Wood haulers??????

[mxjunkie123]

2001 f350 7.3L diesel 155k miles runs great couple problems here and there but picked it up cheap

 

[indiansprings]

I actually upgraded this year, we had used a 95 dodge 3/4 ton 4x4 with a 12v cummins that we had picked up off the bank as a repo for 1500 bucks.
We got three seasons out of it and the auto tranny went this summer. We sold it as is for what we gave for it and bought a 2003 Chevy 3500 HD chassis cab 4x4 out of the salvage pool for 2300.00, it had hit a deer. We replaced the hood and front bumper and grill, put a 8'wide x 9' long flat bed on it with a 6 ton wagon hoist under it to make a dump bed out of it. We've got a total of about 3400.00 in it and it is so much nicer than the old dodge.
The 6.0 gas has plently of power with the 4:10 gears it has under it.
The dump bed is the cats azz. You can pick up the wagon hoist at any used farm implement place for 175.00. We already had the electric over hydraulic pump but if you had to buy one you can pick them up for around 400.00.
Taking the extra day to make it a dump was one of the best investments we have ever made. We can stack 3 face cord or rick on the truck and dump it with no issue.

 

[hoosier daddy]

1964 Ford F700...16' hyd dump bed with 54" sides...short nose conventional. I will try to post pics it's the ulgyiest damn thing on the road but it runs and dumps like a dream. Paid $400 for it and other than flushing the radiator and filling up the gas tank it's been maintenence free. it's a pain because you have to throw wood up into the bed or take loader tractor but once you get it loaded unloading is a breeze.

 

[giXXer]

I got an 08 dodge 6.7 cummins too , but it don't haul wood , just A$$. 5" TBE. And a bag of other goodies.

Very nice. I wish my truck was lifted a little more. Going any taller than what I am now makes it a huge PITA to get the geometry correct for the V-plow. I imagine you don't have that problem in Cali!

 

[forcedintoit]

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[johncinco]

79 F250 ranger 4x4. It has a stakeside installed now though so I can haul full cords at a time. its for sale.

If you were closer to Michigan that would be mine! Nothing but rusted out hulls up here.

 

[johncinco]

2001 f350 7.3L diesel 155k miles runs great couple problems here and there but picked it up cheap

Thats what I am looking for now. Thats a nice rig and will pull all day long. I'd like to find a crew cab with the 7.3. the only ones I come across have been used on construction jobs and are just beat to hell.

 

[jimbojango]

for everyday driving (and wood hauling) i use my 2003 dodge ram 3/4 ton w/ a cummins and 302,000 miles. 2wd, gets 22 mpg and is solid as a rock even with her auto tranny. If i'm going very far (read over 10 miles) i pull at least 1 and usually 2 1 ton pick up bed trailers behind it. Fill all three and call it a day (or month(s)) If i am hauling logs i have a 1979 Chevy C70 2 ton with a 427 tall deck. She'll pass anything but a phillips 66! i've grossed 40k with a trailer behind her loaded with hay and went 70 down the road. the 2 ton also has 16 foot dump bed and pintle hitch (how i pull a float trailer) so its handy as hell

 

[Johndirt82]

Yeah no snow to plow here. Well san diego at least. Theres plenty up around Lake Tahoe where I stomp around. Yeah still havn't sold the 79 ford. I can get plenty of f350 crew cabs down here in great shape. Just look around socals craigslist. Im looking for one myself. Need more room for tools n dogs than the 79 ford does but its a bullet proof truck. Ive put 17k miles on it since last feb.

 

[bigbadbob]

My truck toy and trailer on my way to the cabin.
I have picked up some wood on the side of the road.

 

[TBrown]

This is my 97 3500 with 7.4. Has about 170k on it, pulls this trailer very well.

 

[Guido Salvage]

I used this on Monday to bring back a load of wood I cut from a neighbor's back yard. Cockshutt 20 tractor and my 5' x 10' trailer.

Just a chance conversation at the bus stop waiting for my daughter yielded this load. While I was happy to get the wood for free, my neighbor wanted to pay me for cutting up the downed tree.

 

[clinchscavalry]

18 ft. trailer with PT pine sides. I guess I can stack about two cords on it without pieces rolling off It was a PIA before the sides were put on.

 

[dh1984]

i use a 1995 ford ranger ext cab 4x4 with 4.0 engine to haul my wood with i usely get about 2 ricks on it

 

[rwoods]

NOT MINE, but I thought all you Stihl heads would enjoy this Mercedes I came across at the grocery store while on vacation. Ron

 

[bpalmer]

5 cords

 

[stihlfanboy]

97 chevy 1500 2wd with a 350 with air shocks. It really did not like that bundle of slab wood...

 

[amscontr]

here's our newer one, 2008 F550 6.4 Powerstroke with Full Delete/Tune .

 

[svk]

97 Chevy 1500 x-cab z-71. With a 5'x8' utility trailer with 2.5' sides. All in can haul about 1.25 cord without heaping it up too much. As I am always stuck dealing with softwood up here it isn't too much of a load for the vehicle.

 

[Homelite410]

1991 F 250 5.8 5 speed 4x4 4.10 gears.

Can get 1.5 cords on the trailer.

Not too bad for 800.00

Here is my previous hauler. 1973 360 2wd