estimating wood weight for trailer hauling

[iron]

my wife got me a foldable trailer from harbor freight for xmas. says it's rated for 1200lbs. 4'x8' bed. it's my first trailer.

so, the question is, is there a good way to estimate how much wood i can pile in it without exceeding capacity? i'm in the pacific northwest, and find i'm getting mostly cedar, some fir, and if i'm lucky, some hardwood every now and again.

 

[Oldman47]

Figure a layer about a foot to 18 inches deep would be all if you really want to stay within the 1200 pound limit.

 

[English BoB]

load it and take it to a junk yard and weigh it, give you a rough idea.

bob

 

[AmbDrvr253]

Im with the oldman on this. I do not think u would want much more than 2 layers on that. A cord weighs in at roughly 2-4K LBS.

 

[rdust]

http://www.csgnetwork.com/logweight.html

 

[iron]

http://www.csgnetwork.com/logweight.html

thanks. looks like 1/3 cord of cedar is 1100lbs. so, like others have said, one stack deep (16") @ 4'x8' footprint.

 

[Pat32rf]

The two things that will limit your load are the tires and springs. If you get a chance to install bigger tires make sure you go for it. Meanwhile check the tire pressure BEFORE you load the wood, then after you get a load take a look underneath

 

[Poindexter]

I find that splitting woods from rounds to splits and restacking changes the occupied space 10% or less.

So if you got a face cord of 16" rounds standing on end filling up your trailer, you have 1/3 of a cord, know the species, look up the weight.

https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/cross-sectional-area-experiment.136945/

 

[Longstreet]

One thing to reminder is your vehicle is carrying some of the weight. You can transport more than 1200 lb of wood because some of that mass is on your tow vehicle's axels.

Also, when using scientific terms such as pound, you don't use a prural abbreviation. Lb is correct vs lbs.

 

[English BoB]

I wonder what the OP did.

bob

 

[futzol]

This trailer is rated at 2400 lbs I believe.

It was touching the fenders with this load. Dead standing maples. 1.5 trees worth in there.