Rspike said:Even if you had side rails and a back rail on the tail gate with a headach rack for the back window ..... filled it stacked / split wood to about 2" from the top of the cab you would get about 1 cord in a full size bed/ full size truck . Now this would would be around 3800 - 4500 lbs DRY weight. Thats a hell of a lot of weight even for a F250 let alone a F150 size truck . I dont see it happening .
Yep , You can get a full cord in a full size bed with rails but there again 4000 lbs on a 1000 lbs truck is not a good mix . I ended up building a trailer out of another F150 box ( half the truck , built the hitch ) Now i can cover the weight in over two truck box beds and have the room for my gear . Stock can pull around 5500 lbs so i would rather pull the extra weight then have it all on just the 1 truck axle .turnkey4099 said:I measured my F150 today. It has racks that go a bit above the cab.
Width 5' and a few inches
length 8' and a few inches
height 4' and a few inches
So 5x8x4 = 160 ft3 well over a cord even allowing for two wheel wells and a spare tire in the bed.
I don't load it full tho. 4 ricks crosswise leaving the tail end clear for the saws and other equipment. Still makes a heavy load.
Harry K
Rspike said:Yep , You can get a full cord in a full size bed with rails but there again 4000 lbs on a 1000 lbs truck is not a good mix . I ended up building a trailer out of another F150 box ( half the truck , built the hitch ) Now i can cover the weight in over two truck box beds and have the room for my gear . Stock can pull around 5500 lbs so i would rather pull the extra weight then have it all on just the 1 truck axle .
turnkey4099 said:Oh, yeah, overloading is very easy to do. I once hauled 22 #1 RR ties 17 miles on my old 62 chev 1/2 ton...had to replace all 4 shocks the next day.
Harry K
JAL said:Over here it is 4' x 4' x 8' for a cord of wood and a run is a third of a cord. To be officially classified as a cord, the wood should be stacked so tight as to allow a squirrel to get through but not let the cat that is chasing it get through. Simple!
DanMan1 said:O.K., so it's 4' x 4' x 8', not 128 cuft. So you say a 'run' is a third of 4' x 4' x 8'?
so a 'run' = 4/3' x 4' x 8', or 4' x 4/3' x 8' or is it 4' x 4' x 8/3'?
opcorn:
DanMan1 said:Normally it's your springs that break not the shocks. Your shock bodies must have been rusted to paper thin.
However many you want there to be. Since it's not a defined measurement, you can be... flexible.
Around here to legally sell cordwood, after you put a cord of wood in your truck, 75 gallons of water added to the bed of the truck must meet, or exceed the top of the 2 foot high bed rail, otherwise the stack is considered too loose and contains less than 1 cord.
what in the world:msp_scared:
ive never heard this one before
what truck beds are even water tight?
what kind of truck are we talking about? people use all sorts of vehicles/trailers to deliver firewood
assuming somehow this hypothetical truck bed IS water tight, how do you get the 600+ pounds of water back out after?
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