Can I Fit 2 FULL CORDS Of Firewood In A Dump Trailer?

[@chriselliott2364]

Dump trailers are pretty useful! I've been wanting one for awhile now!

[@samsdoinstuff]

You said it! I can't believe how much I use that thing, and I'm saving a ton in delivery charges 😁👍

[@clubdoraoutdoorsandfirewood]

Hi Sam , first time watching your channel. I see other viewers have mentioned tying to your pallet forks. I set up on my forks about 3-4 foot piece of chain on each side of the forks with a locking hook. I used 3-4 feet because not all totes and pallets are made the same. Catch you later.

[@samsdoinstuff]

That is a great idea. I'm going to have to do something like that if I want to dump pallets 😁👍

[@JelenOutDoors]

Howdy Sam, that's a real nice dump trailer. Nice to be able to load a full 2 cords with the side rails.

[@samsdoinstuff]

Thank you! That thing has been surprisingly useful. Now I don't know what I'd do without it! 😁👍

[@ChrisPyle]

Break of fresh air to see someone being honest about how much a cord is and how much fits in a dump trailer. Around here. I have guys claiming they're delivering 2 cords in a 7x12 dump trailer, loose tossed in with 21 inch sides

[@samsdoinstuff]

Thank you very much! I always measure and I have the same mentality as Chris from In The Woodyard. I try to give my customers just a bit more. I feel good, they feel good 😁👍

[@ChrisPyle]

@@samsdoinstuffI watch Chris too. He's been a lot of help figuring this stuff out. Just starting selling this season, everything has been a learning curve. In my state, people aren't required to sell by the cord. They sell "loads" or "deliveries" or "my 8 foot truck bed" at a time. Trying to educate people what a cord is has been challenging. I became a vendor for the States emergency heating program and they require each delivery to be a full cord (it's a heating source and treated like a utility....go figure lol) so when someone sees a load for $200 or a cord for $275, the often pick the cheaper option. For fun I called around and asked the sellers how their load compares to a cord. The answers I got were so far off it's a shame. Anyway, glad I found your channel. Good stuff!

[@robertrhodes9123]

Nice load of wood !🤔🤔 So how much beer fit in the tool box ?👍👍🤣🤣🍺🍺

[@samsdoinstuff]

Lol 😆 🍺 It never makes it that far once I take it out of the fridge! 😜

[@robertzapatka1082]

Find a way to clamp the pallet to the forks. Can't wait to see the walls going up!

[@samsdoinstuff]

That's a good idea. I'm coming to the conclusion that the old ways are the best with firewood. I'm SO excited to give those old barns some TLC 😁👍

[@makincash3337]

Great videos so far 3 deep at this point, what size truck is that?

[@samsdoinstuff]

It's a 2009 F350. I had and old V8 Triton 150 my Dad gave to me. Wow, what an upgrade!

[@wildbill23c]

You just need a conveyor and throw firewood on it and load the trailer as you go. all that tractor messing around wastes a lot of time dealing with the pallets...the BX don't have enough lift capacity to even mess with for firewood duties. Just a bulk firewood pile that you could load from would be much quicker than messing with pallets. My firewood guy just loads his dump trailer and dump bed on his truck loose stacked via a conveyor and delivers that way. He can haul 5 cords total at once that way. No messing around with pallets. He's got a much larger tractor than we have so he can scoop from a bulk firewood pile and load his truck and trailer that way if he's far enough ahead in the cutting and splitting. He dumps the firewood in my driveway, I use the BX to move the firewood into my shed where I can just unload it out of the bucket and stack it...its a heck of a lot quicker that way, but trying to use pallets and pre-stack stuff is just a pain it would seem especially since you really can't dump it off the pallets easily due to the lift height limit of the BX, and the lift capacity you aren't getting much firewood that way...I think a conveyor and just throwing the firewood on the conveyor from a bulk firewood pile would be less time spent handling the firewood...yep even with a tractor and pallets you are still "handling" the firewood. Cut, split, and stack with a conveyor into a bulk firewood pile, then use the conveyor to load your trailer when you need to deliver firewood....a lot less time wasted it would seem. You mentioned the lift height of the BX, that has been one of the things that I've ran into a lot. The height limitation of the loader makes loading/unloading stuff with a BX an issue at times, if you have a dump trailer with 2 foot sides that is ideal....adding anything more to that and you are then up against your height limits. The tractor gets really tippy at those heights too so you gotta be careful.

[@samsdoinstuff]

So many good points 👍 I so wish I had a conveyor. If I did, I'm pretty sure I would load directly into ibc totes but then I would need a bigger tractor to lift them. I think I'll keep it simple and stack it in 1 cord bins and just chuck it in when it's ready to sell. I do use the bulk firewood method for my dad but I wonder what the bottom of that pile will look like. We'll see 😁👍

[@roadking8337]

Look for a old hay bail conveyor ​@samsdoinstuff

[@randygrider9758]

Dude, set the pallets in, then load your truck bed! Yer werkin’ yer self to death ! Plus you can stack it way abouve the trailer sides when it’s shrink wrapped pallets. I’d add another board or two on trailer if need be

[@samsdoinstuff]

@@randygrider9758 Thanks for the advice! Anything to make things easier. Everyone else stopped stacking. Maybe I need to join the club 🤠👍

[@tomasisp]

Tie your pallet to forks before dumping fire wood. That helps. No hand dumping needed.

[@samsdoinstuff]

Very good idea. I'm probably going to go back to the old way of stacking. It's labor intensive but I'm realizing the old ways are sometimes best 👌

[@Harry-qf8gh]

You can paint the new side boards black to match the trailer, 'in your SPARE time, lol! No one will know they don't match!

[@samsdoinstuff]

A little paint wouldn't hurt one bit, would it. "Spare time"... lol 😆 👍

[@adirondackwoodsman]

Try tying the pallet back to the fork frame so it does t come off.

[@samsdoinstuff]

Great idea. Someone suggested using short chains. I'll definitely do something like that before I try it again 😁👍

[@adirondackwoodsman]

@@samsdoinstuff you could probably just use ratchet straps