Putting it to work
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Laughing Gas
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Putting it to work
This is the main reason for me buying it, and it's already hauled a good bit, but today was the first time I thought to take a picture. Mainly to send to my wife who's in England so she knows I'm actually doing something while she's gone. LOL
Actually she's usually there helping me.
Actually she's usually there helping me.
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Man, that reminds me of someone else's truck who did that for a while here recently. 
Here's an entire elm tree that was stacked into the bed of my F150 with a straight-6. I put it in 4-low and granny-1st and it idled over stumps and dips and holes in the ground with all that weight in the back. I watched it start squatting more and more as more wood piled up in the bed.
I bet yours did it a lot easier than mine did with that F250 and a 460. Sometimes I wish mine was a 3/4 ton. I hauled around (I think, might be off a few) 31 trees around my yard with my truck before late fall/winter hit, sliced up with a Husqvarna 455 Rancher and a competition chain.
I made it squat every load, and I was slinging logs in the bed as fast as they were getting cut.
The only reason wood wasn't out to the bumper is because the tailgate I have isn't worth a crap and the tires didn't want any closer to my fender wells.
We need more pictures like these around here to show the Chevy guys that Ford can do work.
Here's an entire elm tree that was stacked into the bed of my F150 with a straight-6. I put it in 4-low and granny-1st and it idled over stumps and dips and holes in the ground with all that weight in the back. I watched it start squatting more and more as more wood piled up in the bed.I bet yours did it a lot easier than mine did with that F250 and a 460. Sometimes I wish mine was a 3/4 ton. I hauled around (I think, might be off a few) 31 trees around my yard with my truck before late fall/winter hit, sliced up with a Husqvarna 455 Rancher and a competition chain.
I made it squat every load, and I was slinging logs in the bed as fast as they were getting cut.The only reason wood wasn't out to the bumper is because the tailgate I have isn't worth a crap and the tires didn't want any closer to my fender wells.
We need more pictures like these around here to show the Chevy guys that Ford can do work.
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My cousin used my 86 F150 to scrap 1,960lbs of metal one time. Said it did fine except for one large hill where it would only go 45mph... I still feel sorry for the truck and it's 302efi and AOD trans...
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Ouch. That's a pretty good load for an F150 with a 302and AOD.
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Laughing Gas
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I'll be going back over later this week to get more, but need to take my 075, as there are some oak pieces about 36" in diameter so I'll need to rip them in to quarters.
Then there's a bunch of oak about 18-20" in diameter but still long.
The best thing is that it's all free
Then there's a bunch of oak about 18-20" in diameter but still long.
The best thing is that it's all free
pedant
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Nothing about firewood is "free"!
But it seems like you have some very good 'help' to take care of it.
But it seems like you have some very good 'help' to take care of it.
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You got that right! I've heard the saying, "You get warmed with firewood three times. Once when your cutting it, twice while you're stacking it, and the third time when you burn it."
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Laughing Gas
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Yeah. Been heating with wood for close to 40 years. Learned that a long time ago.
Yeah, i do love my wife. 
I just realized, she's a year younger than the truck. LOL
But it seems like you have some very good 'help' to take care of it.
I just realized, she's a year younger than the truck. LOL
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