Echoing another thread, am looking to build a trailer. Generally from wood cutting site over the road to home. My little TSC yard trailer barely handles a half cord due to weight. Axle is slightly U shaped. Am tossing around the idea of finding a used pickup truck, taking off everything leaving the rear portion of frame and rear wheels. Going from there cut and paste and then add a good heavy hitch. A wooden stake bed, offroad tires, and trailer lights to complete the job. Will be 4x8 give or take a few inches, keeping it small and nimble, but able.to take a.half cord or more.of green wood. Anyone tackled a project like, or used something like this? Sca
Why not just build a pickup box trailer. You can always add some side boards if you need more capacity. I’d start with a 3/4 at least and a 1 ton would be better. Already got the lights in place this one belongs to the place I work at. Started out as a one ton GM. It’s a little on the ratty side but it will haul a load. Pickup box trailers are very common in Nebraska especially amongst wood burners.
Thats pretty much what I have in mind. Have only seen one of those around here...15 years ago. Cool! Sca
Depending on species of wood a half cord could be as much as 3,000 lbs of wood. Is this for on road, off road or both? Also what is the tow vehicle? If off road I’d consider a walking beam axle, with tandem tires. Check out Country Manufacturing. They have a 4,000 lb 4x8 model that is pretty decent for the money. By the time you build one often times it’s not much cheaper in the end, but is a lot more work.
I have a Country Manufaccturing trailer,great trailer. The owner is a friend of mine if you mention my name and FHC he will give a discount
I had the 2500 lb model with the dual floatation tires. It was a nice trailer. Only thing I didn’t like was the dump angle was way to shallow to work effectively. I think it was 35-37 degrees fully dumped. The larger 4x8, 4000 lb model has a much steeper angle for whatever reason.
I'm on board with the walking beam as well. I've built several trailers, & as sirbuildalot stated, it requires a lot of time & these days expense. Pickup box trailers were very prevalent around here too, but now I see mostly factory built. The walking beam trailers will travel over terrain that others won't.
Country mfg makes some nice stuff! But I am taking this over the road, and on interstate if it is stable enough. The weight capacity is prime concern...if I need to take back roads when loaded, and interstate when empty, that I'll do. Have half ton pickup to haul with. So I'll strip everything off thats not needed, build a lighter wooden deck and go from there. There will be some woods and trails involved, but nothing too technical that that trailer wouldn't negotiate. I have a little TSC trailer that does.work, just gotta keep loads light...like less than 1/2 cord. Sca
