This is for all you guys in need of a logging truck, but can't come up with the cash.
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Never under estimate the ablity of the poor to GET-R-DONE 8)
A little counter weight on the front and I think they are on to something.
or a sky hook to hold the back up! :D
Now that's we call a Red Neck Logging Truck :D :D
Now I know where my firewood I had near my landing went....
If they went back-to-back they could take a full length log :)
Gee...now I don't feel so bad! Still, I think I need to get a bigger truck or tell the loader at the woodlot to stop earlier.
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Funny...before I started hauling logs I thought I HAD a big truck ;D
What size truck is that Todd?
F-250 HD.....maybe the truck isn't too small, my new trailer is just too big. (or maybe 9 logs that averaged 28"dia is just a little much? ::))
Now Todd........Ya know if that thing had a bowtie on the grill.......Ya would have yourself a log hauler 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
I just love a good Bowtie / Blue Oval debate :D :D :D :D
Lookin' at the picture again maybe all ya need is a set of airbags like woodsteach got ;) ;) ;)
A set of timbrens in the rear would help. I use them for front of mine to help carry weight of plow.
Some air bags would help, but only the sagging. The thing is geared wrong for that kind of weight...it'll get the load moving and then its a crawl for 1/2 mile. But, if you're not breaking somthing you're not working hard enough. ;D
Quote from: Burlkraft on May 08, 2006, 04:55:32 PM
Lookin' at the picture again maybe all ya need is a set of airbags like woodsteach got ;) ;) ;)
You bet Burlkraft, those airbags are the way to go. I've been telling everyone about them!
Woodsteach
Quote from: Todd on May 09, 2006, 08:55:50 AM
Some air bags would help, but only the sagging. The thing is geared wrong for that kind of weight...it'll get the load moving and then its a crawl for 1/2 mile. But, if you're not breaking somthing you're not working hard enough. ;D
Maybe ya do need a truck with a bowtie on the grill :D :D :D :D
I was thinking a ram and a cummins emblem ;)
If you guys are offering a truck I'll accept! I bought the truck because it has no power windows or locks, no carpet, just plastic, a crew cab and was *DanG cheap. The blue oval just happened to be there.
You guys are all barking up the wrong tree.
One word - UNIMOG. ;D
That'll take more than a half mile to get up to hiway speed. ;D
The Blue oval makes it affordable but doesnt make it the power house that some other brands have. I had a 550 for a spell and after 3 clutches i went to a dodge auto. I now own 2 dodge diesels his( auto) and hers( standard) errr well the bank lets me use monthly. The dodge hung up an auto partly manufacture, mostly abuse. After the rebuild its more fun to drive than ever. I have never had a pickup with that much power on the low end and it keeps building right up to the point of wow better slow down .
Dale
I have a 99 F450 that I have had grossed up to 27,000, with an Allison and Turbo. I have never had a problem for power to carry or pull. 8) 8) 8)
The 550 in my mind was still a pickup truck but the state saw it has a Truck and charge like mad for Plates as well as insurance.
I pulled a 32 foot livestook trailer hauling bulls.
and cow calf pairs. I have scaled 32,000 with either truck and trailer. I think thats what killed the Auto. LOL