pickup unload

[sloth9669]

well i got to ask for advice. i have just a pick up truck and holds about and 1/2 cord with the sides. is there a trick to unload this faster other then by hand one piece at a time. iam all ears:help:

 

[CentaurG2]

Other than getting a one ton with a dump body, the only other product I know of is called a “load handler”. I have never used one so I have no idea if they actually work well or are a total waste of time. A web search may yield more info.

 

[LTREES]

http://www.arboristsite.com/showthread.php?t=87222

 

[Butch(OH)]

Couple boys helps, only problem is they eat year around, wife helps some but sometimes it is better when she is watching. Seen guys lower the tail gate, back up wide open and hit the skidders. Fun to watch, glad it wasn't my truck. There is a gizmo that unrolls a plastic sheet in the bed, then you throw the wood untop and you are supposed to be able to crank it and the wood slide out the back and on the ground. Then you have to pick it off the ground to stack it. There is dump kits and inserts too. Hit the switch and watch it go on the ground, then you have to pick it up and stack it.

Wood in piles, dumped or thrown is a PITA. As far as I am concerned it is less work to stack it twice than to dump and pick off the ground. That being said the only real labor savor I know of is a flat bed truck. Until you unload one you would not believe how much easier it is on the back to slide to wood off the bed and into a stack in lieu of lifting everything over the sides, (AKA pick up bed). I use 2x4x about 18" for side and back stakes and pull them out as we unload. We have two 1 ton flatbeds and a full cord fits nicely. Pull up to the wood pile and unload one side, turn around and unload the other side never crawling up on the truck, Have unloaded a cord and stacked it many times by myself in less than 30 not breaking a sweat.

The wood haulers, green one is the youngest boys, red one is the old man's machine. We hardly ever haul wood in a pick up now.

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[cjcocn]

If it is in log length or bucked and tossed in (not stacked) and your truck has a box liner you can back up to where you want it and hit the brakes. Your whole load will slide out.

This was taught to me one day when I had a load of log length wood on the truck and took off too quickly from a stop sign. The whole load ended up on the street so I after I loaded it back on I figured that if I backed up to the wood pile with a little speed and hit the brakes .......

It works often enough for me to try it every time I am unloading.

 

[Zodiac45]

Nice looking trucks Butch! That's what I need right there. I passed on a Chevy 1 ton flatbed with a plow this summer and could now! I see it riding by because a guy down the street bought it. At the time gas was $4 a gallon so I passed. :angry2: Oh well, I like Fords anyway and something will come along.

 

[FIRESMOKE]

We have used the load handler for eveything from mulch to firewood. They work pretty good, if you have a hard plastic bedliner in your truck. You will still have to hand unload the corners around the wheel wells and maybe a little bit of other wood to reduce the weight.

 

[JONSEREDFAN6069]

i have an old canvas tent was a big one, i lay it in the bed sideways so there's an equal amount over the cab, i had large eyelet's installed on the four corners, load the truck in the bush fold the tent over the top close tailgate and drive home. once home i attach 2 chains around a tree close to my wood shed and attach them to the tent through the eyelets with the ....
cant remember the name of em rite now. lol any way they look like a c with a threaded bolt on the one end. take off tail gate, learned that the hard way and drive away slowly, presto the wood's on the ground with little to no effort.

 

[beerman6]

i have an old canvas tent was a big one, i lay it in the bed sideways so there's an equal amount over the cab, i had large eyelet's installed on the four corners, load the truck in the bush fold the tent over the top close tailgate and drive home. once home i attach 2 chains around a tree close to my wood shed and attach them to the tent through the eyelets with the ....
cant remember the name of em rite now. lol any way they look like a c with a threaded bolt on the one end. take off tail gate, learned that the hard way and drive away slowly, presto the wood's on the ground with little to no effort.

We have done something similiar with a piece of chain link fence.

 

[max2cam]

I usually split my wood at the cutting location so it's ready to stack when I haul it home in the pickup. Then I load it right into a wheelbarrow and take it to the woodshed and stack it. No dumping it on the ground and picking it up again unless I'm pressed for time or the sheds are all full to the brimming.

 

[super3]

Try WA Jones,Columbia City, Indiana. They used to sell a dump kit for pick up truck beds. Hinges,scissor lift and electric/hydraulic pump unit.My Dad had one on an old Ford 1/2 ton worked real well.
There are probably others closer to you that handle the same.Dump body installer/suppliers.

 

[olyman]

butch--two nice one tons-----green one is better-----------------4x4!!!!!!:biggrinbounce2: :biggrinbounce2:

 

[Windwalker7]

Jeff Foxworthy had a joke about this.

If you unload your truck by driving in reverse real fast and slamming on the brakes, you might be a Redneck.

 

[Butch(OH)]

Nice looking trucks Butch! That's what I need right there.

butch--two nice one tons-----green one is better-----------------4x4!!!!!!:biggrinbounce2: :biggrinbounce2:

Yes, really nice!

Thanks we are kinda proud of them. The green one is an ex Davey Tree with only 55K miles and the old 7.3. The boy has to beat away prospective buyers. We have even been flagged down a couple times. The red one is actualy an F-super duty (now 450) and has a Powerstroke with some hot rod parts installed. We have less than 7K in both of them and they actualy are used more for towing our lawn care equipment than for firewood.

 

[husky455rancher]

We have used the load handler for eveything from mulch to firewood. They work pretty good, if you have a hard plastic bedliner in your truck. You will still have to hand unload the corners around the wheel wells and maybe a little bit of other wood to reduce the weight.

good to know they actually work. ive thought about it but i was skeptical.

 

[aokpops]

get a load handler .used the same one for about 15 years. northern catalog has them .but they do look a little cheesy .great back saver an time saver

 

[Buckethead]

Chevy C2500 with an 8' bed. A full load of firewood neatly stacked about 18" above the sides....unloaded by 2 guys in exactly 7 minutes....it was raining REALLY hard that day...

I've seen the dump inserts that fit into the pickup body and are operated by an electric hyd. pump. Nice unit but you lose bed volume. I really like the kits that allow the entire pickup body to dump but not sure how expensive they are.

 

[bonnieville]

I agree with the Flatbed method.

Once you've unloaded a flatbed a couple times you'll never want to go back to the pickup. I also agree that dumping it on the ground is no real help if you intend to stack it. Don't have to bend down to get it off the flatbed.

 

[atvdave]

well i got to ask for advice. i have just a pick up truck and holds about and 1/2 cord with the sides. is there a trick to unload this faster other then by hand one piece at a time. iam all ears:help:

Yep... called kids.... if they don't help.. they don't get there allowance..