I've not done rocks, I have done saw logs: 14" to 20" in diameter x 12'
long, 1000 pounds to 1500 pounds. For something round and straight, you
would be surprised at how cranky they can be to get on a tilt trailer.

If you can get your rocks centered on a pallet, fastened down with
chicken wire and nylon straps, the pallets will slide easily on 2x12
planks. Rollers are not necessary, they tend to make the load TOO easy
to move and it may roll out of control.

If you go ahead with this, I'd suggest getting a decent sized pile of 8'
long 2x12's.

Bernard Arnest wrote:
I get the impression that these are right off the road, so we can move
them practically no distance at all, back the trailer right up to the
blocks. It was the lifting bit that was hard; a ramped trailer
promises to solve that.
If for any reason they're not right off the road, as in down a slope,
then I have bigger issues anyway!

I hear that the weather is poor, so I'll do this in 2 weeks.

Apologies, I thought that among a couple dozen, small-diameter ones
that pvc would hold up; maybe even work better if it can flex. I can
probably find some cheap scrap steel pipe though.

Should I taper the boards on a bandsaw?

Thinking that I might try practicing with that surface grinder
first :-)


-Bernard