How much wood (in cords) can my Ranger haul?

[Mt Ski Bum]

Hi everyone-

I have an extended cab Ford Ranger (with a topper), & was wondering if anybody had an idea of how much wood it can haul. I want to say 1/3 of a cord- maybe 1/2 of a cord? I'm asking mainly because with forest service firewood permits, you have to record how much wood you remove each trip.

EDIT: for people concerned about axle load, I will be hauling pretty much exclusively dry pine/fir, & my truck has handeled full loads before just fine.

 

[TreePointer]

On a full sized half-ton pickup, I use the following estimates for split wood:

1/3 cord = neatly stacked in a 6 ft. bed up to the top of the walls.
1/2 cord = neatly stacked in an 8 ft. bet up to the top of the walls.

I don't have much experience with midsized pickup trucks, but I assume weight will be a limiting factor before you get the Ranger filled.

 

[quads]

I have sold many loads in Ranger pickups. You will only get about 1/6 of a full cord (1/2 face cord) in it. Maybe a little more if you stack it, but not much more.

 

[CJRages]

My ranger will haul 1/3 of a cord pretty regularly if it is stacked neatly. The bed is 6ft long, 4ft wide and if you stack 2 ft vertically you have 6X4X2= 48 Ft. cubed and 48/128 = .38 Cord. I must have hauled close to 1/2 cord of red cedar last weekend. But the weight was far less than if it had been 1/3 cord of green oak. How high you stack will depend on how heavy the wood is. Have fun and don't bend your axle or blow any tires hotrodding around!

 

[lukem]

I have sold many loads in Ranger pickups. You will only get about 1/6 of a full cord (1/2 face cord) in it. Maybe a little more if you stack it, but not much more.

+1.

If it's green wood you'll be on the bump stops before you run out of room, not that that has stopped me in the past.

 

[Oldmainer]

If you load your Ranger till it sets down on the rubber nubs you will take longer to stop...because of the weight... and you might change the steering geometry. Just a thought...more then one overloaded pickup has been in a wreck because the driver was bein' macho... Oldmainer

 

[bogydave]

Hi everyone-

I have an extended cab Ford Ranger (with a topper),, & my truck has handeled full loads before just fine.

There you go, get a full load, Unload & stack it up on some pallets & measure the cubic feet.
Roughly 43 cubic feet is 1/3 cord.
Cubic feet divided by 128: 43/128 = .33 (1/3) cords

 

[Dix]

If you load your Ranger till it sets down on the rubber nubs you will take longer to stop...because of the weight... and you might change the steering geometry. Just a thought...more then one overloaded pickup has been in a wreck because the driver was bein' macho... Oldmainer

+1. Better safe than sorry !!

 

[Cate68]

I have a load of ash coming in a Ranger on Friday, I'll let you know how much is on board.

 

[smokinj]

0 lol

 

[SolarAndWood]

0 lol

They will catch on to that...better to claim an armload per trip.