Lets see those trailers!

[Haywire Haywood]

Now that's something you probably won't see very often here... a Volvo pulling a trailer load of firewood. hehe

Ian

 

[Hummer]

Here's my fruit & fruitwood hauler, a custom made trailer with 6000 lb. axle, 10,000 lb. hitch, 5x10 bed, 16" M&S trailer tires, and 2 ft. sideboards. With these sideboards, it will haul one cord. It also transports four 1000 lb. bins of apples with ease, and I can quickly transfer the trailer from the tractor to my Tundra pickup. This trailer is tougher than an old buffalo!

The tractor is a 50 horse John Deere 2240 with a wide array of implements including a hydraulic stump puller. The tractor-trailer combo works perfectly through the aisles in the orchard for picking up firewood, fruit boxes and bins. I'm thinking of making some taller sideboards for it to haul larger loads of apple wood over the Continental Divide to the Front Range market.

I'll never sell this trailer but I have been craving a dump trailer, like the 6x10 that RAS323 has pictured. I'd put sideboards on it to haul gravel, dirt, wood and wood chips.

Hummer

 

[RAS323]

Looks like the Tacoma handles the load pretty well. Nice!

Yeah it does pretty well. Reverse sure could be lower, backing up with the trailer on (empty) is a low range deal.

 

[Austin1]

More trailer pics. This was before I put brakes on my trailer the truck is also full of wood, poplar but heck it was free. Wet wood is very heavy even though the rounds are small the big ones weigh 80lbs according to the bathroom scale. I cut all the wood with a poulan 2550 zips right through soft poplar.

 

[KMB]

Here are some pics of the trailer I built over winter, maybe you can get some ideas from it. I used 8" I-beams from an old trailer house, and 3" channel for the crossmembers. It's decked with 2x10 treated lumber. It's 21' long (18'+3' tail). Some features I added that I've been happy with are 2 1/2" pockets with a 2 1/4" -1/4" thick tie down rail on the whole outside, a 2" receiver on the front for an attachment point for winching up dead vehicles, and backup lights on the fenders. I also got some 15k lb. d-rings at TSC and welded them on the corners.


I used 2 6000lb axles (one w/brakes), and I built 2' tall sides for hauling wood. You can fit 2 full cords in it pretty easily, I was hauling 4 facecords in the pic b/c I didn't want to overwork the truck too badly.


I still need to do some work on finishing the ramps. They work well and flip over nicely, but I want to build a "wedge" on the top so when I flip them up I have a full 21' of flat deck which is why I haven't painted them yet. I also may swap out the non-brake axle for one with brakes, and also get a bigger truck.

For you tractor guys out there the tractor is a 1964 Ford 4000 that was bought new by my grandfather. I restored it for my dad last summer and was going to get a disk to run over a food plot. My wood hauling helper is standing in the foreground of one of the pics also.

Overall it pulls and works well, I would have done some things differently, but I was on a strict budget and did the best with what I had available.

I'm getting caught up on this thread. Nice job on the trailer! Well done! The sides you have on there look good!

Kevin

 

[twofer]

Here is a shot of my little wood hauler. She's not the biggest but her small size helps weasel down the tight logging trails on our property and the high sides help keep it all in.

 

[redprospector]

Here's my little firewood hauler.

With sideboards.

Andy

 

[Jkebxjunke]

I dont have an pics as of now.. but i have a 6x10 Bir-mar dump trailer and a haywagon... but the thing that gets the most use at hauling rounds is my Bobcat S160 with a grapple bucket... I dont have to go far for my wood... I have 40 acres of woods The grapple is very nice for clearing the brush before felling and clearing up afterwards... and hauling large rounds up to the house for further bucking and splitting. For the smaller stuff that I have brought up ( under 12" ) I buck it up with a stihl electric chain saw.. I imagine I will get flack for that... but for working up by the house it works great.. its light weight and it doesnt wake a almost 2 yr olg cranky toddler.. which will incure the wrath of the little woman... and just remember we have to keep the wify happy .. RIGHT GUYS???

 

[KMB]

Here's my little firewood hauler.

With sideboards.

Andy

Little... . Nice setup. So what's the specs on that trailer?

Kevin

 

[KMB]

For the smaller stuff that I have brought up ( under 12" ) I buck it up with a stihl electric chain saw.. I imagine I will get flack for that... but for working up by the house it works great.. its light weight and it doesnt wake a almost 2 yr olg cranky toddler.. which will incure the wrath of the little woman... and just remember we have to keep the wify happy .. RIGHT GUYS???

