Dead Horse
Platinum Member
I am trying to come up with a design for a trailer to move split firewood from my various logging yards to my wood shed.
I initially tried skidding the logs to the wood shed from all corners of the property where I source them (mostly cutting spars or blow overs). That was a bit of a pain and made a mess in places I didn't want a mess, but it allowed bucking and splitting right out in front of the shed. The idea is to handle the wood the least amount of times.
So now I am looking for a trailer design that will handle at least a cord of wood, preferably 2.
Any of you fellows have one you like for this task. I would use it behind a tractor, through fields, on logging roads and such, so it can't be too wide, say 6 feet max. I am thinking a couple of axels to handle the load.
Anyone hazard a guess what a cord of wood weighs?
I have a '68 ford 800 dump truck that works for some of the situations, but driving it in the woods and on logging roads is a non starter.
I initially tried skidding the logs to the wood shed from all corners of the property where I source them (mostly cutting spars or blow overs). That was a bit of a pain and made a mess in places I didn't want a mess, but it allowed bucking and splitting right out in front of the shed. The idea is to handle the wood the least amount of times.
So now I am looking for a trailer design that will handle at least a cord of wood, preferably 2.
Any of you fellows have one you like for this task. I would use it behind a tractor, through fields, on logging roads and such, so it can't be too wide, say 6 feet max. I am thinking a couple of axels to handle the load.
Anyone hazard a guess what a cord of wood weighs?
I have a '68 ford 800 dump truck that works for some of the situations, but driving it in the woods and on logging roads is a non starter.