Loaded truck pics.

Mulberry jam. Mmmmmm. Happening very, very soon here. We have a bumper crop this year! Loaded.

 

We eat them right off the tree. Walk around the field and grab them as we go. Found 3 I didn't know we had walking with the kids earlier. Small but a ton of berries on them.

 

Dont eat too many or your asking for trouble! Right Screwloose?

 

My in-laws are about 40 minutes south of me and we’re hit hard by two storms in the last couple weeks. The recent one took down a couple nice yard trees, but also a large healthy ash. he was quoted $2500 to remove the whole tree. It was already on the ground and fairly easy to get to. I hauled the little stuff to their tree dump and grabbed a trailer load of good stuff (for Nebraska anyways )

 

Nice load there Joel. Ash is starting to get scarce around here from the EAB. Was it dead or alive? You going back for more?

 

Seems perfectly healthy. Was weird how it tore right off at the root, about 12-16” deep. It’s far enough I told his other neighbor he could have it.

 

Definitely more cautious now!!!!

 

Very true, but it's nice to send the kids out with the bottom of a milk jug and have them bring it back full of fresh mulberries,black berries, and raspberries. My daughter eats as she picks, doesn't seem to have that effect on her.

 

No loading yet. Just log skidding with the truck again. The town green waste site has tree service companies dropping off logs of all sizes. I'm cherry picking hard woods out of the giant pile every other day and making a pile to either cut up or load up on my car trailer. Pile is twice as big now than the picture shows.

 

You know, I don't know anyone who loads up on wood like the group on here. Even the local wood burners don't heap it on. You see trucks half full or trailers half full, but nothing with wood practically falling off because there isn't room for another piece.

 

well it is the FHC after all!

 

That truck needs timbren leaf helpers or air bags.

I met a buddy this week to unload a 1000# piece of steel out of my truck. I backed up and dumped my airbags to lower the truck 2 inches. All I heard was, "dammed airbags!"

Best $200 I ever spent on the truck. That's cheaper than to tanks of gas.

 

Barely buys one if you have an old dual tank truck!

 

Yep, Very glad I did that to mine too.

 

if not a full cord, right close...

 

Load of cherry from a recent cutting. (Mulberry stump too)

 

Brad, I LOVE cherry. It makes great cooking/smoking wood.

 

That won't help the semi floating C clip axle.

If thats a 1/2 ton truck. Looks like its an F150.

 

I believe your right. It's a half ton F150. Over weight will wear all components faster. The hub bearings are taking a figurative beating. The truck would handle better and aim headlights correct if one removes the sag.

My truck is a Chevy 1500. Payload capacity is around 1500#. I know that it will squat very low before I hit it's max payload. With the 1000# piece of steel I was right at max payload after gas and tools.... The rear dropped 2 inches with no air in bags and probably would have dropped more but my airbags have internal rubber bump stops.

Most new truck have low spring counts on their very long rear leaf springs with less arch to create a more smooth and gentle ride. The long springs deflect alot. My airbags help stiffen up the equivalent sum of the spring systems. On my old F150 I replaced the 2 leaf system with a 4+1 overload. My 94 f150 had 4 leaf +2 overloads from the factory.

 

Well, that is still 2 tanks, isn't it?