30 years ago I started delivering 8 ft firewood. unloading it by hand with some serious helpers. it wood take us a hour to unload 45-50 thousand lbs of wood by rolling it off the back of the truck.
always liked the pile like this because it wood be a little crooked when it landed on the ground. we used that to our advantage here at our home also because we cut this same wood us for our own use. sooooooooooo i developed a winch system that includes a sled or sliding headboard if you will that is in the front of the load of wood.
there are two rails like rr traks under the wood that this sled rides between and the wood is ON the traks.
when i get to your house I remove the rear two steel pipes that the state says must be solid pipe and in secured. these pipes are in pokets . i remove these and put them aside. there are two wood stakes inside of pipes that hold the wood on the truk. under the bottom of these wooden stakes there are two hydraulic cylinders.
these are controlled by a hydraulic valve located on the front of the trailer.
it insures my safty as well as yours. when these wooden stakes are pushed out the wood falls on the ground immediately. i have a standard joke that i tell every customer if they are standing by the rear of the truck when i am taking out the steel pipes. I tell them that this is a terrible dangerous place to stand for the next few min unless i have been paid. if i have been paid dosnt matter quite so much. ee eee eeee
this is a serious controll issue for safty for you and your kids. dawg. dawgs dont know and if you have one that follows you around. pleae be aware how quick they are and are always running through this danger zone. keep em in the house please.
I engage the winch and get in the cab. as I pull ahead I push the wood off. I try to spread it out so it is approx 4 ft high so when the customer cuts it up he is on the saffer side. most loadertrucks do not want t o pick up their out riggers so they set in one spot and put the whole load into a pile with a peak on it and always a big ass log on top like a cherry. i have seen this a lot. those guys are proud of the nice pile they just made. kind of like leggos. welllllllllllll you as a consumer gotta get up there and guess whut. risk your ass and bust your berries getting at it. wellllllllllllllllllllll tell em not to do that. ya gotta discuss this with them ahead of time because its in their genes. this is serious safty issue so pay attention. if you dont get wood from me. at least use this page of information to help you dealing with the other guys. ok ???
so I then wind up my cables that i had over the wood or at least throw them up on the trailer. put the steel stakes back in the pokets and motor home.
how much time does this take. I know you are not going to believe this but from the time I push the wood stakes out. and engage the winch. it is less than two minites.. t hats right folks. 120 seconds and the wood is gently falling off.
it slides from the front to the back and if i let it push against the other wood i can make a pile just as straight as it was on the truck. some piles i could actually get under it and push it on the trailer and go with it to aother place its that stright.
I have three (3) axles under my trailers. the rear is a air lift. that makes it legal to haul ten cord on a trailer of my length. there are guys delivering ten cord on a tandem. at least they say its ten. thats another question you got to ask. how can they do it and I cant. hmmmmmmmmmm thats your call. what do you think.
my trailer to the top of the big stakes is just over ten feet tall. the loader truks are thirteen ft six in. 13.6 ft tall. wires. tree limbs. fancy stuff over the end of the driveway. ect ect ect. plus they are super hevvy.. they need way more axles and if you are getting a twenty two cord load your drive way is going to get over 200,000 lbs on it. if you ax this guy to go behind the barn. past the birdbath or around the pole barn and put it by the boiler. aint gonna happen. your culvert aint gonna stand the grief for dam shure. let alone mommas posies when he makes the turn coming in. I have a hard time with that and I am half as long. so there you have it. safe and quick. you wont have to hang around long to see this show. if you go to the freezer and get your money you will miss it. 231-846-0346 is my cell no if you are printing this off for dad.
oh. we have a blue freight liner and a red mack. ugly as hell both 84 models. just plain good old work truks thought you mite like to no
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