Wood Haul [er] gloat

[Roger Chandler]

Just adding to my capabilities to collect turning wood.........since I put my cap back on my pickup, it is just such a pain to take on and off and reseal every time......size..... 5 ft X 10 ft. Got it this morning.

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[Aric Krueger]

That looks a lot like mine. I added expanded metal to the sides with some nuts, bolts and fender washers to further insure that I don't loose any hard earned pieces of wood out the sides. It'll serve you well!

[Lloyd Butler]

Roger,

You going to add an electric winch to the front to help pull stuff up on so you do not need to lift the larger stuff?

Lloyd

[Fred Belknap]

Way to go. I have cover on the back of my truck and it is easy to take off and on but I prefer to us a trailer most of the time.

[Timothy Mann]

That will haul some wood. Very similar to mine. Congrats Roger.

[Donny Lawson]

Mine looks like that too. It gets used all the time for bringing home wood. Congrats.

[Tim Rinehart]

Nice Roger. Go take a look at Jeff Nicol's "urban wood hauler" to take it up a notch. I'd love to have one of these, but I do have a good friend with one, so that's good for now.

[Roger Chandler]

Thanks everyone! I just got in from one of our club meetings........just now have time to reply. I like the idea of a winch for larger stuff....of course, I have one on my 4 wheeler, but one on the trailer might be a good way to go with a pair of logging tongs to grab hold...:cool:..hummmm.........got me thinking now! :D

[Aric Krueger]

I've got one of these...it works good enough with my tilt-bed trailer. Also have used it to jump start my dead battery a couple times.

http://www.polarispartsplus.com/pages/Catalog/Product/60936?categoryID=1039&subCategoryID=3046&catalogFilter1ID=6&catalogFilter2ID=30&catalogFilter3ID=32&catalogFilter4ID=1862&catalogFilter5ID=0

[Bernie Weishapl]

Looks like the same one I have Roger. It will be a wood hauler for ya.

[Dave Bunge]

Here's a link to video on Jeff Nichols' Urban Log Hauler, pretty slick: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZFM2_OM_eA

It sounds like you all have the same trailer. Where did you buy it?

Thanks,
Dave

[Roger Chandler]

Here's a link to video on Jeff Nichols' Urban Log Hauler, pretty slick: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZFM2_OM_eA

It sounds like you all have the same trailer. Where did you buy it?

Thanks,
Dave

That is pretty slick........Jeff really is innovative! I could think of a couple of modifications that I think would make that log hauler even better........an electric winch, for one instead of the chain hoist. I have been thinking about learning to weld.......even have looked at a couple of welders the last few months......sometimes I don't have time to turn, let alone start getting involved in building things like this, but it does hold a certain fascination for me! :D;)

[Keith Outten]

Roger,

I have a similar trailer to yours with a couple exceptions. Mines is 6 by 10 and has a tilt bed.
I suggest you weld a 2" receiver under the front rail. You can use the receiver for a number of jobs. I bought one of the HF pickup truck booms, cut the bottom of it off and welded on a 2" square pipe so it will go in the receiver hitch in my truck or trailer. This gives you the height you need to lift logs and pull them into the trailer and you can remove the rig when your done. You can also reach over the side to lift stuff onto the trailer. I also use an old boat winch in the trailer receiver to pull mowers, golf carts and other equipment on the trailer. I fastened the boat winch to a 2" piece of square tubing.

When I am working in the field I can use the 2" receiver to hold a vise, metal benders and a whole host of other attachments. I have plans to remove all four of the corner posts on my trailer and replace them with heavy wall 2" receiver tubing. This will give me a means to attach a removable rack. It will also allow me to install a vise and other tools at any corners of the trailer, use the corners as saw horses or a perfect fixture for a chop saw.

Last week I replaced the wooden 6 by 6 support in my shop with a piece of 6" pipe. i welded plate to the top and bottom of the pipe so I could fasten it to the floor and to the the ceiling support beam. The next step is to weld a 2" receiver to the pipe so I can attach a vise which will hold my metal benders. Then an adjustable ring at the top so I can build a swinging boom for light lifting in my shop.

