Loads 4 and 5 of the Season - Red Fir Again

[TMonter]

Loads 4 and 5 of the Season

 

[TMonter]

Showing how we drag the log down to the road and buck it up, plus a side view of the 5th load.

 

[Bigg_Redd]

For those of you who do not speak inter-mountain western, red fir = Doug Fir.

 

[Skier76]

For those of you who do not speak inter-mountain western, red fir = Doug Fir.

Don't you mean "Chimney clogging pine...good for firepits only!" ? :lol:

Nice loads! New side stakes on the truck?

 

[quads]

That's quite a stack of wood in the back of those trucks! I don't know how heavy Douglas Fir is, but green oak stacked like that in the back of my old truck would really make her squat! The front wheels would probably be off the ground. :cheese:

 

[Wet1]

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That's quite a stack of wood in the back of those trucks! I don't know how heavy Douglas Fir is, but green oak stacked like that in the back of my old truck would really make her squat! The front wheels would probably be off the ground. :cheese:

My old girl takes big green oak loads pretty good... I can hardly tell when she's loaded with softwood! :cheese:

 

[Highbeam]

Doug fir or red fir is not pine at all. Pine is much softer and lower in btu. I didn't realize that the potatoe guys called doug fir red fir, are they really the same?

If that wood was green when cut then that last split load, if it completely filled the truck, was well over two tons and certainly well over the legal capacity of the truck. Not uncommon to see a truck overloaded that way though.

 

[TMonter]

The wood I cut is usually standing dead which means it's about 1/2 to 2/3 seasoned when it gets loaded in the truck. The three trees we took yesterday were actually kills from a small fire a few years ago. Typically I have about 2500 pounds loaded in the back of the truck, sometimes a little more.

 

[Jags]

Its an old Dodge. It'll take it. I have been beating on Dodge trucks my whole life. They make great tree haulers.

 

[quads]

Yep, that 3/4 ton Dodge hauls quite a load. My little 2wd Jeep pickup would tip over backwards!

That's quite a stack of wood in the back of those trucks! I don't know how heavy Douglas Fir is, but green oak stacked like that in the back of my old truck would really make her squat! The front wheels would probably be off the ground. :cheese:

My old girl takes big green oak loads pretty good... I can hardly tell when she's loaded with softwood! :cheese:

 

[Wet1]

I have a 14k GVW dump trailer and it pulls that overload like there's no tomorrow... Best truck I've ever owned!