Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Ambull01]

After typing all that it seems like a major under taking lol. Insert/frame would have to be strong enough to not bend/break when it's being pulled out of the van. Probably will be too heavy for the van to carry plus firewood.

 

[svk]

That's kind of cool, never saw something like that before.

Yeah, I was thinking more along the lines of what @Philbert mentioned. Well, except the "chain to a post; then floor it!" I would love to build a sort of dump truck in a van contraption. Maybe reinforce the truck bed liner so it doesn't bend, enable it to roll partially out of the van, have a latch or something that restricts it from rolling all the way out, then let it swivel down once it's rolled out of the van. I could reverse it up my driveway, open the double back doors, pull out the liner until it drops down at an angle, drive the van forward to get all the rounds out, slide liner back in, close doors and roll out to scrounge again.

Once you've got the liner in there put a thick piece of plywood with a couple of skids attached to the bottom. This will slide easily on the liner. Securely fasten a strap to it and pull it right out

 

[svk]

Looks like Mainewoods and I were both typing the same basic idea at the same time.

 

[Ambull01]

Once you've got the liner in there put a thick piece of plywood with a couple of skids attached to the bottom. This will slide easily on the liner. Securely fasten a strap to it and pull it right out

Oh yeah this sounds like it will work! Nice! May even help with loading the van. Pull the liner partially out, load rounds toward the front then push it in gradually as you fill it up.

 

[svk]

Would probably get too heavy to push in with a load of wood though.

 

[Ambull01]

View attachment 381807 Sheet of plywood and and some casters.

Awesome, thanks. I'll have to build something like that soon. Climbing in and out of the van with heavy rounds kind of sucks. If I had something like that, I would probably want to use it more than a standard trailer.

 

[mainewoods]

Heavy duty casters can make a big difference.

 

[Ambull01]

 

[Ambull01]

I already have four heavy duty bolts on the van floor. If I could get the track set up directly over the bolts I could use them to bolt it down. I wonder if it will work lol.

 

[svk]

The premise of this is perfect but the execution could use some improvement.

 

[Ambull01]

The premise of this is perfect but the execution could use some improvement.

I know lmao. That's a rough looking setup.

 

[mainewoods]

Use a pickaroon and you wouldn't need to climb into the van at all.

 

[mainewoods]

 

[Ambull01]

Use a pickaroon and you wouldn't need to climb into the van at all.View attachment 381808

True. Still have to load it though unless I throw it in there. Plus I'll need a smooth surface to drag it out. May as well build a ghetto dump contraption and solve all my issues.

 

[mainewoods]

One reason I put down a sheet of plywood first and haul my wood 4 ft in the jeep.

 

[steved]

Try a piece of bedliner against a piece of bedliner...that will give you a thin slippery surface. I'd be more interested in a fast unload than loading.

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[wudpirat]

A bedliner and a pickeroon makes for rapid wood removal.

 

[dancan]

Use a pickaroon and you wouldn't need to climb into the van at all.View attachment 381808

A bedliner and a pickeroon makes for rapid wood removal.

Yup , ^^^^^^^^ That .

After having had a stick or two in my van once or twice I've been more than happy with the bed liner .
I can only load it piece by piece and if I unload it in a pile I then have to pick it all back up to stack it so I'll usually stack it from the van , load my wheel barrow and go stack , or , load the Bota bucket and take it to pile where I can't get the van .
If I need to unload the van in a hurry I use a pulp hook or my log tongs , I just find that a little easier to work with in the confines of a van and it's way faster than loading , just set up the bedliner so that it's flush with the back lip so it slides right out , but , YMMV .
Let us know how the slideout dump works when a stick of wood fetches up in the van after you get home and try to slide/unload when it's tied to a rope and a solid object when you've driven a foot too far....Don't forget to have the camera rolling LOL

 

[jrider]

Those hand crank unloaders work great and aren't much work at all. Unload a pickup truck of wood in just a couple minutes and never have to get in the bed.

 

[dancan]

But how would you crank it in the confines of a van ?