT! I oiled her underside real good when I bought her, also had the fenders both LineX-ed. All the used trailers I looked at the fenders were rotting off, figured an once of prevention... Also keep it greased up. She'll need a repaint in another year or two, better to keep it looking decent...
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Forgot to add the Wife's Uncle's 85 International Truck. He got it last year from a neighboring town. They took pretty good care of it. It's got a DT466 (I think it's got the turbo), and a 5speed with 2speed rear, and central hydraulics. We pull a sideboard off to load. If we stack the headboard with 16in wood, I can run the rest straight in and get a cord in her easy enough. He let's me borrow it when I've got "free help" and long delivery's, sure is nice to have 2 delivery's ready to go at once! She doesn't even notice the cord when it's loaded, or the cord and a half! Just used for local stuff.
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It also has a front plow and wing plow. He used the front plow all last season, still haven't mounted the wing, which may be a good thing for my mailbox...
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I deliver with this
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Nice trailers, i'll build one someday when i get all my junk moved down. All my steel plate is at my dads.
Speaking of oil undercoating, one of my best friends up there in central mass does a mobile undercoating business. He will come to you, winch it up onto a wedge trailer, airblast and spray whatever the stuff NH oil undercoaters sells. Its not paint and not oil.. Some kinda paraffin wax and oil blend i think so it seeps in and never hardens. He has gone as far as maine for group sprays. PM me if any interest.
I will look at that front axle a bit closer for cracking when i get back under there to finish motor oiling. Im soaking the balljoints a few times before they have to get changed. Thanks for the heads up.
Mike,
The NH oil undercoat stuff works great! My buddy did the wife and father in laws rigs today. It soaks in and kinda spreads. I've seen guys doing the sprays on trailers before, they are better than me, I'd get more on me than I'd get on the truck!
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How much loose wood can that mason dump hold? 8ft bed?
I like pictures of that tractor!!
8) 8) 8) 8)Good looking old Dodge
I like the dodge👍
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8) 8) 8) 8)Good looking old Dodge
Good looking old Ford Tractor too! ;D
The trailer is great for delivering but some places can be tough/tight to get into with one.
It's when it's muddy or slick out the trailer can be fun.
Certainly not in a league with what I see posted here, but I work a small 15 acre woodlot with tight steep skid trails. Just wood for the sawmill and my neighbor and I's heat needs. I burn about 6 cords a year and mill lumber for our use. I drag the logs to the splitter or the mill and split as close to the stack point as possible. It's amazing what that little Mule will pull. Very little trouble with an 1,800 pound log, even on the hills.
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Ditto for tough terrain harvesting --Honda Foreman with trailer ( Subaru axle ). It works in this hilly, rocky woodlot. Just plenty of humping butts onto the trailer, sometimes noodling for less weight, then to piles for Spring splitting and stacking. Locals call the land here "bony". Even hard on a skidder when the lot was professionally cut in 2000.
No trucks, only a couple of years old Subarus. :(
P.S. How difficult is it to get pics up ?
Go to the front page of the forum and scroll to the bottom. You will find instructions there. Worked easy for me.
20181119 loading firewood - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMsPmWdNVNA)
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jim are those red highsides just painted planks dropped in the track? How much wood can you haul in that tossed in loose without losing any on a bad road? 8ft bed?
I think im gonna have to build a rub rail and 4x4 stake sides to get a loose cord onto an 8ft bed.
Its just painted 2x12 poplar planks. 2ft sides are not enough for a dumped in cord so I throw in 2 sheets of plywood when needed. 8ft bed. Stacked in, you can fit 1.5 cord but you need plywood in the rear as well. Just pull it out when ready to dump. Sides would have to be 5.5 feet high to get 2 cord tossed but that would never happen anyway because the truck would be overweight. It weighs 9040lbs with the dump, and the chassis is only rated for 12000lbs.
Like to see the pictures of those one ton dump trucks. Years ago[ 1985} I bought a 75 Chevy one ton a lawn service had used with a bad engine. I put a new GM 350 in it. Truck had a 8x10 steel dump box with swing up pipe framed with wire mesh sides. Used it for years when I was selling fire wood. Handy truck. I quite sell wood in the mid 2000's sold it to a friends son that was starting a lawn service they used it up until a couple of years ago it got wrecked when a guy ran a red light. We overloaded the truck a lot over the years and it just took it.
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2008 LMM 2500hd
Here is my firewood hauler, compact and maneuverable in the woods, needs no trails to get around.
Simple but effective.
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It pulls a 20cu ft trailer that I load with 16" pieces.
Straight to the splitter than stacked under the lean too for 2 years.
Klunker,don't need to cut many roads to get that through the woods. ;)
Quote from: JuniperBoss on January 28, 2013, 03:29:09 PM
Why not have a thread where we show all of our firewood-hauling trucks. Pickups, dump trucks, atvs, you name it. Tips on how you make pickup racks and how you haul your wood is all good too. So, what do you got?
