make sure it has brakes
Can you fit a full cord in a pickup box?
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lknchoppers
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I know it's kiln dried. I saw a bag like that at the grocery store. Price is $6.00
zogger
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Ya, hoping when I get my own to get a milsurp one with surge brakes for use on the road, etc.. Around the farm here, going slow, etc, not too worried about it.
ChoppyChoppy
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I haul 2 cords in the pickups 1 ton and 1.5 ton trucks. 8ftx12ft beds One ton plated at 14k, 1.5 I think is 16k.
CRThomas
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My price depends on how I do it. Straight bundles wrapped in clear wrap a 100 bundles delivered $2.50 a bundle From there they go all the way to $10.00 a bundle. With there Dog or Cats picture on it.Wrap with colored wrap or wrapped in xmas paper or Dallas Cowboy paper. The more they want the higher the price. In my and mywifes firewood business thats all we do year round we sell as much in the summer times as the winter time. We wrap and sell from a 100 to 200 bundles a day average 4 to 5 days a week we have about $300.000.00 worth of equipment. We kiln dry all the wood we sell unless they want it dryer than 15 percent then the price gos up.
mn woodcutter
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Very interesting stuff. Thanks for sharing.
Rack it way up high, have heavy duty shocks, oversize tires (at least 265's) , off-highway frame and springs, an 8' bed, and yes, you can get a cord packed into a pickup truck.
Make sure you get paid for that full cord of hardwood, and make sure that it is good firewood, ready to burn.
mn woodcutter
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Looks like you have a beautiful spot there. Also, that old chevy looks in darn nice shape! I like it!I'd put money on a fitting a cord in my pickup if I didn't have the tool box. I'd say here's 3/4 a cord but it's stacked tighter than a nats azz, all black cherry.
The thing is, if you removed the tool box and packed more in, perhaps a full cord, you are then carrying 4,200 lb or more. Do you really want to do that to your truck and then move along a 60 mph to the customer? I don't.I'd put money on a fitting a cord in my pickup if I didn't have the tool box. I'd say here's 3/4 a cord but it's stacked tighter than a nats azz, all black cherry.
One of the guys who used to pick up Almond from the field to sell used to have a Ford 1-ton flat bed that he hauled 1 cord in. On top of that he had a 2-cord trailer.
Deliveries went well until that one day he didn't slow down quite soon enough for a hwy exit. He went down the ramp and proceeded to blow through the stop sign and jammed his cab under a semi. Wood everywhere...to fire rescue over an hr to pri them out of the cab (not badly hurt). CHP eventually took the rig and contents to the weigh station...right around 18,000# of wood....way over the truck and trailer frame and braking limits. He wound up in jail for a while, paid a huge fine, lost his drivers license, lost the truck/trailer and was out of work for 6mos until he decided rented a Ryder box truck...that he overload once again...dude never learned...sigh.
Deliveries went well until that one day he didn't slow down quite soon enough for a hwy exit. He went down the ramp and proceeded to blow through the stop sign and jammed his cab under a semi. Wood everywhere...to fire rescue over an hr to pri them out of the cab (not badly hurt). CHP eventually took the rig and contents to the weigh station...right around 18,000# of wood....way over the truck and trailer frame and braking limits. He wound up in jail for a while, paid a huge fine, lost his drivers license, lost the truck/trailer and was out of work for 6mos until he decided rented a Ryder box truck...that he overload once again...dude never learned...sigh.
Not for commercial use, personal use only and only under certain conditions. I don't think I went over 45-50 and was less than 10 miles from home. If you need to move this much wood or more on a regular basis then I'd be looking at a 3500 at least and a dump box. E rated tires would help too. Those c rated tires were like driving on a water bed.
Thanks! I got it for a steal because it was an unfinished project truck. The last thing the seller did was put a clutch in it and forgot the transfer case was in neutral because he didn't have the linkage hooked up. Sold it to me thinking he did something wrong with the clutch. I still had to put about $800 into it to make it road worthy...
nathon918
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says the guy that over loads a ranger which has a tiny braking system...
Big_Al
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Sounds a bit far fetched. 3 cords of wood weighed 18k lbs? Dry wood out here (tamarack or red fir) weighs around 3k a cord. That weight shouldn't be any problem for a 1 ton truck. Most pickup campers weigh that much, especially wet weight. Couple cords on a dual axle trailer, shouldn't be a problem either. Mine is rated for 7k and has electric brakes.
CRThomas
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I ain't going to go there why load a truck or trailer till it gets unsafe or is making money that important.
Big_Al
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I just don't see where a cord of dry wood on an f350 is anywhere near unsafe. Certainly not in my book.
By that logic I shouldn't carry my camper or tow my boat either.
By that logic I shouldn't carry my camper or tow my boat either.
It's not. I think the overwhelming majority of people will agree with that.
true story, sorry. Green Almond weighs in the 6000#/cord range depending on time of year cut. He was one of our regular buyers for several years.
Big_Al
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Googled a bit, dry weights show as 3500-4000. Didn't find a green weight. Found green white oak at 5k which surprised me, don't have hardwoods around here. Around here the le types could care less about pickup trucks & load weights. Pickup trucks full of wood are a common site , usually with a trailer full too. Maybe california is different. Here you might get a ticket for failure to yield for accident you described. Certainly wouldn't go to jail or lose a license.
