Firewood conveyor?

[dashiell1981]

I'm looking to purchase or build a portable 24'+ firewood conveyor for my splitter. However, I'm out here in California and there are no manufacturers on the west coast that I have found. Shipping is way too expensive from back east! I've been looking at auctions,CL, and equipment traders with not much luck. My questions are:
Which brands do you like?
Does anyone have a good set of plans for a build?
Does anyone know someone with a used one out here in the west?

Thanks for the help!
Billy

[james]

check for a hay elevator -easy to convert  james

[dashiell1981]

Yup, been searching for those too. But been looking for mostly used stuff. Also, been looking at the portable grain elevators.

[doc henderson]

here in Ks all the auctions would have 1 or 2 and they would go for $20.  Back in the day the hay bales were little rectangles a man could lift and throw on a wagon.  now all are beg round or square bales moved with a tractor.  I think you can still buy them new but would require a bit of fab to make work.  How do you want to power it.  hydraulic, electric or stand alone gas?  How far/high do you need to go.  Is this a major commercial enterprise and needs to be super heavy duty, running 12 hours a day?  at our state fair we have vendors that have gen. use ones that would work.  I did a thread on the one I built but it lifts about 6 feet and moves about 12 feet forward.  I will try to add the link.  

[doc henderson]

Firewood and Wood Heating / firewood conveyor
« on: January 27, 2019, 07:40:54 PM

I made this with a tarp gear reduced motor, and powered by a 12 v batt. getting charged from the log splitter motor, but can operate free standing for a while.  this design could span 24 feet and mine was way over built.  I can push it in the yard myself.

[dashiell1981]

I would like the conveyor to be powered by gas stand alone. I need enough height to load tractor trailer trucks, probably around 13'. Definitely not a full time gig, but would get semi heavy use. I want it to be able to handle loader bucket loads from the tractors.

[hedgerow]

I use a old gravel conveyor for firewood it runs off a two cylinder engine running a hyd pump. I payed around a $1,000 for it when I bought it years ago. Its 30 feet and it is hyd lift. I did have to pull it 300 miles home which was no problem. 

[mike_belben]

I would like the conveyor to be powered by gas stand alone. I need enough height to load tractor trailer trucks, probably around 13'. Definitely not a full time gig, but would get semi heavy use. I want it to be able to handle loader bucket loads from the tractors.

Youre talking about a pretty serious, pretty simple, pretty valuable machine.  By the time you find something suitable and mod it to work you couldve built 3 new ones.. And sold the first two for a profit.  
There is a business just waiting for you to get started.