The War Wagon Chronicles

[djg james]

Weed all be stuffed and "OVERLOADED!!!" with Balled Eagle on Thanksgiving had Ben got his way!
Duh!

And NO Turkey hunting. I guess we'd be baiting for Bald Eagle and shooting them. I wonder how bald eagle tastes? Like turkey?

 

[JRM]

Di

Is that a dump trailer? If so, what's the gross weight capacity? If you don't mind me asking? Im in the market for a dump trailer. Just trying to get an idea on the size of yours.

If you were asking me (I think you were) yes it is. 14k GVW. It's short, at 12 ft. I wanted a 14ft but bought it when everything was upside down and dealers couldn't tell me when any would be available or how much they would cost when they became available, so I bought this. I don't regret it although I do concede an extra 2 ft length would be nice at times.
However, it's short overall and being a gooseneck makes it very maneuverable. Plus the lighter tare weight allows me to carry more weight. I've seen other 14k gvw dumps weigh as much as 1k more than mine due to their configuration, which takes away from the available payload.
Just gotta get the uprights beefed up and she will be good.

 

[Billhook]

How do like that Mule? I have a diesel here that just got a quick pressure washing yesterday for the first time in 6 years. I need to figure out why the cab heater will not work

The Mule is a new Petrol/ gas SX model and the engine is only about 400cc. I bought it brand new for £7000 $8000 but a cab was another £3500 which I thought was ridiculous so I bought a sheet of polycarbonate for about £70 and some P clips to fix it to the frame, a bit of ply for the roof, and Robert is your mother’s brother!
Cabs are annoying in the woods as branches are always snagging doors and things fall on the roof and I am constantly jumping on and off and opening doors are a pain. The engine delivers quite a bit of heat to the back of the seat but if it is really cold I plug one of those electric seat mats into the cigar lighter socket
The engine is amazing and has never been found wanting in the power department. A neighbour has a diesel version with cab he is 250 lb and 6’4” and a friend 200 lb and me about the same, all three squeezed in and went up A series of very steep banks with no problem. The neighbour was very impressed and said no way would his diesel have even looked at it.
The Mule has really turned into my farm mobility carriage of choice, I can check the crops in the wet leaving hardly a mark, same in the woods where it does no damage and is narrow enough to slip between trees to tight for a tractor.
Simple economical…….. bit like me!

 

[Bill G]

Weed all be stuffed and "OVERLOADED!!!" with Balled Eagle on Thanksgiving had Ben got his way!
Duh!

I doubt the Eagles would be as tasty though. I have raised every species of farm animal out there (no goats) and the turkeys I raised were the juiciest around. All the folks that bought and cooked them said how much better they were than the store birds. The problem is "I OVERLOADED" them and not many wanted 25lb dressed birds. We even had 12-14lb dressed chickens. One year I raised wild turkeys. Them sons of guns were tough as nails and bony as a carp. Even with that I bet an Eagle would be worse.

 

[Bill G]

And NO Turkey hunting. I guess we'd be baiting for Bald Eagle and shooting them. I wonder how bald eagle tastes? Like turkey?

You might be right but I doubt it based on how prolific they have been in Illinois. It only took a few years from when the first five were released in our county until I was issued the second turkey permit ever in my county. Some of my wild ones "flew the coop" and joined the wild flock about 6 years ago.

 

[Bill G]

If you were asking me (I think you were) yes it is. 14k GVW. It's short, at 12 ft. I wanted a 14ft but bought it when everything was upside down and dealers couldn't tell me when any would be available or how much they would cost when they became available, so I bought this. I don't regret it although I do concede an extra 2 ft length would be nice at times.
However, it's short overall and being a gooseneck makes it very maneuverable. Plus the lighter tare weight allows me to carry more weight. I've seen other 14k gvw dumps weigh as much as 1k more than mine due to their configuration, which takes away from the available payload.
Just gotta get the uprights beefed up and she will be good.

What are you hauling in it mainly?

 

[Kodiak Kid]

And NO Turkey hunting. I guess we'd be baiting for Bald Eagle and shooting them. I wonder how bald eagle tastes? Like turkey?

