Firewood Hauler Pics

98 chevy 1/2 ton 4x4 with the 350 and 156000 miles. The 10k equipment trailer hasn't seen firewood yet but it holds the skidder. I have a 4x8 utility trailer with 2 foot sides and a single mobile home axle that holds exactly half a cord. The shortbed truck holds almost 1/2 a cord plus the saw and maul. Honestly, a cord is about all I want to cut and split in a day and the weight of a green cord is plenty for this half ton truck. 3.5 cords so far this year.

I harvest firewood from a woodlot that I own about 40 miles away. It is only 15 acres but plenty of thinning to do.

This is what I use to move wood around my property most of the time, at least small amounts. If not this, then the trailer or pickup.

Alright'E , I'll bite ....

Cant find any truck and trailer pics so I'll have to take some next time I'm loading and hauling....

I'll have to post for now the yard hauler. 16 cf trailer so about 20+ cf of wood per load. I'll load up the 1 cord rack on the side porch and put her back to bed.

This is my third Caravan. All hauled wood inside and with a trailer. I think of these vans as covered 1/4 ton pickups. This load was a scrounge where I saw a sign "free wood" by the road with no time to remove the seats or spread a tarp. As I was loading a man was waiting to get what I did not take with a trailer, so I had one shot to get all I could stuff in. I will load the frount passenger seat and floor if I need to.

DriftWood said:

This is my third Caravan. All hauled wood inside and with a trailer. I think of these vans as covered 1/4 ton pickups. This load was a scrounge where I saw a sign "free wood" by the road with no time to remove the seats or spread a tarp. As I was loading a man was waiting to get what I did not take with a trailer, so I had one shot to get all I could stuff in.

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WOW! I don't think the wife would appreciate me doing that with her van!

DriftWood said:

This is my third Caravan.

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How long did the first two last?

DriftWood said:

This is my third Caravan. All hauled wood inside and with a trailer. I think of these vans as covered 1/4 ton pickups. This load was a scrounge where I saw a sign "free wood" by the road with no time to remove the seats or spread a tarp. As I was loading a man was waiting to get what I did not take with a trailer, so I had one shot to get all I could stuff in.

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Is there a hemi in that?

DriftWood said:

This is my third Caravan. All hauled wood inside and with a trailer. I think of these vans as covered 1/4 ton pickups. This load was a scrounge where I saw a sign "free wood" by the road with no time to remove the seats or spread a tarp. As I was loading a man was waiting to get what I did not take with a trailer, so I had one shot to get all I could stuff in.

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Priceless ..........

I'm with out words , I just dont know what to say . :coolsmirk:

I'm starting to think that maybe my pickup truck is really a Caravan in disguise.

Andre B. said:

DriftWood said:

This is my third Caravan.

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How long did the first two last?

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The first one a 86 Dodge Caravan 2.5L had 50,000 on it when I bought it in 1988, sold it at 176,000.
The second one 93 Plymouth Voyager 3.0L had 57,000 on it when I bought it in 1995, sold it at 169,000.
This one a a 99 Grand Caravan 3.8L had 29,000 when I bought it in late 2001, about 132,000 on it now. I pull a Classic 16 Foot 1966 Boston Whaler Nauset, wood or a camper with it. About two years to a fold away seat one I guess.

jrosenboom said:

DriftWood said:

This is my third Caravan. All hauled wood inside and with a trailer. I think of these vans as covered 1/4 ton pickups. This load was a scrounge where I saw a sign "free wood" by the road with no time to remove the seats or spread a tarp. As I was loading a man was waiting to get what I did not take with a trailer, so I had one shot to get all I could stuff in.

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WOW! I don't think the wife would appreciate me doing that with her van!

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My Van! They clean out easy and two quarters at the car wash vacuum does it to the saw dust, wood chips and dirt. My wife laughs as we load wood found along the road"free heat" into the back. A 4/8 foot sheet will fit in them flat with the back seats seats out, doors closed. When I am really hauling I will remove the back seats cover the back floor carpet with a blue tarp. I keep a floor cargo liner behind the back bench seat to save the carpet from oil and gas stains when hauling small engines, chain saws, waist oil, and boat tanks around.

