Pulling the load!
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From: azle texas
Pulling the load!
A pipeline is going in just south of Fort Worth and the land owner wants to give me the timber. They are clearing a massive amount of oaks. I am going to be using two methods of transport. (one way is 50 miles)
1, My 7.3 w/a 32' trailer
2, A large flatbed-tractor trailer type.
This is alot of weight, should I be concerned with overheating the turbo?
What should I know with hauling this much weight?
I have hauled several trailers loads of wood but only with my regular 16' trailer.
And does anyone know of any carriers that supply flatbed trailer drops and haul them when full.
1, My 7.3 w/a 32' trailer
2, A large flatbed-tractor trailer type.
This is alot of weight, should I be concerned with overheating the turbo?
What should I know with hauling this much weight?
I have hauled several trailers loads of wood but only with my regular 16' trailer.
And does anyone know of any carriers that supply flatbed trailer drops and haul them when full.
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If you have an automatic, I'd be worried about the trans and not the turbo temp. If it's a long project I would be putting a huge trans cooler on it, and getting Trans temp gauge as a minimum. These guys know their stuff here and I'm sure there will be some other recommendations too.
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Just another reason not to live in California-no offense.
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From: Whitewright, Tx
[quote=GEugeneS; Cutting down Oak Trees. Out here in CA it's a felony I think![/quote]
What are you guys doing, saving them for the wildfires?
What are you guys doing, saving them for the wildfires?
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From: Whitewright, Tx
Dry oak is going to weigh about 50# a cubic foot. (1'X1'X1') so your cut firewood will bee the heaviest load due to the ability to stack it better.
I would keep the trailer load below 13-14k. That is the trailer and the load. This will allow for pulling the trailer out of the broken ground.
It is good that you waited till now to do this project, high 90* day will make that bar oil flow better.
If you are working with timber that has been pushed over be very careful of limb with preasure on them and watch for the snake. Pipelines have a way of finding snake where noone else has ever seen them.
Good Luck with your project.
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Are you cutting this to be milled for lumber, long cut and taken somewhere to be processed for firewood, or cut into firewood and hauled?
Dry oak is going to weigh about 50# a cubic foot. (1'X1'X1') so your cut firewood will bee the heaviest load due to the ability to stack it better.
I would keep the trailer load below 13-14k. That is the trailer and the load. This will allow for pulling the trailer out of the broken ground.
It is good that you waited till now to do this project, high 90* day will make that bar oil flow better.
If you are working with timber that has been pushed over be very careful of limb with preasure on them and watch for the snake. Pipelines have a way of finding snake where noone else has ever seen them.
Good Luck with your project.
Dry oak is going to weigh about 50# a cubic foot. (1'X1'X1') so your cut firewood will bee the heaviest load due to the ability to stack it better.
I would keep the trailer load below 13-14k. That is the trailer and the load. This will allow for pulling the trailer out of the broken ground.
It is good that you waited till now to do this project, high 90* day will make that bar oil flow better.
If you are working with timber that has been pushed over be very careful of limb with preasure on them and watch for the snake. Pipelines have a way of finding snake where noone else has ever seen them.
Good Luck with your project.
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The timber is going to be processed into firewood. I have been selling firewood for 8 years. When my son and I pull up at a job big enough to pull out 5 cords or more, the guy always seems to chuckle when I tell him "NO I DONT HAVE A CREW, It is my 14 year old son, 3 or 4 stihl sawz, me and my PSD.''
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Depends on how you drive it. Sounds like you're reasonable when you have a load on so you should be fine. Trying to push it up long grades in high gear is what gets the turbo. Doesn't take too much to install a gauge for peace of mind.
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From: Grass Valley, CA
I must say i love california! you just have to be in the right part:
Look_at_this <- four hour drive and really fun to climb.
californiajeeper.com :: Fordyce Creek Trail < less than one hour, one of the best quadding/wheeling areas in the world if you ask me...
YES! in so cal! lol
It's a hard fight between the normal people in california that want to do some clearing, keeping our forests from being a tinderbox and the hippies that are scattered throughout. (aka the only californians you ever hear about. )
Actually, while camping this weekend, we had a lightning storm that started about a dozen fires! yikes.
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I don't know what kind of oak they have in texas,but green white oak weighs 6000lbs a cord green.I would get a trans and EGT gauge they are cheaper than a motor or trans.
secondarychoas yea the hole north state is on fire i have 10 fires burning around me right now.
secondarychoas yea the hole north state is on fire i have 10 fires burning around me right now.