Better than Spotted Owl, but not as good as California Condor if I remember correctly?

 

[Bill G]

Better than Spotted Owl, but not as good as California Condor if I remember correctly?

That is going back a decade or four. In the 1960's my grandfather and father were standing at the end of a field. there was an owl (not spotted) sitting in a tree a good distance away. My father had just got a Savage 99 chambered in 300 Savage. It was an open sight gun. My father said "I bet I can hit that owl" Grandfather said "no way". Well Dad pulled up and snap down fell the owl. I doubt either thought that would happen

 

[Bill G]

The Mule is a new Petrol/ gas SX model and the engine is only about 400cc. I bought it brand new for £7000 $8000 but a cab was another £3500 which I thought was ridiculous so I bought a sheet of polycarbonate for about £70 and some P clips to fix it to the frame, a bit of ply for the roof, and Robert is your mother’s brother!
Cabs are annoying in the woods as branches are always snagging doors and things fall on the roof and I am constantly jumping on and off and opening doors are a pain. The engine delivers quite a bit of heat to the back of the seat but if it is really cold I plug one of those electric seat mats into the cigar lighter socket
The engine is amazing and has never been found wanting in the power department. A neighbour has a diesel version with cab he is 250 lb and 6’4” and a friend 200 lb and me about the same, all three squeezed in and went up A series of very steep banks with no problem. The neighbour was very impressed and said no way would his diesel have even looked at it.
The Mule has really turned into my farm mobility carriage of choice, I can check the crops in the wet leaving hardly a mark, same in the woods where it does no damage and is narrow enough to slip between trees to tight for a tractor.
Simple economical…….. bit like me!

I personally do not like mine but I cannot afford to replace it. We have broke the glass windshield out twice at $900. It is now a hard plastic windshield. My son broke the drivers side glass out so that is now plexiglass. I pull the doors for summer and this summer I bent the heck out of a hinge so on the cab so as of now alI have on it is the drivers door. The heater has quit. I need to get the door and heater figured out as we are looking at temps of -20C this week

 

[Kodiak Kid]

If you were asking me (I think you were) yes it is. 14k GVW. It's short, at 12 ft. I wanted a 14ft but bought it when everything was upside down and dealers couldn't tell me when any would be available or how much they would cost when they became available, so I bought this. I don't regret it although I do concede an extra 2 ft length would be nice at times.
However, it's short overall and being a gooseneck makes it very maneuverable. Plus the lighter tare weight allows me to carry more weight. I've seen other 14k gvw dumps weigh as much as 1k more than mine due to their configuration, which takes away from the available payload.
Just gotta get the uprights beefed up and she will be good.

Yes! I was asking. Thankyou fir getting back to me. Good on ya! Im probably going to pick up this one used. 14'x7', standard tongue 2 5/16 hitch.

 

[Bill G]

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Yes! I was asking. Thankyou fir getting back to me. Good on ya! Im probably going to pick up this one used. 14'x7', standard tongue 2 5/16 hitch.

That will be a tough pull with the ole Honda

 

[Kodiak Kid]

WAR WAGON Top Ten Heavy Weight "OVERLOADED!!" Knock Outs!

1
This is the heaviest six rounds ever "OVERLOADED!!!" on WAR WAGON Also the only time she was "OVERLOADED!!!" with a machine. The JD tractor in the first photo.
Estimated Weight: 1300lbs net. 1650 gross trailer.

2
These six rounds were "OVERLOADED!!!" on to WAR WAGON by hand and is a close second to 1
Estimated Weight: 1250 pounds net. 1600 gross trailer.

3
This is the only sixteen rounds "OVERLOADED!!!" on WAR WAGON fore and aft log truck style!
Estimated Weight: 1100lbs net. 1450 gross trailer.

4
This is by far the heaviest sixteen rounds ever "OVERLOADED!!!" on WAR WAGON to date.
Estimated Weight: 1300lbs net. 1650 gross trailer.

