Wood Hauler Pics
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_CROW
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What are the bed dimensions?
Thanks!
Yep, a GL acquisition. Depending on your location/luck, you can get one for as little as $250. The thing needed nothing - full tread tires, fresh grease oozing from the bearings, fully functional everything, etc. W/ the surge brakes, it tows like its not even there. I highly reccomend one for all your hauling needs!
I'm using a solid-shanked 14 hole pintle hitch assembly w/ a reinforced back plate I got from etrailer. Working very well.
I haul it w/ my modded Isuzu Uber-Trooper (202k miles and still hauling strong).
Hedgerow
HACK
Gotta love a Deere!!!
Visited Dad today. At 83 he still heats his house with wood in the winter and prefers locust from the thickets on the old homestead farm. Somewhere along the line he inherited an old Plymouth Powerwagon or some such hemi powered, highly altered vehicle. Latest alteration, a stool on a rope he can use to get in and out. He climbs in, pulls up the stool, and is ready to throw it out when he gets to his next cutting site.
Most of the truck is seriously suffering from rust corrosion, but the floor of the back has been reinforced with an diamond plate. Doesn't hold as much as some of the big rigs shown on this thread, but Dad only cuts a tank of gas at a time, then rests for a while. Here is his collection of some real old equipment that ride in the back:
And here he is resting after bucking this old locust tree he had pulled out of the thicket with his mudder. I helped load this load to haul back to the lean-to where the splitter and the next two years of firewood already is stacked:
Most of the truck is seriously suffering from rust corrosion, but the floor of the back has been reinforced with an diamond plate. Doesn't hold as much as some of the big rigs shown on this thread, but Dad only cuts a tank of gas at a time, then rests for a while. Here is his collection of some real old equipment that ride in the back:
And here he is resting after bucking this old locust tree he had pulled out of the thicket with his mudder. I helped load this load to haul back to the lean-to where the splitter and the next two years of firewood already is stacked:
A great inspiration! Thanks for sharing.
jags
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It appears to be a late 70's Powerwagon/Ramcharger. It also has a fully removable top (from windshield back) and a factory roll bar. Does that one have 2 wheel drive LOW? I had one that was a military version (bought from conservation dept) that was a 440 with 2 hi/4hi - 2 low/4 low. Darndest transfer case I ever saw. It would easily run 40 mph in low gear (top out around 50). My understanding was that they were mil-spec'd to pull big guns.
Cool for sure and tough as heck in the swamp.
banshee67
Poulan Wild Thang
Gotta love a Deere!!!
hell of a load of cherry youve got yourself on that Deere there hedge!
Hedgerow
HACK
hell of a load of cherry youve got yourself on that Deere there hedge!
It's ALL Cherry around here!!! Even if it's yellow!!! :hmm3grin2orange:
andydodgegeek
The stool maker
Love the ramcharger. I am kind of a dodge geek, I have owned I can't remember how many ramchargers and trucks. Looks like a fun wood hauled.
the kodiak is a horse...i like mine
banshee67
Poulan Wild Thang
:hmm3grin2orange:
so what species is that anyways ?
Hedgerow
HACK
M-101 Trailer, Cargo, 3/4 ton Specifications
Length, overall 147 inches
Length, cargo box 76 inches
Width, overall 73.5 inches
Width, cargo box 65.5 inches
Height 35 inches
Height w/cover 83 inches
Ground clearance 14 inches
Weight 1,340 lbs
Capacity 1,500 lbs (M101A3: 2,000 lbs)
Note: Dimenstions are for the M101A2 variant.
Ron
EasyStumpin
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Man I got to get a dump trailer like that. My F450 would abuse it.
EasyStumpin
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Everytime I push the "up" button, it's like a massage!
_CROW
ArboristSite Lurker
Do you have any better pics of your hitch setup?
here is my latest addition... lots of stuff ahead, new braked axle, in bed crane, new camo paint etc... oh and something better than the trailblazer to tow it with...(maybe use my k5?)
I bought a new (to me) wood hauler today. I'm downsizing from my old wood hauler. Ron
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jrclen
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oifla
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here's my craftsman gt-18 (three speed with a high/low) hauling half a load on my m416 trailer. the gt-18 also hauls a full load , up my pretty steep driveway, without much problem:
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