Now I'm thinking maybe I should have got a Caravan! LOL
Well I got my 75 Intl. 1 ton dump tonight. 4x4 with a western power angle snow plow.
Thing is a tank. I love it already!Now I can stop beating up my lil 2wd Ranger.

DriftWood said:

jrosenboom said:

DriftWood said:

This is my third Caravan. All hauled wood inside and with a trailer. I think of these vans as covered 1/4 ton pickups. This load was a scrounge where I saw a sign "free wood" by the road with no time to remove the seats or spread a tarp. As I was loading a man was waiting to get what I did not take with a trailer, so I had one shot to get all I could stuff in.

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WOW! I don't think the wife would appreciate me doing that with her van!

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My Van! They clean out easy and two quarters at the car wash vacuum does it to the saw dust, wood chips and dirt. My wife laughs as we load wood found along the road"free heat" into the back. A 4/8 foot sheet will fit in them flat with the back seats seats out, doors closed. When I am really hauling I will remove the back seats cover the back floor carpet with a blue tarp. I keep a floor cargo liner behind the back bench seat to save the carpet from oil and gas stains when hauling small engines, chain saws, waist oil, and boat tanks around.

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I'm with you Driftwood, I have used my wife's Chrysler T&C a few times already, I couldn't believe how much I could stack in it with cardboard and plywood (4x8 on the bottom) for dunnage. This year want to get a a hidden hitch and use a UHaul trailer. Wife said recently though (much to my amazement) that I can use it whenever for haulling wood if I can't borrow a truck, so long as I detail it afterwards . . .

Hogwildz said:

Now I'm thinking maybe I should have got a Caravan! LOL
Well I got my 75 Intl. 1 ton dump tonight. 4x4 with a western power angle snow plow.
Thing is a tank. I love it already!Now I can stop beating up my lil 2wd Ranger.

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Yeppers , I would stick with the International 4x4 , your Ranger says "Thank You"!

Here's mine.

This is my third Caravan. All hauled wood inside and with a trailer. I think of these vans as covered 1/4 ton pickups. This load was a scrounge where I saw a sign “free wood” by the road with no time to remove the seats or spread a tarp. As I was loading a man was waiting to get what I did not take with a trailer, so I had one shot to get all I could stuff in. I will load the frount passenger seat and floor if I need to.

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Driftwood...
"I though I was crazy!" with some of my firewood haulin'. So if you will load the front seat and floor if need be? What if you have to make a choice between "The wood or the wife?" What then...strap the Mrs. to the roof racks??? (LOL)

BrotherBart said:

new Pinto station wagon

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Wow, "new" Pinto . . so have you been forgiven yet ?? . .

Here's the 'New Rig'...1978 Chevy 'Bonanza' 1/2 Ton 2WD 350 gas job. AC(works),PW/PL, Tilt TK elec brake controller (no reciever hitch though...grrr)... "Your Grandpa's Firewood Mobile". Price tag: $350.00

She needs a little work (waiting for the valve covers to dry...doing the gaskets today).

The frame & body is solid (someone took care of it over the years...perhaps more than can be said about the guy I bought it off of. It had a 'minor' electrical problem).

...For $350 bucks??? Yeah i'll put a little work into it.

...Like 'farmer friends' (Wisconsin boys' I knew in the service) have always said...Chevy is a "go to town on a Saturday night type of truck". Maybe so...but My Chevy's don't have an easy life though. A little "Tires and Paint-Makes up for what she ain't" and she'll be good to go!

You know how long it's been since I've had to "program" an old AM/FM 'push-button' radio???

Whoever owned it before had a "sense of humor" with the hood ornament...

I'm sure there is a story behind it...At any rate 'its a little redneck' but I'm gonna keep it.


Where are all the Chevy fans???
Whada ya'll think??? Worth the $350 bucks???

My 'truck'

I wanted a pickup, my wife did not. She wins.

I wanted a truck, my wife wanted a car. I got the truck, the guy at the gas station wins.

My "hauler"

My former wood hauler. It's since been replaced with a 96 Chevy 1/2 ton and 5x10 tilt bed trailer(no pics yet).