Wood Hauler Pics

[EXCALIBER]

One heck of a wood hauler Excaliber!

But I cringe how high up the wood has to go...then again I hate how high today's 3/4 and 1 ton 4wd pickups are too!

Thanks, the trailer is a foot or so lower than the truck is, but with drop sides on the truck, it is not to hard to load. Just drop one of the sides down and load away. Then when you are getting full, put the side back up, and finish filling. Problem is you cut and cut and never fill the dang thing up, trailer took more than I thought to fill. Heck I kinda miss the days when I though I was doing good cutting an 8ft pickup box full

 

[confused8122]

Nice truck and trailer, looks like alot of wood, and lots of work

 

[andydodgegeek]

I always wanted to get me a 2.5 ton military truck. Looks like a sweet set up you have there. Shouldnt have to worry about overloading it. I have to agree with that other fella about the height kind of a long ways up to throw a big round, but I still want one.

 

[woodweasel]

I delivered wood to a guy that had a duece and a half and he said if you searched around you could pick one up that was in decent shape for some where in the neighborhood of $5000-$7000. He also said they run on diesel and get 15 miles per gallon loaded or empty. I would love to have a dump (load it with a conveyor) ...Boo-Ya!

 

[EXCALIBER]

I delivered wood to a guy that had a duece and a half and he said if you searched around you could pick one up that was in decent shape for some where in the neighborhood of $5000-$7000. He also said they run on diesel and get 15 miles per gallon loaded or empty. I would love to have a dump (load it with a conveyor) ...Boo-Ya!

Well trying not to get off topic again, but you can find them for around $1000-$4000. Most like mine will run on diesel, gas, kerosene, cooking oil, ect,ect,ect. 13 MPG empty driving easy and around 6 MPG fully loaded.

 

[TRL WGN 1]

my latest woodhauler

bought this this morning for getting wood out of those tough spots with my Jeep
little rougher shape than I would have preferred but oh well-at least it has been patched and with stainless steel none the less

already got to try it out on some maulberry I cut on the fenceline between my neighbors yard and mine
just a small load but I think it is going to do the trick

I believe this one is around a 1948 Ben Hurr trailer

cleaned her up a bit since I bought it last week
I think it looks better and even put it to work this weekend, sorry haven't hauled wood with it since I painted it

 

[TRL WGN 1]

cut and hauled a load in for my dad with my bigger trailer (daughter was finishing up the stacking)

also got my side boards built for my little trailer

just need to get my header built

 

[Ayatollah]

This is the one I've been using most often this year:

I sold this one off earlier this year after having it since 1995:

 

[Stihlman441]

Tandem tipper 10' x 5' trailer with sawbench behind.

 

[coog]

I'd like to hear more about that sawbench.

 

[Stihlman441]

There made by a bloke in Ballerat Australia.

New towable/portable saw bench 13hp firewood chainsaw | eBay

 

[fubar2]

I'd like to hear more about that sawbench.

Me too I ain't never seed nor heered of one of them before.

 

[coog]

There made by a bloke in Ballerat Australia.

New towable/portable saw bench 13hp firewood chainsaw | eBay

I want one. Sadly, OSHA(not to mention the trial lawyers) would have a field day with it. Price seems very reasonable, too.

 

[Stihlman441]

That pic is with the bench in the locked travel position.
When using it the bench is spring loaded so the blade is under the cover untill you push foward the sliding bench to cut.:smile2:

 

[TRL WGN 1]

got to try out the side boards for my little trailer

worked great. Still need to finish up my header board but worked for hauling in a couple loads from the wood pile

figure I had around a half cord on the first load

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then I would guess over a half cord the second load

 

[Ayatollah]

Smart looking little trailer you got there. You might want to integrate a spare tire in that headboard you are building

 

[TRL WGN 1]

thanks
its main purpose is for getting wood out of the tighter spots that my 6.5x12 trailer just won't make it into due to size and lack of ground clearance

however, it is proving to work very well for bringing wood from the pile because it is so easy to load and unload

I may very well integrate a spare mount
I am still trying to decide what route I am going to take with the tires and wheels. I am leaning towards replacing the axle with one that is 5x4.5 bolt pattern, so it matches my Jeep (the current axle is 5x5.5). Either way, it needs new tires and wheels as the current tires are old and in bad shape and one of the rims is rotted out around the valve stem.

 

[little possum]

Hopefully soon to be my Ex wood hauler

12 foot bed, hydraulic dump. 390(cracked block) and 4 speed. Have had close to 10K on hitch before. Not a speed demon, or a hybrid, but got the job done

 

[captndavie]

I have a 460 you could drop in that truck! What are you going to do with it?

 

[little possum]

Was gonna try to sell it, and my buddy has a 88 model with a non turbo 7.3...