I also have to be selective in when I run my saws near the house...the baby's room is at the back of the house where my woodpile is... . And I'll be starting to split early in the morning for a few days before work, to beat the heat, and the splitter isn't quiet...we'll have to work something out.

Kevin

 

[Jkebxjunke]

the last line in my recent post "
doesnt wake a almost 2 yr olg cranky toddler.. which will incure the wrath of the little woman..."

I should expound on it a bit and change the one line " the wrath of the little PREGO woman " ......
<--that would be her if disturbed their naps....

 

[KMB]

the last line in my recent post "
doesnt wake a almost 2 yr olg cranky toddler.. which will incure the wrath of the little woman..."

I should expound on it a bit and change the one line " the wrath of the little PREGO woman " ......
<--that would be her if disturbed their naps....

Yep, "pregnant" steps it up a notch for sure!

Kevin

 

[husky455rancher]

lol yeah it does. got 2 kids myself 2 girls 3&6. i remember when the olders was first born. at night when the wife worked and the baby was sleeping i you woulda thought i was a spy the way i crept around my apartment. i sure as hell didnt wanna wake her up! man could she scream.

 

[redprospector]

Little... . Nice setup. So what's the specs on that trailer?

Kevin

Kevin,
It's a 14,000 lb trailer, 16' long x 8' wide. I can haul between 3 & 4 cords in log length (depending on the logs). The sideboards are 4' 6" high and decrese the inside measurement by a few inches, but just dumped in from the processor will hold about 3 cords, if I stack it it will hold about 4.
It's a Texas Pride brand trailer, but unless you like spending money and working on trailers I'd suguest trying a different brand. I had to replace both axles, and all 4 tires within the first 6 months of the trailers life (that's not to mention all the other stuff I had to do to it). The bright side is that the frame is built pretty well, so I have a decent trailer now.

Andy

 

[KMB]

Kevin,
It's a 14,000 lb trailer, 16' long x 8' wide. I can haul between 3 & 4 cords in log length (depending on the logs). The sideboards are 4' 6" high and decrese the inside measurement by a few inches, but just dumped in from the processor will hold about 3 cords, if I stack it it will hold about 4.
It's a Texas Pride brand trailer, but unless you like spending money and working on trailers I'd suguest trying a different brand. I had to replace both axles, and all 4 tires within the first 6 months of the trailers life (that's not to mention all the other stuff I had to do to it). The bright side is that the frame is built pretty well, so I have a decent trailer now.

Andy

Thanks for the specs. It looks longer than the 16', maybe because of the gooseneck. That's more trailer than I'll probably ever need. I think a 7000lb. - 8000lb. GVWR trailer pulled by a diesel (or big gas engine) 3/4 ton would do me.

Kevin

 

[abohac]

This is a Bri-Mar 6'x10' dump trailer.

I want a dump trailer just like that. I have the Farmi and a little tractor (5320 JD). But I really would like a trailer like your. What did it set you back?

 

[DPDISXR4Ti]

Not much, but as you can see, entirely hand-built, save for the rear suspension, salvaged from a Subaru Brat....

 

[046]

can't find pic's ... but mine has Tandem 7k axles with brakes on both. runs 2.35x85R-16 10 ply truck tires. built like a tank... hauled 30k + lbs with no problems.

97 12v cummins turbo diesel pulls the heaviest of loads with no problems... it's not what you can pull, but what you can stop!

 

[danrclem]

I have two trailers I use the 5'x10' now and will use the 16' car hauler later on when I get some sides on it.

Danny

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[Evanrude]

Been looking at some trailers new and used around here. I just couldnt afford one right now. So I ended up adding some sides to my lawnmower/quad hauler. It doesnt hold much weight, but it sure helps. I may upgrade the axle, leaf springs and tires so I can get a little more weight on it.

A couple pics from today.

I finally got out and picked up some wood I cut back in Feb. Its been stacked up in the fence row since. Been waiting to borrow the splitter to bring it home and stack it. I waited to start the splitting operation until the splitter was shaded. It was pretty hot today. I've got a lot of stacking to do, I've got piles everywhere. That pile of Elm that the plywood (tailgate) is lying against is from last weekends tree job.