This has been in the back of my mind for some time now and I finally did something to settle it. I took the empty trailer across the scales at the local scrap yard the other day and it weighed out to 860lbs. Today I got a full thrown load of Red Oak and took it back across the scales.. Total weight including the trailer: 3060lbs. It is a 5x8 with 25" sides and has a 3500lb axle. No problem. Next time out I'll get a full load on the truck too instead of the half load I got today.
Here's the load in question. Might help you east coast fellas guesstimate what you're hauling. The log weight calcs had me thinking this load should be closer to 4k. --Ian
Here's the load in question. Might help you east coast fellas guesstimate what you're hauling. The log weight calcs had me thinking this load should be closer to 4k. --Ian
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