Most of my firewood hauling is right here on my farm. I find that a bulk box on the three point forks works well. As we often get deep snow here in SW Michigan, having the weight on the rear wheels of the Massey really helps. Using firewood tongs to unload saves my back. My set up often allows me to get closer to the cutting location, minimizing handling time. At some future point I would like to have a second box on front loader forks with a front wheel driver loader tractor.
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My chevy's in the shop but it didn't stop the old folks from keeping the heat rolling so back to the honey hole where I pushed up some locust last year
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That's the other Don's 76 chevy mudder, 450 hp, lockers, full roll cage in the cab and frame mounted roll bar in the back, top and front winches, pulling his dump trailer... fastest truck in da woods :D
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Our firewood hauling was done in two trailers this past week.
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About ¾ cord in the small trailer.
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And a bit over 1¼ cords here on the large trailer. All Cherrybark Red Oak. The family that it was delivered to was very surprised and very appreciative. :)
For quick trips here on the farm, I use a carry all on the rear forks on the tractor.
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Notice that rear tire squatting? That's compliments of a fat pine branch that wedged in between the rim and bead on that load. There's a tube in there so it will be off to the tire dealer tomorrow......and it's loaded. If it went through the bead, that may spell bad news. The way I abuse this tractor, maybe I should just go on and foam fill them.
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The rack will hold about 1/4 cord. I'll take it down to the stove and just drop it. With green wood, I can't fill it to capacity. The front end of the tractor goes skyward. With seasoned wood, I can fill it up.
Wudman
I was going to ask about that, the steering would be pretty light. :D
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For this load I upsized my forwarder a bit. That is a 5000 Ford pulling a 5 ton trailer. In my opinion, the 5000 was one of the most versatile tractors ever built. That is just north of 2 cords from a white oak blow down. It looked like a huge bush with multiple leaders about 15 feet up the stem. I had to split a few rounds with the splitting hammer to be able to pick up. They will be broken down further with my big box store splitter. I still have the butt of the tree to recover. It will be another full load yet.
Wudman
Wudman,
We have a Ford 7000 on the farm. It was the first NEW tractor my Father in law ever bought. It is hooked up to the mixer wagon for most of the year. Sometime in late December or so it'll get to rest for a few months, being 2wd and all, the ice can be an issue trying to pull a loaded mixer wagon up a hill to the barn!
The 5000 was the first new tractor that my Dad bought when he started farming full time himself. It is a 1965 model year. It was a big tractor in its day, before the Big Johns started showing up in the neighborhood. It is still a good machine and is used regularly. As far as that goes, it is the newest tractor in operation on the farm. We have a 135 Massey (1965 model) that was purchased used in 1972, a 1960 Fordson Dexta that I bought about 20 years ago, and then we have some old stuff like a '48 Farmall Super A and a '54 Farmall 100. It is all used in a small tobacco operation.
Wudman
This setup hauls 2/3 of a cord out of my very hilly terrain all winter long. A 2" ball hitch has been welded to the back of the trailer now for towing the hydro splitter. When the trailer is full, this old man is done for the day. The saw caddy will sit on the trailer tongue when the 53' Ford Jubilee without front end loader is chained up and used as the tow vehicle. The little 1700 diesel 4x4 is far preferable on the hills though.
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I pushed a lot of snow with a Ford 4000 diesel with loader and chains in the 70's the small town I grew up in had bought it new and when they got a new white with front wheel assist and a loader. My mom bought the ford to use around the truck stop we had. It was a step up as we were pushing with a Ford 8 N with loader and a B JD with a three point blade. In later years she had pickups and a dump truck with a blade and the tractors just set. A buddy bought the 4000 and still has it today on his acreage. Those old ford's are good tractors. I just got started with JD on my farm dealer is close for parts.
Took the kids and the baby 'Bota out last week. Can't load it as heavy as pulling it with the bigger stuff, but the ground was soft and the little Kubota 13HP B1550 leaves a light footprint. ;)
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Mostly Honey Locust and some hung up very dry Elm leaners. Plus a small Black Walnut branch that had blown out of a tree.
TKehl,
Is one of your little one's reading instructions??? I think I'm almost at the point where my kids gonna be able to do that and point out even more of my mistakes ;D
The Men folk is running around with t shirts and shorts and the Women folk have heavy coats on. ;D
My kids are weather confused. One of the girls was recently outside with a t-shirt, sandals, and insulated overalls... :)
I don't argue if they say they don't need a coat anymore, I just send them out to wait for me about 5 minutes before we go. Most of the time they decide dad was right. ;D
They are reading instructions, to a card game... Couldn't get them to play pick up sticks...., at least not very long...
However, they are learning to question dad for sure. They were bickering with each other, so got in on their game of "first one to ____ wins." Challenged them to see who could run over and bring me their age worth of Hedge apples from a tree 50 yards away first. Then they asked me why I wanted them. I told them I didn't, I just wanted a few moments of relative quiet. ;) :D Later I told them first to touch the Poison Ivy wins. "Why aren't you guys going for it? You all are right there, you could win!" "Uh, dad, it's poison. Winning isn't that important." "You all are smart kids!" LOL ;D
Quote from: chevytaHOE5674 on January 29, 2013, 03:11:02 PM
I usually use my beater 1986 1/2 ton chevy plow truck to haul wood. Its a real gem complete with invisible floors, busted back window, and lots of dents.
