Loading heavy rounds in a trailer

[sb47]

I saw this and thought i would share. It looks like a handy way to load heavy rounds in your trailer.

Homemade Wood Lift for utility trailer - YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nli3C6sh5XA&feature=related

 

[Mac88]

I saw this and thought i would share. It looks like a handy way to load heavy rounds in your trailer.

Homemade Wood Lift for utility trailer - YouTube

Firewood Log Trailer - YouTube

I liked the 2nd one. We usually load rounds by hand, which may include sliding or rolling them up the ramps on the car hauler.

 

[ChrisHager]

Those are pretty cool. Beats lifting by hand if you don't have heavy machinery nearby.

I think I have posted this here before but goes along with the second one. I was fortunate enough to have one of these handy on one of my log harvesting trips:

Notice the big log... Well, after I got to where I was unloading and tossed off the smaller logs, I realized I had no way to scoot the big one off (I was by myself at that point). I ended up having to rock it back and forth until I could get a tow rope under it, tie it off to a tree, and drive forward letting the log 'unload' itself. That second trailer contraption would be extremely useful if you often load full length logs all by your lonesome!

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[Ductape]

Ummmm........ thats cheating. :msp_ohmy:

 

[trophyhunter]

I liked the 2nd one. We usually load rounds by hand, which may include sliding or rolling them up the ramps on the car hauler.

Oh is that ever nice how they set that up! A man's sore back could be well served by owning such a thing.

 

[stihly dan]

If he was 20 yrs ahead 10 yrs ago he would have no issue.

 

[Jules083]

For me I'd noodle or split before loading. If I can't pick it up once to load it I surely don't want to fight with it again when I get home.

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[Mac88]

Oh is that ever nice how they set that up! A man's sore back could be well served by owning such a thing.

We unhook and chock the trailer and drag logs onto it with the truck, using a section of roller conveyor. We loaded a couple 6000+ lb. red oaks that way a few days ago.

 

[Ayatollah]

We unhook and chock the trailer and drag logs onto it with the truck, using a section of roller conveyor. We loaded a couple 6000+ lb. red oaks that way a few days ago.

I have used a 10' section of roller conveyor for years to push big rounds up on my trailer. Just have to be careful you have enough moxxy to go all the way, lest one come back on you. If they're too big for me to push, then I use the come-a-long. Roller conveyor is a cheap and effective moving facilitator

 

[Mac88]

Just have to be careful you have enough moxxy to go all the way, lest one come back on you.

That why we pull them on with the truck. The conveyor section works real well for us.