The main thing I like about hauling a trailer is the reduced beating my truck takes. I haven’t smashed a rear window, dinged the side panel, dented the bed or tailgate since I started using my trailer. Recently I installed a toolbox in the bed of the truck. My wife made a joke about seeing the floor of my truck for the first time several years. It was always full of boxes of tools, straps and gear. There will always be a trade off. My setup isn’t as maneuverable with the trailer but I can haul more with the trailer. Registration fees with the trailer vs truck only. Storage space for the trailer. The list goes on. If you decide that a trailer is the route you want to go then please be smart about it. Put on sides so the wood won’t slide or bounce off, or strap it down. Make sure all the lights work. If the trailer is over 3500lbs connect a brake controller for trailer brakes. Match the trailer to your tow vehicle. Good luck
and winch in, winch out! I still remember! Couldve used your rig for this log and i mentioned it to buzz-saw at the time. We cut it in half and wrestled into his trailer. For milling not firewood.
That's a really nice set-up Jo. If you want to call it lazy that is your choice ; I myself would lean to the side of smart instead of lazy
Just call. Still have some millable lumber there. Not everything that gets built has to be 8’ tall LOL My biggest BL log got chopped in half for milling. I wanted some four foot sections cut thick and at one specific direction of the log. The other half I needed specific sections cut at a different direction. It’ll someday be either a behind the couch table/shelf or maybe just a narrow wall unit. It was all about seeing the shape of the live edge always so inherent in BL and finding a use for them. . Love the stuff for its unique shapes.
Now that is " A man with a plan " , and a darn good one at that. Not to mention you plan ahead. The million dollar question... When you are dreaming up ways to be lazier is this on company time ?
Would really like to have a small single axle dump trailer to tow behind the 1/2 ton however my budget at the moment only allows for this:
I thought about getting a tandem bicycle and then looking for the next future ex-wife to assist with pedaling. Then remembered it would be much cheaper to just buy a dump trailer.
I vote bump trailer based on ease of unloading and securing load. If you can find one right now at a decent price. I borrow one to haul wood. So far I don't have to worry about payment, license, or a storage spot. I want all those problems but not at current trailer prices. Trailers with no sides or removable sides give more options for loading. You can parbuckle or lift logs into a flatdeck or load bucked up wood easily.
You need to decide your priorities, as much as I would LOVE to have a Dump Trailer, this has been much more practical for the majority of my needs, and I can Stihl load 2-3 cords depending on species of wood and MC I have added “E Track” to all four rows of side boards, and with beam brackets for decking, and and a variety of other straps and accessories, it is extremely versatile This one won’t see any firewood, but it may get used in a “Support Role”, after I get some E Track installed in it, it may haul the splitter to the cutting grounds, saws and supplies. The winch on the Jeep would have been handy on many occasions, and the F350 is a 94, with over 250,000 miles on it, and honestly having a second vehicle, miles from cell service is a Dayumed Good Idea, it just means that the Wife has to drive a second vehicle, but is Good Insurance Doug
