Nice tree length firewood!

[northmanlogging]

80k with a 3 axle truck, 88k with a drop axle, upwards of 105k depending on distance between wheels drop axles and whether or not you have a pup trailer.

Most of the full size dump trucks are in the 105k with 1-2 drops, and 3-4 axle trailers.

Still have to have legal axle weights, so its a hit and miss deal.

My usual self loader jockey is "legal" to 80k, but for 30' logs only 74k... not that I've ever seen him put on less then 82k ish

The back up jockey is legal to 88k but I've never seen him put on more then 75k... so ya gotta know your drivers.

I'm not sure but it seems like most of the straight trucks run at 80k, with a few going up to 88k. Don't quote me but I think it has more to do with load height most times, or having a more manuevarable truck, that drop axle has a habit of getting in the way...

There are a handful of trucks with drops on both the truck and the trailer, and I think by doing that they are legal to 105, but it looks like an awful pain in the ass to move around on a landing with.

 

[Jim Timber]

Cuttin nice beech, maple and birch firewood in midcoast maine

That's going to be a lot like my next two years.

Zip it at 16", pop it in half, throw it on the pile.

Our trees stunt out around 20" if you don't remove the competition. I've seen 6-7% growth in released 12" trees 2 years after liberation. Crowded ones don't hit 3% consistently.

 

[Gypo Logger]

Depending on log size, I've had this truck loaded with over 10,000 Doyle. This load of cherry and maple scaled out around 8500 if I recall.

 

[Jim Timber]

That's a nice haul!

 

[ChoppyChoppy]

View attachment 426804 This tri axle when loaded head 4300 board feet of oak logs on it. That is over 8 cord. Is that not how you guys haul logs??? Never seen it different up here in maine unless someone got a trailer set up. Then your talkin 6 thousand board feet

Around here we call that truck a quad axle or tri drive. A tri axle is a std dumptruck or semi tractor with 3 axles.

We haul logs with a "west coast" setup. Tri axle Ford 8000 truck with a self loader and the front part of a log bunk which can rotate. It pulls via a pintle hook a "reach" which has another bunk over 2 axles. That bunk also can rotate.
I don't have pics on this phone, but looks like this:

http://m.truckpaper.com/ListingDetail/Index?industryName=truck&listingID=5562691&categoryID=221

 

[jegushee1]

Depending on log size, I've had this truck loaded with over 10,000 Doyle. This load of cherry and maple scaled out around 8500 if I recall.View attachment 429939

You guys get scaled in Doyle?? We all international rule up here in Maine. Nice load though!! We haven't got that much cherry up here, especially stuff that nice

 

[Gypo Logger]

The Doyle seems to be the universal scale for hardwoods, but whatever scale is used it's generally reflective of the price/thou.

 

[ChoppyChoppy]

You guys get scaled in Doyle?? We all international rule up here in Maine. Nice load though!! We haven't got that much cherry up here, especially stuff that nice

They mostly buy by weight up north.

 

[Gypo Logger]

What I hate about cutting veneer is you have to hide logs from some log buyers. Lol

 

[jegushee1]

View attachment 430014 The Doyle seems to be the universal scale for hardwoods, but whatever scale is used it's generally reflective of the price/thou.

EVERYTHING in Maine is inter scaled has been for LONG time. Weird that dif scales for dif parts of country. Most are hard wood is in the 16 17 inch range on the butt. Just don't have the growth rate as down south. Plus our woods have been cut over more then most

 

[Gypo Logger]

EVERYTHING in Maine is inter scaled has been for LONG time. Weird that dif scales for dif parts of country. Most are hard wood is in the 16 17 inch range on the butt. Just don't have the growth rate as down south. Plus our woods have been cut over more then most

I understand now why Maine uses the International since the Doyle beats up bad on logs under 16".
I've also sold on the Ontario log rule which is much like the International.

 

[1270d]

Our logs are almost all sold on Scribner scale. Some say decimal C.

 

[ChoppyChoppy]

Log truck... this is the normal setup for around here. The reach is pushed in, it pulls out for about 40ft between bunks.

 

[jegushee1]

This is our truck set ups here in Maine for most part. This mix of oak and spruce scaled out at 4500 ft international rule

 

[jegushee1]

I understand now why Maine uses the International since the Doyle beats up bad on logs under 16".
I've also sold on the Ontario log rule which is much like the International.

Yea unless we are cuttin pine, we don't get into that much stuff bigger then 16 17 inch. Used to have some big spruce and fir but now those are usually only in the 14 15 inch range. Pine still pretty big though

 

[nk14zp]

wow, i leave 16" trees

Bite me.

 

[treeslayer2003]

Bite me.

 

[redoakman]

Veneer buyers are worst then lawyers I swear lmaooo. I hate dealing with them .

 

[treeslayer2003]

really? what ever they pay is better than saw.......i kinda like them.

 

[bitzer]

Scribner here too. C.