CRThomas
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My trailer all so has 16000 lb plates on it. I am trying to get a cross some people read your loads. They run out and buy a pickup and say I am going to haul loads like he does every day and make a killing. I have been in the wood business for 30 plus years and I have learned the hard way. There people in my area that have yards full of trucks they tried to haul loads day after day. It's 200 miles round trip to scrap yard. It 80 miles to the chip mill. I just don't want a new by that did not read the message you put out wrong and get his self in a problem. I don't know if your equipment run year round or just part time my equipment is on the road year round. We just had a big storm go thru I will be on the road for a solid week. I run into job to big for me and I tell them call MacCallisters. They got trees in there yard laying on the ground that are taller than me 6 feet. My big truck gross weight is 30000 lb but I only lic. It to 26000 to stay under CDL lic. In Illinois you have to have a plate on each truck and trailer. The state hasn't said I have to put lic plate on my tractor and fork lift yet. I have wore out enough pickup trucks to start a used truck lot by wrong judgement on my part. The firewood business is a tuff busines. I only sell bundled firewood. Right now in the area I live in firewood is selling for $20.00 to $25.00. I went up state and bought a cord of split and seasoned for $50.00 and guy thanked me. I said why you thanking me you done me a favor. He said my kids don't have lunch money for next week. he said the firewood business has gone terrible. I talk to another fellow said he get $60.00 a rank I said selling lot he selling none. I am the only fellow in this area that sells bundled firewood except my buddy across the river and he sells it at the end of his drive way he sells oak I had some I was going to push over the bank he was out of seasoned wood I give him a load ask how he was doing he make about a $100.00 to $150.00 a week. Ok glad you doing all right it pays the light and gas bill. I told him I had some more over there in the pile he could help his sell I would but I am swamped now.you are comparing apples to oranges here gmc 6500 vs 1/2 to 1 ton pickup BIG difference i mean the rear end in that truck weighs as much as an entire pickup truck so your comparison is irrelavant I mean your saying you can put 5 ton of wood on your truck whoopty frikindue what does that have to do with the topic of the thread concerning a f250 being able to handle a full cord? we are not saying its good for the truck we are saying it CAN and HAS been done. its like a tree service that only owns a f350 or f450 chip truck buying a 18" chipper yes you can tow it yes you can chip into the truck but why? your only gonna fill the truck up in 5 min but again yes it can be done
and fyi if your truck is 16000 trailer 3000 tractor 4000 and wood 10000 you are over
weight... 16+10=26000+ tounge weight of trailer =over your 26K plates amd youi say you dont push your trucks to its limit!
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