Logic timber trailer

[Bothy_Loon]

Thanks Bothy that is really helpful.  I'm gonna keep my eyes peeled on craigslist and around town for some scrap steel.  I'll start collecting it and see where I end up.  I have 4 tires and rims from my f350 that I have no use for and could use for the trailer.  I would need to get some hubs though and rig up the axle somehow.  Your pics will come in really handy. 

I built my log arch a couple years ago and it works great for the large heavy logs.  The reason I want to build a trailer is because a lot of the logs I will be moving are smaller and I will have to move them greater distances, so a log arch would take me a lot longer to do, however for the super heavy logs, it works great. 

I just hope the tires I have (37's) won't bring the trailer height up too far as to make it unstable.  I plan to pull mine behind my tractor and will make it the same width of the tractor. 

Thanks again for the pics 
 

-Matt

You are very welcome.
I now have a log arch on the drawing board!
Sometime soon I will hit an awkward steep wet area in the wood I am thinning. The plan is to use the log arch to carry the logs to an area where it will be easy to load them onto the trailer for the 20min trip to the mill.

[Taylortractornut]

Im gonna built a trailer like that if I get my mill in january.       I want to build a loader in mine like an old style pulp loader. 

[Piston]

I found an old log loader that would be perfect for a small trailer. Only problem is nothing works on it and all hoses would need replacing, which I don't mind doing, but they want an arm and a leg for it. Trying to work out a trade though. 

[Taylortractornut]

THeres an old man junking alot of his 100 acres of  stuff.     He scrapped 7 of the little tiny stick wood Prentisses.    Just right for a small trailer  grapples and all.       He was getting 400 each for them scrap but wanted  1000 each to the individual.      I told my buddy they were made  from  that valuable metal called unobtainium.