How do you load wood?

[mistahbenn]

So what methods do you use to get wood onto the trailer/transit/whatever, without expensive loaders/machinery. Im tired of loading wood by hand with two other guys, its back breaking and tiring. We do it at least 3 times a week, Im trying to think of other ways, without spending money on dingos, skid steers etc. Any ideas welcomes

[Mark Bolam]

Man up.

[Mark Bolam]

Seriously Ben, if you come up with the solution you could get very rich indeed!

[Johny Walker]

So what methods do you use to get wood onto the trailer/transit/whatever, without expensive loaders/machinery. Im tired of loading wood by hand with two other guys, its back breaking and tiring. We do it at least 3 times a week, Im trying to think of other ways, without spending money on dingos, skid steers etc. Any ideas welcomes

 

leave the lads loading while you nip of & price an urgent job up

[NI Tree]

i would just take the plundge an invest in the Business you will find that you will use a loader more than you realise. not just on the job but back at home to. to handle them again and push up chip exctra. once you have one you will neaver be with out it

[shendy]

Lower straight in to the truck!

[Tom D]

Get a machine. you won't regret it. The difficult part is deciding which machine....

 

 

I took out 4 big black pines last year, there was a long drag and a narrow gate. A local hire company gave me a self loading tracked barrow for £60 delivered. I felled the sticks and ringed them up, then driving the barrow up to the end of each stick I knocked rings, too big to lift, in turn over on to the loading shovel and the loader flipped them into the barrow, it held about 6 at a time and saved loads of time, and high tipped into the trailer.

probably knocked 5 hours off the job. for £60!!! Its a no brainer.

[elfinwood saws]

Machine everytime you must think of your own health, back injurys are bad news.

[swinny]

Machine everytime you must think of your own health, back injurys are bad news.

 

I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THIS COMMENT !

[josharb87]

Inventive rigging setups from other trees but dont underestimate the forces involved!

felling stems into the back of trailers can damage the trailer but again, you can controll it with a rigging line