If you need help let me know, you are certainly within driving distance to my place and I would be glad to help you with your trailer mods.

Just a few ideas to get you thinking :)
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[charlie knighton]

good gloat Roger, you are going to be a poplar guy in your club, espically with that big chain saw

that sure is a pretty slick setup Jeff Nichols' has, not sure how much wood you can haul with those, wood is very heavy

[Roger Chandler]

Roger,

I have a similar trailer to yours with a couple exceptions. Mines is 6 by 10 and has a tilt bed.
I suggest you weld a 2" receiver under the front rail. You can use the receiver for a number of jobs. I bought one of the HF pickup truck booms, cut the bottom of it off and welded on a 2" square pipe so it will go in the receiver hitch in my truck or trailer. This gives you the height you need to lift logs and pull them into the trailer and you can remove the rig when your done. You can also reach over the side to lift stuff onto the trailer. I also use an old boat winch in the trailer receiver to pull mowers, golf carts and other equipment on the trailer. I fastened the boat winch to a 2" piece of square tubing.

When I am working in the field I can use the 2" receiver to hold a vise, metal benders and a whole host of other attachments. I have plans to remove all four of the corner posts on my trailer and replace them with heavy wall 2" receiver tubing. This will give me a means to attach a removable rack. It will also allow me to install a vise and other tools at any corners of the trailer, use the corners as saw horses or a perfect fixture for a chop saw.

Last week I replaced the wooden 6 by 6 support in my shop with a piece of 6" pipe. i welded plate to the top and bottom of the pipe so I could fasten it to the floor and to the the ceiling support beam. The next step is to weld a 2" receiver to the pipe so I can attach a vise which will hold my metal benders. Then an adjustable ring at the top so I can build a swinging boom for light lifting in my shop.

If you need help let me know, you are certainly within driving distance to my place and I would be glad to help you with your trailer mods.

Just a few ideas to get you thinking :)
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Keith.........thanks for the suggestions........I would love to see some pics of your modifications to your trailer........I might not have all the different purposes that you have in using my trailer, but I have been thinking a winch and maybe a pulley attaches someway to an elevated arch frame or such to lift the end of a log and be able to pull it up on to the trailer.....would also work well for mowers and four wheelers, or even hauling or moving woodworking machinery such as a table saw on a mobil base.......I plan to relocate and build a new shop in the future, so a trailer with capabilities like this would certainly assist in accomplishing hard tasks, especially as I am not quite a young as I used to be!

Should I need a hand, I might send you a PM! Thanks!

[Steve Schlumpf]

Looks like the kind of trailer I need to pick up! I like the size and the ramp for the tailgate! Where did you get it?

[Steve bellinger]

Looks like the kind of trailer I need to pick up! I like the size and the ramp for the tailgate! Where did you get it?Steve i'm not Roger,but the one i got that looks just like that, i got from Lowes.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Thanks Steve! I was hoping it was Lowes or Menards!

[Roger Chandler]

Steve.......I got this one from Tractor Supply........I looked a few times at the ones at Lowes........This one has 15" wheels and a 3500 lb. axle and the A-frame tongue is made from C-box steel beams. The main trailer body is 3" heavy angle iron......2" coupler......manufactured by Carry-On.

http://www.carry-ontrailer.com/images/pages/products/trailers/medium/5X10GW-1.jpg

http://www.carry-ontrailer.com/products/show/5X10GW

[Steve Schlumpf]

Thanks for the info Roger!

[Roger Chandler]

I have been thinking about how to add a winch, pulley, and an A-Frame Arch onto this trailer without having to weld metal parts, so that it could be taken off when not used for hauling wood, and used for other types of hauling. I think it can be done with doubled up 2x4's and bolted onto the trailer. I have 2x4 slots on the side of the trailer, and they could be utilized as the hold for the outside, or the arch could be put on top of the rails and bolted in place.

