Latest load of wood

[Steve_in_SEMich]

A friend and I visited a lumber mill in Northern MI and loaded up three bundles of slabwood. Mostly maple, some oak, and ash - this is the 2nd time I bought slabwood and find it pretty easy to process. Only about a 25% of the load needs splitting, just chunk up the 8-9' pieces and stack for next season. Not much of a challenge for the 361. Ends up being approx. $50/full cord (cost plus fuel to go fetch it). A little higher if you add in the purchases at Jay's Sporting Goods and liquid refreshment. I took the two bundles on the trailer and a friend kept the bundle in his F350. We ended up being a "little" overweight based on the Flying J scale. But who knows when their scale was last calibrated.

Steve

 

[modn]

Not bad.....big load too!!:greenchainsaw:

 

[STLfirewood]

If I bought slab wood like that I would have a 6-7ft bar for my MS880 and just make a few cuts. Looks like a nice load. What was total weight? I'm guessing 20k

Scott

 

[Steve_in_SEMich]

What was total weight? I'm guessing 20k

Scott

....plus 10%. My friend's powerstroke pulled it easily at 63 mph on cruise. Next time, we'll get 2 - 2.5 loads instead of three. 1/2 - 3/4 in truck, balance on trailer. Really, how accurate can their scales be?

Steve

 

[Chuck Diesel]

All you need know is a buzz saw. Nice load

 

[tanker]

....plus 10%. My friend's powerstroke pulled it easily at 63 mph on cruise. Next time, we'll get 2 - 2.5 loads instead of three. 1/2 - 3/4 in truck, balance on trailer. Really, how accurate can their scales be?

Steve

Accurate enough to help you get out of an overweight ticket.Should be Cat scales and guarnteed accurate.

 

[blakey]

Looks like you got some good sized slabs, I have used smaller bundles for my owb. Doesn't look like you got any toothpick sized pieces. That's a bonus. My favorite pieces were the 4x6x8ft long that had a bad spot in the middle. You know the guy running the mill was ticked. I got mine delivered by a local guy with a log truck, he would buy them from the mill and resell so he wasn't running back empty. He could load/unload the bundles with his grapple.

 

[Ljute]

Nice score!

 

[jetskiman]

....plus 10%. My friend's powerstroke pulled it easily at 63 mph on cruise. Next time, we'll get 2 - 2.5 loads instead of three. 1/2 - 3/4 in truck, balance on trailer. Really, how accurate can their scales be?

Steve

Those look like standard 3500lb axles on that trailer so I doubt you had 20k on it......

 

[willisl64]

certified scales

Flying J scales are certified, so must be within 1/2 of 1% on your gross weight...On a 20k lb load, they are within 100 lbs of your gross. Non certified scales are typically guaranteed w/in 3% of the gross. Cat scales are also certified.

 

[husky455rancher]

i agree 20k and that powerstroke woulda been workin its butt off to pull that load.

 

[modn]

Those look like standard 3500lb axles on that trailer so I doubt you had 20k on it......

He never said that 20k is on the trailer......(total load) Truck, trailer, and wood.....sounds very reasonable to me.

 

[tdb]

score

Cant bet it ,nice load of wood + you got to stop at Jays. TEDMI.
P.S. I love Jays.

 

[John D]

Nice load of wood! You were a touch overloaded,esp if thats a 10K trailer,it looked like 6 lug axles to me (5200lb).I bet it pulled easily,it isnt a tall load,nice and low,like it wasnt even there once up to speed.My dump trailer pulls the same way,14-15K behind you and you can forget its there its so smooth and tracks so nice.

 

[thejdman04]

Nice load of wood

 

[Steve_in_SEMich]

This is NOT for the record, but I think we saw the following weights:


Steer axle: 4580 lbs
Drive axle: 8260 lbs
Trailer axles: 9520 lbs

Total: 22,360 lbs

Lesson learned for next load. All tire pressures were full, trailer has 5200 lb axles.

Steve

 

[jetskiman]

This is NOT for the record, but I think we saw the following weights:


Steer axle: 4580 lbs
Drive axle: 8260 lbs
Trailer axles: 9520 lbs

Total: 22,360 lbs

Lesson learned for next load. All tire pressures were full, trailer has 5200 lb axles.

Steve

that makes a little more sense the trailer most likely weighs around 1500 - 2000lbs so you had around 8k on the trailer and 4k on the truck, the truck with a powerstroke weighs in around 8k.

I think the gvwr of that truck is 11200 so you were a little over on the truck but not bad, the gvwr of the trailer with 5200lb axles and the correct tires shoud put you in the 10k range so you were good there. A set of torsion bars would have made the weight more evenly distributed across the truck.