Ah the firewood through the back window..... lots of us have done that many many times........
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1976 ford state dump truck.
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just kidding!!! :D
test drove this yesterday, 29,000 original miles, air compressor, water pump generator.
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You don't need that Doc.
I'm sure the square body chev would be alright so long as you kept it under 50
That would be quite the ride Doc! All you need is a knuckle boom and you are in business. I wonder what he is asking?
we have mutual friends, so he is asking 13.5, but would take 12, and as time goes on I am told he will go as low as 10k. My wife is out of town and is worried that I bought it. I told her she will find out when she gets home! :D
I don't know your lovely wife Doc, but I suspect you are playing with fire there. bon_fire
I hope so! she is at a 1/2 marathon in hot springs Arkansas. she has texted both of the kids to ask them. my daughter said "I do not think so" in reply to "did dad by a big army truck?". I had her text back, "you mean the big black one?" she may be mad now, but she will be relieved when she gets back! she now is asking, "yes the one in the picture, do not let you dad twist your arm into lying!". my girl Monique is texting back that "dad did not twist my arm". I feel a little like @Southside (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=24297) making my wife a little crazy. ;) :)
For me it's a short drive!! :D
New guy on the forum. Some impressive firewood haulers here, thought I'd show off my rig.
1968 Kaiser/Jeep M715 5/4 ton. She's a little slow but I've never managed to overload her or get stuck.
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I like it! A beast to drive but very capable.
It hasn't done much wood hauling yet, since I've only owned it for a few months, but this guy is going to be spending some time in the woods. My tractor is more practical in a lot of instances, but this one is more fun:
1951 M37 "Brutus"
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This was a former military truck from the Korean War era. It still has the fold-up troop transport seats n the back. Rated for 3/4 Ton off-road, and 1 ton on-road. This model was the predecessor of the Kaiser M715 that @Larry in OK (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=47792) posted.
Fans of the M.A.S.H. TV series may recognize the model, as it appeared in a number of episodes. The M43 Ambulance was essentially the same truck, with a stretched bed.
Mine runs well. It does need a transmission and transfer case rebuild, as they are both weeping oil. Other than that, my main problem is that it has a pintle hitch, and all of my trailers are ball hitches. Pintles are certainly better for off-road use, but I'm not about to switch over all of my trailers, and want to keep compatibility with other tow vehicles. I'll probably mount a receiver under the rear cross-member, which shold get me close to the correct height as well.
I remember those well, would pull a boxcar up a tree if the bark would stay on. Just took all day to get to the tree! Oh, and keep your thumbs on the outside of the wheel off road.
Quote from: sawguy21 on November 22, 2019, 11:31:17 AM
Oh, and keep your thumbs on the outside of the wheel off road.
:D :D :D :D Oh boy! Do I know what THAT means!! :D Learned that one the hard way myself..... more than once. :-[
Quote from: sawguy21 on November 22, 2019, 11:31:17 AM
I remember those well, would pull a boxcar up a tree if the bark would stay on. Just took all day to get to the tree! Oh, and keep your thumbs on the outside of the wheel off road.
This one has had power steering added and the steering column from an old S10 pickup installed. The local guy who is a restorer of old Dodge Power Wagons and military trucks has a an original steering column which we will be installing at the same time we're doing the transmission and transfer case rebuild. I will keep the power steering, however.
Quote from: Old Greenhorn on November 22, 2019, 11:41:30 AM
Quote from: sawguy21 on November 22, 2019, 11:31:17 AM
Oh, and keep your thumbs on the outside of the wheel off road.
:D :D :D :D Oh boy! Do I know what THAT means!! :D Learned that one the hard way myself..... more than once. :-[
That's why my dad never would let me put the cool spinner knobs on any tractors we had. Once we bought an old case that had one on it and I remember thinking sweet finally got one but dad insisted he wouldn't buy it until the spinner was removed. I'm in my mid 30's now and dang ole 76 dodge power wagon broke my thumb pulling through a gate not long ago. Old man might of known something.
Those spinner knobs would have taken my hand off. I had a Dodge Ramcharger (no power steering) and was creeping down a skid road when I front tire caught a large rock and decided to adjust course. That steering wheel spun like a propeller. It was about 3 days before i had almost got full range of motion back in my thumb. :D ;D
If you've got a suicide knob on a steering wheel use it. Not using it is what's dangerous ;) ;D :)
Quote from: Corley5 on November 26, 2019, 11:25:02 AM
If you've got a suicide knob on a steering wheel use it. Not using it is what's dangerous ;) ;D :)
I've worn out 1 of the wooden style one's on a CAT 930 loader, and have asked the Wifey for a new one for my Kubota, I've greased it for the last time - it's SMOKED!