Oliver1655
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I have started building a trailer for bucking logs. The logs I bring home are normally 8-12' long so I made the trailer a little over 14' long. It has a stand on it to hold several logs. You can cut from both ends working towards the middle without bending over. The cut rounds will roll down a 4' incline to the other side where the splitter will be staged. This will keep the rounds off the ground saving a lot of bending over. (As I get older this makes a big difference on my endurance.) Being able to keep the rounds off the ground will also help in snow & mud situations. There will be a small gate on the splitter side to where the log lift can rest on the edge of the trailer & really big rounds can be rolled from the trailer onto the log lift. On the back of the walk way's railing will be a couple of boxes for setting the saws & wood handling tool out of the way. I will post photos tomorrow.
I used 8" x 4" "I" beams for the main frame & 3" channel iron on 20" centers for the bed. I am estimating the total weight of the trailer with bucking frame to be around 2,300#. It has a single 7,000# axle with 14 ply tires in hopes to decrease rolling resistance. I am hoping it will tow well behind my splitter so I can take it some of the charity cuts as well.
If it works like I hope, it will keep 5-6 folks busy at the same time. (Loader operator, 2 people with saws - 1 to cut from both ends, 1-2 to load/unload the splitter, & the splitter operator.) Or if 2 splitters, 8-9 people. (This will be a time when 16" - 18" bars will work well.)
I have a 75' long pile of logs to process which seems to keep growing. I had considered building a log processor & actually have most of the parts on hand to build one. However, due to the shorter lengths of my logs & the bends/twists, decided on the "log bucking" trailer instead.
I used 8" x 4" "I" beams for the main frame & 3" channel iron on 20" centers for the bed. I am estimating the total weight of the trailer with bucking frame to be around 2,300#. It has a single 7,000# axle with 14 ply tires in hopes to decrease rolling resistance. I am hoping it will tow well behind my splitter so I can take it some of the charity cuts as well.
If it works like I hope, it will keep 5-6 folks busy at the same time. (Loader operator, 2 people with saws - 1 to cut from both ends, 1-2 to load/unload the splitter, & the splitter operator.) Or if 2 splitters, 8-9 people. (This will be a time when 16" - 18" bars will work well.)
I have a 75' long pile of logs to process which seems to keep growing. I had considered building a log processor & actually have most of the parts on hand to build one. However, due to the shorter lengths of my logs & the bends/twists, decided on the "log bucking" trailer instead.
