Hauling firewood on a landscape utility trailer

[oosik]

Yes - it should have been real close to three chord - and maybe some loads were. I know when she was stomped full - every bump or swale would cause the trailer to rare back and lift the poor little Ford rear end completely off the ground. Thank God for good tight ball hitches - never once lost the trailer but we were going about 1.5 mph MAX and only had to go about half a mile to the wood shed in the yard.

Man - those were the days - 1982 thru 1996 - harvesting, seasoning and burning wood. It was all great - EXCEPT for the dirt and bugs that the firewood brought in the house.

 

[ruffdog]

I just picked up 7 PU loads of dry oak and elm...good heavy stuff. The loads were moderatly heaped and the 2013 Sierra 4x4 RCLB squatted pretty good. I had been thinking about a equipment trailer to haul wood and the toolcat, but after seeing this thread, I need some sides. I see PJ has a 10k UT with removable sides that might work. At least the 7 loads with the truck were only about 6mi each way.

 

[oosik]

The only "hard wood" I've ever had here were the apple trees in the orchard. I pulled the last of them this year. I noticed, quite easily, that a 6" diameter apple trunk is considerably heavier than any 6" pine. I can well imagine that a load of oak would make a pickup settle right down.

Down the road there is a "grove" of locust. Its at an old homestead site. I cut, seasoned and burned half a chord of that stuff back when I was burning wood. Nice, heavy stuff - burned forever in the wood stove. Excellent for "last log of the evening" when you are going to bed.

 

[nyone]

You travel 70mi one way for a single cord of wood? Gesus i would be burning oil if i had to do that.

Oak takes almost 3 years to properly dry. Split it and let it sit covered. Few weeks ago i cut and split white oak logs that were in a pile of oak/maple for 3 yrs. All the maple was junk and the moisture content of the oak was still 30* not even close to burnable.

 

[4570Man]

You travel 70mi one way for a single cord of wood? Gesus i would be burning oil if i had to do that.

Oak takes almost 3 years to properly dry. Split it and let it sit covered. Few weeks ago i cut and split white oak logs that were in a pile of oak/maple for 3 yrs. All the maple was junk and the moisture content of the oak was still 30* not even close to burnable.

Same here. I got paid 150 to haul off probably 5 cords of logs and it was 17 miles each way. I hated every second of it. There’s have to be something a lot better in the table before a hauled a cord 70 miles.

 

[goeduck]

You travel 70mi one way for a single cord of wood? Gesus i would be burning oil if i had to do that.

That would be about $25. I think the math would still be on the side on a cord of wood assuming no additional outlay is needed other than consumables.

 

[4570Man]

That would be about $25. I think the math would still be on the side on a cord of wood assuming no additional outlay is needed other than consumables.

That would cost me 43 dollars in fuel round trip assuming 10 mpg and it’s between 2-4 hours round trip.

 

[goeduck]

That would cost me 43 dollars in fuel round trip assuming 10 mph and it’s between 2-4 hours round trip.

Maybe drive a little faster?

 

[4570Man]

An hour each way is the absolute best you could do while maintaining a legal speed unless you live out west. No running 70 from your house to the load point isn’t going to happen so I’m figuring 3 hours drive time.

 

[goeduck]

An hour each way is the absolute best you could do while maintaining a legal speed unless you live out west. No running 70 from your house to the load point isn’t going to happen so I’m figuring 3 hours drive time.

You will need 7 hours each way at your 10mph