Portable conveyor to load truck....just a thought.

[wdchuck]

Has anybody thought of using a conveyor to load a dump truck or dump trailer while out cutting firewood, instead of lifting rounds into a higher bed?

HighPowers dumptruck really would be a handy setup, and sometimes they can be found for a reasonable price, certainly won't overload it either. The loading height, if a tractor or skidsteer isn't handy would make for a lot of work.

So I was thinking about a conveyor that could do the job of getting the rounds from the ground to inside the truck, and for a really full load, a guy could stack the rounds inside the truck as well, make the trip efficient. The conveyor, could be towable, or maybe mountable to a 2" hitch extension, would only have to be long enough to get the wood into the bed.

Any thoughts, or am I out in left field on this one?

 

[2FatGuys]

There have been a LOT of threads covering conveyors, construction of conveyors, and commercially built firewood conveyors.

Search the forum for them and you may learn a lot.

 

[wdchuck]

I have.

 

[clawmute]

A modified step feeder could be made for fire wood ( or any length wood) lift, narrow but on this same principle. They are good for logs/lumber.

http://www.caeweb.com/products/step-feeders/universal.htm