Loader Bucket Extender to Haul Firewood.

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Manatarms said:
Here's a bucket load of wood from brought up from my stockpile to be staged on the deck for burning in the King. I find that if you take the time to stack it up in the bucket, you can load quite a bit more. However, I really think the pallet cube/box method will be the next one I try. Move 1/3 a cord up at a time and then reload when empty.

-Mark

I would say you should be able to hold enough wood in the monsterious 84" bucket - compared to my pale and wimpy 72"....did I tell you Im jealous? LOL .....love that machine...how do you trailer it - me thinks NJ & NY trailering rules are similar....because of that I wasnt able to entertain the M59......kicking myself each day :)

P.S I would add more light in the front - an extra set of lights does wonders, since these days Im in the dark loading trucks or the bucket....never enough light, and the stock 2 lights in the front, just arent enough...they plug right in, 5 minute upgrade....
 
Ducati996 said:
Manatarms said:
Here's a bucket load of wood from brought up from my stockpile to be staged on the deck for burning in the King. I find that if you take the time to stack it up in the bucket, you can load quite a bit more. However, I really think the pallet cube/box method will be the next one I try. Move 1/3 a cord up at a time and then reload when empty.

-Mark

I would say you should be able to hold enough wood in the monsterious 84" bucket - compared to my pale and wimpy 72"....did I tell you Im jealous? LOL .....love that machine...how do you trailer it - me thinks NJ & NY trailering rules are similar....because of that I wasnt able to entertain the M59......kicking myself each day :)

P.S I would add more light in the front - an extra set of lights does wonders, since these days Im in the dark loading trucks or the bucket....never enough light, and the stock 2 lights in the front, just arent enough...they plug right in, 5 minute upgrade....

I think most of the country is basically the same as far as license/weight requirements go...however I note there appears to be a difference in the enforcement of the laws. I've heard from that you need a CDL to pull a trailer that exceeds 10k in some states, however in NJ, some local cops told me that only applies if your combined weight exceeds 26,001....so if you had a 12k GVWR truck, pulling a 14k GVWR trailer, you wouldn't need a CDL in NJ. That being said, I don't have a truck right now, so I don't move her around. I guess I would get a CDL if I anticipated problems.

Don't you have a 550 mason dump? Whats the GVWR on that... 15K?... so you can have an 10k trailer ..give 2k to the trailer and you can pull 8k tractor?

I definately need more lights...how much are they?

-Mark
 
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