Too much wood or not enough truck?
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Woody Stover
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OOF! If you hit a bump, you may have another log to burn...your axle! :lol:Pineburner said:
Luckily you're a Pineburner. If that was Red Oak, your tires would be sunk into the ground and you'd have to unload. :lol:
Bigg_Redd
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Pineburner, how far did you have to go? I load mine like that every once in while but I dont have far to run...maybe 2 miles-all back roads.
Backwoods Savage
Minister of Fire
Nice looking load and that is your 4th?! I'll bet you are on higher elevation where it might be a tad cooler. Keep on cutting though. The heating season is not that far away now.
thewoodlands
Minister of Fire
This was my fourth load. Not of the day however. Just this month. We are in a stage 2 burn ban, can only use chainsaw from 10pm to 10am. For us here that is effectively 5am till 10am. Have to carry a fire extinguisher, and shovel while cutting. This load only had to go a few miles. Usually I would use the dodge and the trailer, but it takes to long to load. Up around 9700 elevation. About 75 for a high, light breeze low humidity. Good working conditions for the most part.
Is/was that chain you brought with you just encase the rear dropped out of it, and you could pull it along when you put it in 4WD ?! 
J/K Nice load ya got there - didn't waste an inch!
J/K Nice load ya got there - didn't waste an inch!
MarkinNC
Minister of Fire
I keep saying when you start hauling wood with a trailer you will never want to use the truck again. I think most people on here have probably overloaded their trucks at one time (let's exclude those with duellies).
Smoke'em if ya got'em. :lol: Just don't think about trying to stop and end up in the same county.
Bigg_Redd
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Nice load there. Toyotas are built very well and at 227K it probably has alot of miles left in it for sure.
Almost every night I see on the news a Toyota LOADED with middleastern types 15 maybe 20 of them firing AKs in the air. They sure can carry some soon to be dead weight
Pineburner said:
Nice load.... Those Tacoma's are known to go well over 300,000... That Cummin's in your Dodge will pull a house down.. Too nice of a truck to sneak back in the woods..
I keep wanting to buy a new Diesel (Duramax or Cummin's), but cant bring myself to get rid of my half ton..
Jutt77
Feeling the Heat
I keep wanting to buy a new Diesel (Duramax or Cummin's), but cant bring myself to get rid of my half ton..[/quote] Honestly the newer diesels just are not worth it. The fuel economy just isnt there anymore. I have this one due to poor timing in needing a tow vehicle, and having my prior one totalled. First month with this one saw 10,000 miles. 2,000 in just the first 3 days. drove it the extra long way home just to break in the rear end. at least its paid for now. And its not all that pretty now. its a REAL WORK TRUCK
I commend you on having it all strapped down. Nothing drives me more crazy than people with pickup trucks thinking that their beds have some magical super gravity option that will keep stuff from flying out!
Still I'd be careful overloading- bent frames, fried rear ends (trucks not yours unless you have to go to the wife and explain why you now need a new vehicle
Maybe a cheapo trailer to overload that can be bent back into shape when you stress it and/or to cut your losses when its trashed should be considered?
I carry a chart around with wood weight to try to estimate the load on my trailer. Its rated for 2000 lbs so I try hard not to get over 1/2 cord of anything to be safe. Bent it a little early on hauling a bunch of apple and learned my lesson- sort of.
Still I'd be careful overloading- bent frames, fried rear ends (trucks not yours unless you have to go to the wife and explain why you now need a new vehicle
Maybe a cheapo trailer to overload that can be bent back into shape when you stress it and/or to cut your losses when its trashed should be considered?
I carry a chart around with wood weight to try to estimate the load on my trailer. Its rated for 2000 lbs so I try hard not to get over 1/2 cord of anything to be safe. Bent it a little early on hauling a bunch of apple and learned my lesson- sort of.
weatherguy
Minister of Fire
I loaded my Tacoma up like that once, I thought I was going to do a wheelie, now I use my brothers F150
Funny you should mention bent frames. This truck has seen its fair share of the glamis sand, and a few launches along the way! It even served duty as a chase/layout truck in a primm-reno and a parker 400. Has not lived an easy life and has been by far the cheapest to maintain!
Danno77
Minister of Fire
On a truck of that vintage with those miles, I'd timbrens the front and rear and then load it fully and make sure your tires are properly rated. Forget about the other mechanicals of the truck, they are gonna fail at some point anyway, lol. Drive slow and not too far.
Don't know what years are involved but there is a TSB on the Toyota Tacoma rear springs. Count the spring leafs. In Canada all of the Tacomas are equipped from the factory with a 4 leaf spring pack. In the US they come with a 3 leaf spring pack. I hear some buyers are asking for the upgrade as a condition of sale. The upgraded springs are available from Toyota or after market I'm told.Pineburner said:
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