Michigan_JS
New Member
New guy with small dilemma. Made a deal with a local farmer who cleared off an 80-acre semi-wooded field. He has seven house-sized piles of oak, ash, hickory, cherry & maple trees, most in the 12"-20" dia range, to be cleaned up for future planting. He agreed to let me cut all I want & leave the tops & small stuff. I have a 7' x 12' dual-axle trailer with 18" removable sides and ends (126 cu ft) which he will let me fill for $25 per load. Can't start cutting the wood until this year's corn crop is off, hopefully by Thanksgiving. For the sake of speed I'm leaning toward cutting in 6' lengths and transporting them home before someone else gets in on it. I could cut in longer lengths, but it's a 45 minute drive on the Allis 170 I'd use to load them. I'm in pretty good physical shape but short on help. Anybody with similar loading/hauling experiences out there? I really don't want to leave any of it behind. Thanks.