I think I am going to pursue this...........might take some time for me to get to it, but I think this would be a neat idea, and no doubt the guys at the turning club will want me along with this trailer and my big chainsaw on cut & haul days for sure! :D

[Keith Outten]

The first picture shows how I incorporated the 2" receiver on the bottom of the support rail on my trailer. You can also see that I added a steering shock to dampen/slow down the trailer movement when I load and unload mowers and other drive on equipment.

The boom is handy for pulling logs on the trailer and it easily loads machines that need to go the shop for repair. I have also used it to load tractor implements and a host of other stuff over the years. I probably should add an electric winch but it hasn't been much of a problem using the manual winch on the boom or my boat trailer winch that I modified to fit the hitch.

Because my trailer tilts I don't have to use the boom to load logs unless there will be multiple layers. The boat winch will pull up to two layers of logs easily. It also uses a nylon strap instead of the wire rope cable on the boom.

The nice thing about this setup is that the boom and winch are removed when i don't need them so they don't stay out in the weather and rust.
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[Keith Outten]

As soon as I get a receiver welded to the new pipe support in my shop the boom can be used inside the shop. I have also used it on the back of my truck to pull posts out of the ground but you have to put shoring underneath your truck hitch to keep the truck from squatting.

I fabricate so many of these types of attachments that I purchased a 20 foot length of 2.5" heavy wall square tubing. This saves me a lot of money as the receivers cost about 20 bucks each at HF or Tractor Supply. Somewhere in my travels years ago I purchased about 50 pieces of 2" square tubing about 36" long each. I use them for all kinds of projects for my tractor.
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[Roger Chandler]

Thanks for the pics, Keith.........they are helpful to see how to configure the receiver........much appreciated! I like some of your ideas!

[Bart Leetch]

These all look to be great wood hauling trailers. I was very fortunate to received this trailer from my Dad about 1 year ago last June. I hope to use it to collect a little turning wood in the future.

[Roger Chandler]

These all look to be great wood hauling trailers. I was very fortunate to received this trailer from my Dad about 1 year ago last June. I hope to use it to collect a little turning wood in the future.

That looks beefy enough to carry quite a good haul of wood, Bart.......a little rail work and such and that one will be good for a lot of hauling.

[Bart Leetch]

That looks beefy enough to carry quite a good haul of wood, Bart.......a little rail work and such and that one will be good for a lot of hauling.

Roger

It will haul about 5000 lbs. We lightened the suspension up a bit it used to haul about 9200 lbs. Empty trailer weight is about 2500 lbs.

I hauled this 1963 Bobcat model 444 home as a load on this trailer it was my Dad's too. It has a new motor & fairly new hydraulics.

I think I'll be able to unload a new lathe when I get it even if it weighs a few pounds over 500 Lbs.

[Roger Chandler]

A few things I am putting together to trick this wood hauler out a bit.........:D

A utility winch with remote http://simage2.sportsmansguide.com/image/thumb/1/154898_thumb.JPG A snatch block pulley http://simage2.sportsmansguide.com/image/thumb/1/155829_thumb.JPGand 32" log tongs http://www.northerntool.com/images/product/images/19796_lg.jpg

And a receiver tube for the winch mount http://simage1.sportsmansguide.com/image/thumb/2/227472_thumb.JPG

These things ought to help me get this trailer tricked out pretty well for hauling logs or whatever......I think I am going to make an arch lift and attach the snatch block pulley to it, and attach the arch to the frame from 4x4's and 2x4's..........bolted on, so I can remove them when I want......a better option for me than welding a steel frame......pics will be forthcoming when I get it all put together in a few weeks!:D

[james bell]

Looks like a carry-on, made about 10 miles from here. Tractor supply and I believe lowes sells them. I purchased one years ago after my old pickup gave up the ghost. Works like a charm. Much easier to load large tools, riding mowers, logs, etc, than trying to lift something into the pickup truck bed.

i used some scrap metal and hardware cloth to made three or four foot sides, works great for getting loads of mulch (a reason the wife will want you to purchase one). Can't do without it now, and don't miss the pickup truck as often.