KiwiBro
Mill 'em, nails be damned.
Hi All,
Have been looking into log trailers to tow behind a tractor. With knuckleboom and grapple to self-load the logs. But the ones I see look flimsy. They don't have much lift capacity.
The truck self-loaders look much stronger.
Essentially, I have some ideas but not the experience or wisdom to know if they should be dropped in favour of plan B. What I'm thinking of is:
Is it a stupid idea? Is there a better way? Have you any links to where I could learn more about what others have done please? I have searched on AS but couldn't really find much - which makes me think maybe this is a bad idea?
Thanks for any help on this.
Have been looking into log trailers to tow behind a tractor. With knuckleboom and grapple to self-load the logs. But the ones I see look flimsy. They don't have much lift capacity.
The truck self-loaders look much stronger.
Essentially, I have some ideas but not the experience or wisdom to know if they should be dropped in favour of plan B. What I'm thinking of is:
- braked tandem axle trailer
- axles slide on a central, backbone/spine beam so can take some weight off tractor rear end if need be and generally have more control over the weight distributions. Looking like the tractor will only safely handle about 5-6000Lbs of drawbar weight. Maybe more but I need to have it confirmed and preferably test it out myself.
- a truck self-loader mounted to the trailer with self-contained, tractor PTO powered hydraulics if need be (I'm thinking the 10 gpm tractor implement hydraulic flow rate will not be enough?)
Is it a stupid idea? Is there a better way? Have you any links to where I could learn more about what others have done please? I have searched on AS but couldn't really find much - which makes me think maybe this is a bad idea?
Thanks for any help on this.