Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[PSUplowboy]

I bought this little trailer last week for 100 bucks. Made some sides today from scraps and tried it out. I think I'll use it in the winter to keep my bigger trailer off the salted roads. It might need new springs- seemed to go down a fair amount with this roughly 1/2 cord load. I'm planning to paint it up and modify it some, but I wanted to try it out before doing much to it.

 

[svk]

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I bought this little trailer last week for 100 bucks. Made some sides today from scraps and tried it out. I think I'll use it in the winter to keep my bigger trailer off the salted roads. It might need new springs- seemed to go down a fair amount with this roughly 1/2 cord load. I'm planning to paint it up and modify it some, but I wanted to try it out before doing much to it.

Good score.

Those trailers aren't designed for much weight so you'd probably be best to judge capacity by how much the springs are bottomed out.

 

[PSUplowboy]

It's home made. I'm fairly certain the axle is a 3500lb job. I looked at frames on manufactured trailers, and this one seems decent. I might add to it if I decide to stretch the trailer out to 10' length. The tires, I think, are my weight limiter. I might upgrade tires and rims sometime. It'll be a work in progress.

 

[svk]

Yeah good thinking.

My wood hauler trailer has 3500 lb axles and the springs might squat 1/2 inch with 3/4 cord of wet wood. I figure I'm getting close to capacity so no sense breaking stuff.

 

[cantoo]

Valleywood, We build almost anything in our factory. Funeral homes, condos, dentist office, 100 unit motel, and 1000's of houses. Pictures of a 450 ton crane lifting a 2 story house in Mississauga, had to lift the sections 135" high over the trees and lower them down to the foundation. The other is a $1mil house sitting on a $1.2 mil lot on Lake Muskoka, nice view.

 

[PSUplowboy]

Yeah good thinking.

My wood hauler trailer has 3500 lb axles and the springs might squat 1/2 inch with 3/4 cord of wet wood. I figure I'm getting close to capacity so no sense breaking stuff.

Just curious what species of wood, and are you talking tandem axles? The springs on this trailer went down about 1-1/2" today. I had on wet white oak. They are measuring a little longer eye to eye than most typical 4 ply trailer springs, so I'm wondering if they've been stretched over time. There is less than 2" of travel before the frame hits the axle when unloaded. The camber in the axle is upside down, so I'm thinking of flopping that and putting the axle under the springs. I might put new springs on at that time.

 

[JustJeff]

Son #2 put my scrounge hauler in the ditch today. Was a lesson in watch where the edge is! Truck nor 2wd tractor could pull it out. Took a large 4wd loader tractor. But it's all good.

 

[svk]

Just curious what species of wood, and are you talking tandem axles? The springs on this trailer went down about 1-1/2" today. I had on wet white oak. They are measuring a little longer eye to eye than most typical 4 ply trailer springs, so I'm wondering if they've been stretched over time. There is less than 2" of travel before the frame hits the axle when unloaded. The camber in the axle is upside down, so I'm thinking of flopping that and putting the axle under the springs. I might put new springs on at that time.

Sorry I should have said axle, not axles. The springs are pretty stout though so they don't move much.

Birch/maple or aspen.

 

[dancan]

I should have gotten this for a scrounging tool , would have been perfect on that houselot scrounge .

 

[benp]

That's pretty slick Dan!!!

 

[square1]

I should have gotten this for a scrounging tool , would have been perfect on that houselot scrounge .

Man, I just don't know, the hajikia halstoltov on that model is only rated at 16 cm

 

[Philbert]

I should have gotten this for a scrounging tool

Variation on these (work best on uniform sized wood):





Philbert

 

[dancan]

I like this one Philbert

 

[dancan]

Or this one



It's raining here , can you tell .

 

[JustJeff]

My scrounging season is definitely over. Shown in this picture is all my previously scrounged wood stacked on the fence line with my boat that I bought with firewood sales, in the foreground and my split pile on the right.

 

[H-Ranch]

It's raining here , can you tell .

Raining you say? It does appear you've finished the internet now!

 

[Hinerman]

Best thing about working outdoors in the winter: NO BUGS.

And not soaked in sweat from head to toe after 15-20 minutes. And like ReggieT said, better endurance. I can cut for 5+ hours instead of 1 and done.

 

[PA Dan]

View attachment 544333 My scrounging season is definitely over. Shown in this picture is all my previously scrounged wood stacked on the fence line with my boat that I bought with firewood sales, in the foreground and my split pile on the right.

Hey nice boat![emoji23]

 

[Logger nate]

Dan, problem with those is no chainsaw..

 

[svk]

Spied a medium sized black ash widow maker down hill from my cabin that must have tipped over this summer. I'll clean that up next spring.