What I've been up to for the last few days...

Mopar1973Man · Sep 3, 2011

I'm back at it again hauling large loads of firewood again...

One of those last minute runs to the woods to pick up a load. We had rode the ATV up the day before and looked around and found several places for firewood. But I was wanting to get some red fir for the pile so out came the saws and start bucking up rounds. I got a tidbit of video I got to process out later on... But I had to share my of use and our prize for the evening...

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Well... I just got back from a James place cutting up a elk and wrapping it... As soon as he gets here I'll be heading out to cut another load... Matter of fact James just rolled in the yard... It's going to be a long day..

I'm back with even bigger load...

The stick on the tree is 16" measure stick to give you an idea f the pure size...

ramhunter9 · Sep 3, 2011

How do you all get the big wood loaded in there ? I would love to see a pic of your bed empty .. this is what a CTD is meant to do for for sure .

Love the pics and videos !

Mopar1973Man · Sep 3, 2011

ramhunter9 said:
How do you all get the big wood loaded in there ? I would love to see a pic of your bed empty .. this is what a CTD is meant to do for for sure .

Love the pics and videos !

How do we get the wood in there... We lift it... That's why I have a friend along to help lift all this in the bed of the truck. Another reason why my truck isn't lifted and doesn't have large tire because that just means you got to lift the wood higher yet...

Here is the bed empty...

This is what I bought my truck for... To haul things!

Even with climbing up about 20 miles of road into the back country from 1,800 ft to nearly 8,000 ft elevation load up over 1 cord of red fir in the back of the trick and haul home and still get 15.7 MPG for the day...

Then later on split this all up...

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ramhunter9 · Sep 3, 2011

LOL fast mode ... that was quick

And on a different note .. Truck nuts ? Is that a joke ..lol

bigbadram1500 · Sep 3, 2011

Holy big trees batman, that is alot of firewood.

Mopar1973Man · Sep 3, 2011

ramhunter9 said:
LOL fast mode ... that was quick

And on a different note .. Truck nuts ? Is that a joke ..lol

That was a gift from a friend long ago because my truck does have nuts...

quietpeen · Sep 3, 2011

Holy hell...how much does all that wood weigh....dorsn't even look like your truck is squatting

Mopar1973Man · Sep 3, 2011

We are guessing just wood weight is about 3,000# roughly. It was not dry wood either it was slightly damp and the half cut round I would guess at 150# a piece it made me grunt to even lift them...

I was flat on the overloads very little bounce to the truck. Took me over 1 hour to drive 20 miles down hill riding the exhaust brake most of the way down in 2nd gear.

I could get crazy and bring the trailer with me too...

Go Big Or Go Home... I just went home Big...

ramhunter9 · Sep 3, 2011

LOL ,, I just went home big ...

No doubt

LB3711 · Sep 3, 2011

damn and Dave he way beat you in big LOL

Mopar1973Man · Sep 3, 2011

lb3711 said:
damn and dave he way beat you in big lol

lol...

ramhunter9 · Sep 3, 2011

Considering I have not even had a trailer on my truck yet ... um ya ..

And my comment was based on his bold reference ... I liked it

HKkid · Sep 3, 2011

Damn...got wood?

Mopar1973Man · Sep 3, 2011

HKkid said:
Damn...got wood?

ramhunter9 said:
Considering I have not even had a trailer on my truck yet ... um ya ..

Dude... Time to work that truck then... The other trailer... :naughty:

By Wednesday I plan on hitching that one...

HKkid · Sep 3, 2011

Snow..not ready for that crap yet.

MarbleCrusher · Sep 4, 2011

Wish trees around here were that big, its not very often that we take one down that big. Wish i could find some pics of our last big haul.

-Jordan-

ramhunter9 · Sep 4, 2011

I am now going to call Michael grizzly Adams

Mopar1973Man · Sep 4, 2011

ramhunter9 said:
I am now going to call Michael grizzly Adams

That's cool... (Right On!)

Well I did it again today just rolled home with another fat load and it now comes to 4 cords in the yard (roughly calculating). Now I get the dirty job of cleaning the truck inside and out. Put the topper back on... Fix a small oil leak on my Frantz Filter (o-ring gone bad). Then check the wheel bearing on the trailer (Jayco) and hitch it up by about Wednesday we figure and get some R & R...

Oh by the way... That last tree was a 2 1/4 truck tree there is just about 30 foot of the tip left on the ground... (No pics today)

Still going home BIG...

The Assassin · Sep 4, 2011

Wow...that's a heck of a load!

HKkid · Sep 4, 2011

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