black walnut would be very close in weight to White oak WHEN GREEN (like just a couple hundred pounds lighter per cord). When seasoned the difference is even larger.
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Danno77 said:
These were tops I pulled out of the brush. Some were light and some of the bigger rounds are still quite heavy.
I wouldn't really want to add another 2000lbs on the truck even with duals. It seems to settle 2-3 inches and them just stops. It is the side to side movement coming out of the hilly woods that I worry more about.
Who cares how much the wood weighs, Jags' got it now anyway.
We DO wanna know if the neighbor lady's hott :kiss:
We DO wanna know if the neighbor lady's hott :kiss:
Well, I bet she makes great pie and coffee when yer finished workin'. Gotta luv ole' people. Well, some of um
Plus she made you hot by giving you wood.
Plus she made you hot by giving you wood.
kabbott said:
Just be careful what your trying to recommend. This is a public forum open to the whole world. Yes, truck can haul more than thier ratings. That doesnt mean its a good idea. Especially when someone with a half to and maybe C rated tires thinks he can put 6,ooo pounds in it and then ends up having a blow out and killing someone on the highway.
FWIW my F350 will touch the helpers by about 2,000#. I highly doubt your work truck is stock suspension if its a 350 weighing over 14,000. Heck my GVWR is 10,800 and that is a legal limit. You can get fined for every pound over that, unless the laws are different elsewhere. You could even be sued and held personally responsible for killing someone/damages if you cause a wreck and were well over your GVWR, if they prove you were neglegent yada yada. Not trying to scare anyone just saying be aware of what your doing.
A couple years ago I was behind a chevy 1/2 ton with a trailer towing 4 pallets of shingles!
The shingles alone would have been 14000-15000 lbs plus the heavy trailer.Anyways,he goes
into an S turn at about 20 mp/h.The truck never even came close to staying on the road.His
tires were steered all the way right but that heavy trailer just dragged that pickup into the ditch.
The shingles alone would have been 14000-15000 lbs plus the heavy trailer.Anyways,he goes
into an S turn at about 20 mp/h.The truck never even came close to staying on the road.His
tires were steered all the way right but that heavy trailer just dragged that pickup into the ditch.
Because we are talking about loading up trucks I figured I would show off my trucklet....
Anyways it's not wod but i moved over 10 tons of stone for a shed base the quarry was half a mile away so it was nice and easy plus i was able to drive right in to my back yard.
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it helf a half ton well but on load i have 1300 on it and it was not happy..
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Anyways it's not wod but i moved over 10 tons of stone for a shed base the quarry was half a mile away so it was nice and easy plus i was able to drive right in to my back yard.
it helf a half ton well but on load i have 1300 on it and it was not happy..
My Ranger is rated for something around 1100#. The suspension is forgiving up until about 1500#. I have had somewhere north of 1800# in it; I drove it gingerly. A friend took a full pallet of retaining wall blocks in his so it can go to a full ton. Since I live on my wood lot I am not moving the wood far. I get just under about a third of a cord with stacked rounds in the back. Most of what has been moved is ash and birch.
pile o’ wood said:
Good call most of the 3/4 and 1 ton trucks can handle more than the gvwr. But the important thing is to know the condition of your truck, the road you are traveling and also what you know you can handle.
I worked for a tree service in college and it was regular practice to use 3/4 and 1 ton chevies with dump bodies to deliver full cords of wood. The leaf springs where consistently arched the opposite way with a full load.
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