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[daveswoodhauler]

Finally busted out the new to me trailer today, and my huge haul based on my towing vehicle

Was my first go ahead, so I didn't want to fill it up too much.

Wood was from my MIL's house that I cut and split over last summer....I thought it was all Maple, but I think there was an oak in the bunch that I wasn't aware of?? Next photos are a few pics....my first wood id request

 

[daveswoodhauler]

Maple perhaps?

 

[daveswoodhauler]

A pic of the grain

 

[smokinj]

4x8 trailer face cord should be no problem! looks like white oak to me.

 

[daveswoodhauler]

Thanks SJ.
I know it can handle more....but my Subaru can only handle a toungue weight of 200lbs, and it rated at 1000 lbs towing without breaks and 2000 with breaks.
Last expereince I had with my old POS trailer was the axle snapping 1/10 mile down my MIL's driveway...so I am being a little cautious on my new hauler
I'll take white oak...wont be using it until 2011-2012 anyway, and I have a few more loads to take.
Stupid question.....how do you guys determine the tounge weight? (I am just pulling up on the tounge, and figuring I will need to bust my ass to lift 200 pounds

 

[thewoodlands]

Finally busted out the new to me trailer today, and my huge haul based on my towing vehicle

Was my first go ahead, so I didn't want to fill it up too much.

Wood was from my MIL's house that I cut and split over last summer....I thought it was all Maple, but I think there was an oak in the bunch that I wasn't aware of?? Next photos are a few pics....my first wood id request

Load her up and make it SQUAT! Nice load of wood Dave.

Zap

 

[smokinj]

Thanks SJ.
I know it can handle more....but my Subaru can only handle a toungue weight of 200lbs, and it rated at 1000 lbs towing without breaks and 2000 with breaks.
Last expereince I had with my old POS trailer was the axle snapping 1/10 mile down my MIL's driveway...so I am being a little cautious on my new hauler
I'll take white oak...wont be using it until 2011-2012 anyway, and I have a few more loads to take.
Stupid question.....how do you guys determine the tounge weight? (I am just pulling up on the tounge, and figuring I will need to bust my ass to lift 200 pounds

if you balance the trailer right you can have 0 tounge weight.... and that trailer with a good load would be no more than 1200lbs

and that load is balance right...I think if you could stand the wood on end and fill the trailer it would be as good as it gets!

 

[Jags]

.....how do you guys determine the tounge weight? (I am just pulling up on the tounge, and figuring I will need to bust my ass to lift 200 pounds

Yep, thats called the "strong arm" method. Next time you are at the Farm store of your choice, grab a couple of 50 pound bags of "something" and lift. Will give you a good idea of what a "true" hunert pounds feels like.

 

[Wood Duck]

assuming those two pics both show the same three splits, I think I see one Red Maple, and two pieces of smallish Red Oak tree. The bark doesn't look quite like the usual Red oak bark because we are looking at a small tree or branches of a large tree (at least that is my theory).

 

[wood spliter]

Looks like Oak to me also. The bark to me looks like Black Oak, maybe..??

 

[porkie]

load trailer then jack trailer up off hitch check height of trailer hitch before jacking up move car out of way set scale under hitch lower hitch to all most height that it was on car put piece of wood under hitch then lower too height hitch was at on car then take weight off of jack what scale reads is what the trailer lbs.are on car

 

[Backwoods Savage]

I agree you should be able to haul a bigger load. What I do when there are no trailer brakes and a small car is simply drive slow. The job gets done, just a little slower than normal.

 

[begreen]

Good advice, drive slowly and try to pick a route that keeps hills at a minimum. I have to do that with my 1/2 ton Ranger too.

 

[daveswoodhauler]

Thanks folks. I'll load her up a little more next time and us take it easy...I also need to do the breaks on the subie, so that was another reason I was taking it slow.
Just got home from helping out at Goose's house....Dune and Fblect do some good work!

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Dave, I just want to thank you for being able to help Goose. I'm sure he appreciated it too.

 

[raybonz]

Thanks SJ.
I know it can handle more....but my Subaru can only handle a toungue weight of 200lbs, and it rated at 1000 lbs towing without breaks and 2000 with breaks.
Last expereince I had with my old POS trailer was the axle snapping 1/10 mile down my MIL's driveway...so I am being a little cautious on my new hauler
I'll take white oak...wont be using it until 2011-2012 anyway, and I have a few more loads to take.
Stupid question.....how do you guys determine the tounge weight? (I am just pulling up on the tounge, and figuring I will need to bust my ass to lift 200 pounds

Nice little trailer and decent wood too! Tongue weight should be 10-12% of trailer weight for example 2000 lb. trailer weight tongue should be 200-240 lbs. or the trailer will be unstable and tend to sway etc.. Found this out the hard way with my pop-up loaded improperly..

Ray

 

[daveswoodhauler]

Dave, I just want to thank you for being able to help Goose. I'm sure he appreciated it too.

All the thanks should go to Dune, as I think he was there until 2:00am with a very long ride home.

 

[man of stihl]

I agree you should be able to haul a bigger load. What I do when there are no trailer brakes and a small car is simply drive slow. The job gets done, just a little slower than normal.

I'll add another plus on this advice...You can haul more than you think on that trailer, and you can always add a little more toward the rear of the trailer if it seems heavy on the tongue. I drove an 18 wheeler for 16 years.... so I have had to deal with making sure that weight is distributed correctly...Ya don't want to go thru the Rocky Mountains or the Poconos with an unevenly distributed load of freight.....not fun in the curves! Tends to make the rectal muscles really tighten up!

 

[ChrisNJ]

assuming those two pics both show the same three splits, I think I see one Red Maple, and two pieces of smallish Red Oak tree. The bark doesn't look quite like the usual Red oak bark because we are looking at a small tree or branches of a large tree (at least that is my theory).

+1

 

[Danno77]

Stupid question.....how do you guys determine the tounge weight? (I am just pulling up on the tounge, and figuring I will need to bust my ass to lift 200 pounds

That's how I do it with my little trailer. BTW, remember to always lift with your back in one solid jerking motion.