So the neighbor lady calls.....

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black walnut would be very close in weight to White oak WHEN GREEN (like just a couple hundred pounds lighter per cord). When seasoned the difference is even larger.
 
Danno77 said:
black walnut would be very close in weight to White oak WHEN GREEN (like just a couple hundred pounds lighter per cord). When seasoned the difference is even larger.
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These were tops I pulled out of the brush. Some were light and some of the bigger rounds are still quite heavy.

I wouldn't really want to add another 2000lbs on the truck even with duals. It seems to settle 2-3 inches and them just stops. It is the side to side movement coming out of the hilly woods that I worry more about.
 
Who cares how much the wood weighs, Jags' got it now anyway.

We DO wanna know if the neighbor lady's hott :kiss:
 
ISeeDeadBTUs said:
We DO wanna know if the neighbor lady's hott :kiss:
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Nope - old and wrinkly.
 
Well, I bet she makes great pie and coffee when yer finished workin'. Gotta luv ole' people. Well, some of um

Plus she made you hot by giving you wood.
 
Jags said:
ISeeDeadBTUs said:
We DO wanna know if the neighbor lady's hott :kiss:
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Nope - old and wrinkly.
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well, that doesn't answer the question. lol.
 
kabbott said:
My work truck is an f350 dualie, crew cab, powerstroke, loaded etc......It started life as a pickup and now has
a utility body on it. Anyway it weighs 14,000 + lbs with tools and 100 gallon fuel tank filled. I am not sure what it weighed
as a pickup but that has to be at least 6,000 lbs more. It,s not even touching the helpers yet.
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Just be careful what your trying to recommend. This is a public forum open to the whole world. Yes, truck can haul more than thier ratings. That doesnt mean its a good idea. Especially when someone with a half to and maybe C rated tires thinks he can put 6,ooo pounds in it and then ends up having a blow out and killing someone on the highway.

FWIW my F350 will touch the helpers by about 2,000#. I highly doubt your work truck is stock suspension if its a 350 weighing over 14,000. Heck my GVWR is 10,800 and that is a legal limit. You can get fined for every pound over that, unless the laws are different elsewhere. You could even be sued and held personally responsible for killing someone/damages if you cause a wreck and were well over your GVWR, if they prove you were neglegent yada yada. Not trying to scare anyone just saying be aware of what your doing.
 
A couple years ago I was behind a chevy 1/2 ton with a trailer towing 4 pallets of shingles!
The shingles alone would have been 14000-15000 lbs plus the heavy trailer.Anyways,he goes
into an S turn at about 20 mp/h.The truck never even came close to staying on the road.His
tires were steered all the way right but that heavy trailer just dragged that pickup into the ditch.
 
Because we are talking about loading up trucks I figured I would show off my trucklet....

Anyways it's not wod but i moved over 10 tons of stone for a shed base the quarry was half a mile away so it was nice and easy plus i was able to drive right in to my back yard.


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it helf a half ton well but on load i have 1300 on it and it was not happy..


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Jags said:
Neighbor lady - Hey - you want some hackberry and a branch of White Ash? They were gonna charge me to haul it away.

Jags - Why sure - Always happy to help out a neighbor. I'll be over in the next day or two.

Easy pickins - drove up, cut up, loaded, home in 45 min.

I don't make it a practice to load the old Dodge like this, but it was a short trip at 10 mph. It takes about 3500 pounds to squat that rig like that. Pulled up to the splitting area and had it split in another hour. I love it when you are known as "the guy that burns wood". :lol:

Sorry for the crappy phone pic (dang crackberry phone anyhow.)
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I Hate it when that happens! lol
 
My Ranger is rated for something around 1100#. The suspension is forgiving up until about 1500#. I have had somewhere north of 1800# in it; I drove it gingerly. A friend took a full pallet of retaining wall blocks in his so it can go to a full ton. Since I live on my wood lot I am not moving the wood far. I get just under about a third of a cord with stacked rounds in the back. Most of what has been moved is ash and birch.
 
pile o’ wood said:
kabbott said:
My work truck is an f350 dualie, crew cab, powerstroke, loaded etc......It started life as a pickup and now has
a utility body on it. Anyway it weighs 14,000 + lbs with tools and 100 gallon fuel tank filled. I am not sure what it weighed
as a pickup but that has to be at least 6,000 lbs more. It,s not even touching the helpers yet.
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Just be careful what your trying to recommend. This is a public forum open to the whole world. Yes, truck can haul more than thier ratings. That doesnt mean its a good idea. Especially when someone with a half to and maybe C rated tires thinks he can put 6,ooo pounds in it and then ends up having a blow out and killing someone on the highway.
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Good call most of the 3/4 and 1 ton trucks can handle more than the gvwr. But the important thing is to know the condition of your truck, the road you are traveling and also what you know you can handle.

I worked for a tree service in college and it was regular practice to use 3/4 and 1 ton chevies with dump bodies to deliver full cords of wood. The leaf springs where consistently arched the opposite way with a full load.
 
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