transportation advice

[Dhruv Patel]

This guy seems awfully vague to me! What's up? Bot?

No sir lol, and im not a bot

 

[lone wolf]

I'll accept that's honest; he's 19 and asking. What did you or I know about logging trucks at 19?

I knew they were big, expensive and way out of my price range!

No sir lol, and im not a bot

Good!

 

[JR Hill]

I see.

 

[VirginiaIron]

I'm 19 years old and I'm interested in transporting wood, but I have no knowledge, I was wondering if I can get help from some people and guide me, or if anyone has knowledge about the business.

I think his post is fair in the sense he doesn’t know much about the industry. So, let’s help him out with things to consider.
I see the industry as necessary and a way to make a good living if I’m smart while I have fun entertaining myself.

Some things to consider, IMO:

1: Load/ Timber?
2: Who is selling/ buying for how much?
3: Cost of CDL, Truck, Insurance, Taxes, fuel consumption vs. Distance?
4: Logging locations: Will I damage my truck?
5: Maintenance and Repairs.
6: Time on the road? I like to drive and see the different scenery.
7: What do you consider a reasonable income after all these things are considered.

 

[Doug]

My first log truck, 1942 Federal 6x6, with full air, 5 spd, and 855 cu in flathead Hercules motor.
This was summer of '71. No CDLs back then. I was 18, had just graduated high school that spring.
Back-in-the-day

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[lone wolf]

My first log truck, 1942 Federal 6x6, with full air, 5 spd, and 855 cu in flathead Hercules motor.
This was summer of '71. No CDLs back then. I was 18, had just graduated high school that spring.
Back-in-the-day

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What did it take to pull that out of the mud?

 

[Doug]

What did it take to pull that out of the mud?

Actually only got stuck once. Delivering a load to an old homesteader (13 kids!) in Soldotna, got a little bit too close to the left edge the driveway, and down she went. Once the left front wheel went in it just sucked the whole truck over. By the time she stopped moving she was listing HARD to port. Come to find out that road never had a gravel base under it. Like a lot of early access roads it was cribbed with small logs laid cross-ways, and then dirt on top of that. And it does makes a half-decent road, BUT if you let that front tire get too close to the edge of the log crib a heavy vehicle will auger in. Lesson learned the hard way

 

[Doug]

Can one of you regulars please show me how to post pictures so they show up in the post as an actual picture rather than a link? I've been using copy-paste, and that just puts a link there instead of the actual picture. I like the way Mark Heimannm posts full-size pictures, good close ups, and lots of them. Way more fun that way

 

[lone wolf]

Can one of you regulars please show me how to post pictures so they show up in the post as an actual picture rather than a link? I've been using copy-paste, and that just puts a link there instead of the actual picture. I like the way Mark Heimannm posts full-size pictures, good close ups, and lots of them. Way more fun that way

What are you posting from? From on my Mac, I click on the attach files box in green down below here and follow the prompts. See what happens .

 

[Dhruv Patel]

I think his post is fair in the sense he doesn’t know much about the industry. So, let’s help him out with things to consider.
I see the industry as necessary and a way to make a good living if I’m smart while I have fun entertaining myself.

Some things to consider, IMO:

1: Load/ Timber?
2: Who is selling/ buying for how much?
3: Cost of CDL, Truck, Insurance, Taxes, fuel consumption vs. Distance?
4: Logging locations: Will I damage my truck?
5: Maintenance and Repairs.
6: Time on the road? I like to drive and see the different scenery.
7: What do you consider a reasonable income after all these things are considered.

Ok gotcha, I plan on opening a business like this partially but as of now, I'm trying to get a sponsorship from a company and start from that.

 

[Doug]

What are you posting from? From on my Mac, I click on the attach files box in green down below here and follow the prompts. See what happens .

I'm on a desk top PC running Windows. I'll ty it right now

 

[Doug]

So looks like the same thing. I see two attachments there, but HOW to post so the actual picture is in the body of the post? Copy/Paste works good in my e-mail, but when I do that here on the forum it only puts a link

 

[lone wolf]

I'm on a desk top PC running Windows. I'll ty it right now

IDK that system ?
@Arbor1

 

[Arbor1]

The images are too large. You'll need to make them no larger than 20480 KB.

 

[ATH]

Ok gotcha, I plan on opening a business like this partially but as of now, I'm trying to get a sponsorship from a company and start from that.

"Sponsor" as in buy your truck?

You probably need to start with a Commercial Drivers License (CDL) - Class A.

You may find a trucking company who will hire you as an employee and help cover the cost of that if you are willing to commit to them for a period of time. That is honestly probably the best place to start. It doesn't sound like you know much about the industry. Learn under somebody else's umbrella.

If you have a CDL and some experience, you can might find a logging company who would help you buy a truck if you'll haul logs to the mill for them.

 

[Doug]

The images are too large. You'll need to make them no larger than 20480 KB.

I'll try that next time, thank you