5
Another heavy six rounds "OVERLOADED!!!" on WAR WAGON by hand weighing in at.
Estimated 1200 net. 1550 gross trailer.

6
To date WAR WAGON has only been "OVERLOADED!!!" once with nine rounds. Not counting the round in the Bark Box.
Estimated Weight: 1300 net. 1650 gross trailer.

7
These four rounds had to be drawn and quartered before being "OVERLOADED!!!" on WAR WAGON All the quarters were actually weighed on the scale.
Average weight per quarter: 60 lbs. gross trailer 1230lbs.

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[Kodiak Kid]

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Typically the butt round off a log is always going to be the heaviest on the tree length when it comes to sounder snags. As it is closest to the stump. Therefore, it wicks and holds the most water up out off the ground. These five butt rounds were extremely heavy for Sitka Spruce dead wood. This "OVERLOADED!!!" five rounder weighed in at an
Estimated: 1225 net 1575 gross trailer.

9
Consider these four rounds the butt log off the snag from witch they were taken. Fairly damp, but STIHL ready to burn. This night time WAR WAGON haul. Was a slow go considering being "OVERLOADED!!!" in the dark.
Estimated Weight: 1100 pounds net. 1450 gross trailer.

10
Todays ten rounds were "OVERLOADED!!!" by hand using the stump in the first photo as a resting pearch for the last two rounds before each of the rounds final lift into place. WAR WAGON was close to flopping her trailer over while it was being towed over the root swell, but it pulled through!
Estimated Weight: 1500 net. 1750 gross trailer.



Most of the Estimated net weights listed in these top ten most "OVERLOADED!!!" WAR WAGON Heavy Weight Knockouts. Are modestly conservative and probably under actual weight by at least 100 lbs. give or take.
Stand by fir future posts, pics and new record breaking WAR WAGON "OVERLOADED!!!" Knock Outs, because...

"You ain't loaded unless you're "OVERLOADED!!!"

WAR WAGON!!!

 

[JRM]

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Yes! I was asking. Thankyou fir getting back to me. Good on ya! Im probably going to pick up this one used. 14'x7', standard tongue 2 5/16 hitch.

I just looked up C&B, nice looking small, family owned buisiness. That'll be a fine rig. They appear to come standard with a lot of options that most manufacturers make you pay extra for. Load tarp, trickle charger, and stability Jacks off the top of my head. Very nice!

I think you will find as I did very early on, your gonna want to build some decent side boards. Even hauling heavier material you'll run out of room quicker than you think.

 

[Bill G]

I do not know how you ever get your dogs to sit and pose that well. Mine is all over the place outside

 

[Kodiak Kid]

Training Bill. Training.

 

[Bill G]

Training Bill. Training.

Yes indeed, Yes indeed. My beatiful wife tried training me for 25 years and I was as hard-headed as my doggie. I have had Heelers/Aussie Cattle dogs for years and they are simply awesome. I know we all love our dogs or we would not own them, well I hope. My best buddy is a rescue dog that was found roaming the streets and made his rounds to the shelters across the Midwest. Yes our shelter in Illinois has gone to Oklahoma to get a doggie on the "kill list". My buddy is just a ball of energy outside. In a slight way he contributed to the accident that has had me off work since October but I still love him nonetheless. He is napping in the front room now.

 

[alanbaker]

Word in the woods has it STIHL's MS170 sounds off with authority when it says!..View attachment 1041473View attachment 1041474"YOU AIN'T LOADED UNLESS YOU'REOVERLOADED!!!"

Your saws appear to be much bigger than your war wagon. Is there a skidder hidden somewhere?

 

[djg james]

Well, it's not the War Wagon, but I do tend to OVERLOAD my cart sometimes.

Usually fill above the top with two rows of hardwood. The two new tires stand up to the weight. But, a couple of spot welds broke.

UniStrut time! Bolted on a piece and it's ready to be Overloaded again.

 

[Kodiak Kid]

Hmmmmm? Do you ever OVERLOAD it heaping above the expanded metal side boards, or can it not handle being that "OVERLOADED!!!"?