mac davis wrote:
On Wed, 18 May 2005 13:18:13 -0400, Odinn wrote:


Patriarch wrote:

Odinn wrote in :

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I'm trying to get my own collection going. I'm off to Chesapeake VA
to my Father-in-law's house for Memorial Day weekend to cut up some
maples and other trees and have milled. I know there are at least 4
trees, and the smallest one is about 20" in diameter. Milling it all
up and hauling back as much as my pickemup will hold, stacking the
rest of it to pick up at some later time.


18 months ago, some friends & I did a 9' Western Red Cedar, 2" slabs, for a
Boy Scout project. The weight was quite surprising. I drove two miles
very carefully with that load.

As my trucking friends would say: "You'll likely gross out before you cube
out."

Maybe consider a trailer of some sort?


I'll be pulling my 6x10 5000lb trailer as well. My Dodge Ram 1500 has
pulled a 10,000 lb load with no problem many times, so I'm pretty sure
I'll be able to haul a good bit of it. I don't expect to be able to
stack the bed that full (besides, the wife needs some space left in the
back to put her 2 huge suitcases for the weekend).


if she packs like my wife does, that will be heavier than the lumber..


Yup, that's my fear. I just found out the amount and size of trees I'm
going to be milling, and there is NO WAY I can haul it all in one shot.

3 trees 10" diameter, ~30 ft
3 trees 12" diameter, ~40 ft
2 trees 14" diameter, ~40 ft
2 trees 16" diameter, ~50 ft

Good thing my FIL has a large garage/shed (40x40) so I can stack a lot
of this away for a trip later on. Now I need to find someone with a
kiln, since I'm in the middle of some landscaping and don't have a place
to build my own yet.

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