prosperity
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I thought I would pick the brain of you good folks about something I need help with.
For a quick summary, in the spring and summer I haul my own firewood and usually some #2 stone for some driveway repairs. In the last 2 years I've found myself with a nasty case of RA and just simply can't run a shovel or any hand tools anymore. Also it just kills me to load/unload firewood by hand. Last year I paid to have my firewood and some gravel delivered, but the cost is just crazy since I live ~30 miles from any of the vendors. I would like to figure out a way to do this myself as I have always depended upon myself for everything with taking care of our little homestead.
And I know it is kind of ridiculous, but I only have a 5'5" bed on my pickup - more of a grocery hauler I know, but have to use what I have.....right?
The idea of the Welcome to Loadhandler.com seems like it might work, but I just don't like how it attaches to the tailgate and puts the stress on it. Also I have a full bed liner that is not the slippery plastic type, and don't see how the tarp deal of the loadhander would slide on it. I've read some reviews and looked at a couple videos and just not sure about it. Any positive thoughts about this?
So I get to thinking with that theory in mind, of something that I could lay in the bed of the truck and be able to pull it off with my tractor. I have a JD 2520 with 48" bucket to pull something off with. My initial thought was maybe one of those heavy rubber floor mats that I see at Tractor Supply for livestock - take a couple 2x4's and bolt on to one end with a chain attached to that to pull it off with my loader. I guess a heavy tarp might work the same and be cheaper, but I've never seen a good heavy tarp for sale anywhere.
Like I said - just throwing this out there to see if someone might have a different idea for unloading my pickup.
For a quick summary, in the spring and summer I haul my own firewood and usually some #2 stone for some driveway repairs. In the last 2 years I've found myself with a nasty case of RA and just simply can't run a shovel or any hand tools anymore. Also it just kills me to load/unload firewood by hand. Last year I paid to have my firewood and some gravel delivered, but the cost is just crazy since I live ~30 miles from any of the vendors. I would like to figure out a way to do this myself as I have always depended upon myself for everything with taking care of our little homestead.
And I know it is kind of ridiculous, but I only have a 5'5" bed on my pickup - more of a grocery hauler I know, but have to use what I have.....right?
The idea of the Welcome to Loadhandler.com seems like it might work, but I just don't like how it attaches to the tailgate and puts the stress on it. Also I have a full bed liner that is not the slippery plastic type, and don't see how the tarp deal of the loadhander would slide on it. I've read some reviews and looked at a couple videos and just not sure about it. Any positive thoughts about this?
So I get to thinking with that theory in mind, of something that I could lay in the bed of the truck and be able to pull it off with my tractor. I have a JD 2520 with 48" bucket to pull something off with. My initial thought was maybe one of those heavy rubber floor mats that I see at Tractor Supply for livestock - take a couple 2x4's and bolt on to one end with a chain attached to that to pull it off with my loader. I guess a heavy tarp might work the same and be cheaper, but I've never seen a good heavy tarp for sale anywhere.
Like I said - just throwing this out there to see if someone might have a different idea for unloading my pickup.
: I doubt that they are cheap. It also appears to be a two man operation to get the lifting loops over the forks.
