I have access to 100 pieces of 6-8 foot long black locust and red oak, besides cutting at site, how else can I load them into pickup truck to process at home? They are large diameter and very heavy......
Thanks......
Thanks......
I have access to 100 pieces of 6-8 foot long black locust and red oak, besides cutting at site, how else can I load them into pickup truck to process at home? They are large diameter and very heavy......
Thanks......
Sorry. Every time I hear "loading logs" I think of this video.
Thanks for ideas....To get a log into a truck, I'd think about an electric winch and a ramp. Maybe take off the tailgate so as not to damage it.
Others ideas of the top of my head:
Block and tackle.
Rent skid-steer or tractor with pallet forks.
Utility trailer (side loader so you can roll them up with ropes or winch).
Hire timber truck to load & deliver load.
Rent large dumpster, fill it, have dumpster drop it off at your house.
Of course, available time and wallet will eliminate some options.
Thanksbuck em down to splitting lengths....and get some buddies and Buds ..... If ground has grade..park downslope and ramp em on the bed...
just finished doing that on a nasty slope by myself, bucking 20" round , 19" long blackbbirch..2 cords total..some I had to split in half on site and then load up...got old quick
if u find a way to load them whole...have a way to unload them as well..
on my old truck I had a backrack and I did winch some up on 2x12 ramps....would not reccomend unless that rack is triple duty bolted...and even then..
good luck man. And be careful
Scott
besides cutting at site
As someone who processes WAY more wood than 99% of this forum, I'd not go so far as to say pickups are useless. They're limited, but I wouldn't be without one. I haul 1/2 cord at a time in my pickup, many, many times per year. When I have a cord or more to move, I grab a tandem-axle trailer.This is why pick ups are useless for many things. Get a trailer with a ramp. Cut them to the size you can roll them up into the trailer.
This is why pick ups are useless for many things. Get a trailer with a ramp. Cut them to the size you can roll them up into the trailer.
If you can get someone to pick them up and deliver them for even a few hundred bucks, that is probably worth all the hours and effort you'll spend bringing them home.Hire a log truck with crane arm for a few hours.
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