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Stephen Alford · January 13, 2010, 08:34:14 PM

Hey, nice looking piece of gear, good for you. That high protein diet should digest nicely, I wonder if it could handle our high fiber diet and not end up with heartburn . ???

woodmills1 · January 14, 2010, 07:28:10 AM

You got some fiber there :D

PT Barnum used to post a sign in his museum

This Way To The Egress. and charge people a nickle to go there

egress means exit!! :D :D :D

woodmills1 · January 14, 2010, 06:59:35 PM

will be outside tomorrow from 9 to 12 running the multitek for those who wish to visit. please stop by, no RSVP needed. Visitors from south of NJ are welcome to accomodations and a big breakfast on me. BTW we serve beans not grits for breakfast upina here

Coon · January 14, 2010, 07:57:55 PM

....wished I was a little closer.....

It didn't take long for this thread turn to the topic of food. ;)

In regards to the beans.... my grandfather used to tell me that beans were for workin' men cuz a fartin' ol horse will never tire, so a fartin' man must be the man to hire..... :D and there's nothing better than a pot full of em pork n' beans... ;D

Brad.

woodmills1 · January 15, 2010, 02:51:24 PM

Here is a shot of the first sold cord, took 1 hr 10 minutes, that includes the time loading the deck, as well as fluffing and buffing the logs. Meaning trimming nubbins, butt flares and cutting major bends so as to feed well, but does not include the time to load the loggs onto the metavic trailer.

here are 2 shots of the maximum the machine will do

Magicman · January 15, 2010, 03:19:13 PM

Did you do a 4-way split on that big baby and then re-split or what?

woodmills1 · January 15, 2010, 03:32:28 PM

the customer said he likes large chunks, and his stove is 24 inces deep so I just cut to 22 and 4 way split. I bought the 6 way add on for regular customers.

Raider Bill · January 17, 2010, 09:09:58 AM

When you say cord are you refering to a full cord or face cord? I get confused........ :P

woodmills1 · January 17, 2010, 01:30:35 PM

there is about 1.2 full cords on the truck. Usually cord is used meaning full 128 cubic foot cord and any thing esle should mean soething else, IE face cord, rick etc.

Raider Bill · January 17, 2010, 02:00:07 PM

Thank you. Outside of this industry, forum and its members most people don't know the differance. I should have known you were refering to a full cord. After posting I walked away knowing I'd just asked a dumb question. smiley_goofy_face

I myself had never heard of a Rick before a couple years ago.

As long as I'm wondering,,,,,, when you speak of so many cord per truck load and are talking about say pulp wood how do they figure that out?

isawlogs · January 17, 2010, 02:09:12 PM

Pulp wood or any other cord of wood is the same , 128cubic feet of wood , 4'x4' 8 feet . When its on a truck it aint really complicated , the first load you put on will tell ya whats on there between the pickets and all other loads with be the same .

Raider Bill · January 17, 2010, 05:10:11 PM

CAn it not be stacked losely? What about as it tapers down?

stonebroke · January 17, 2010, 06:09:06 PM

You could put taller sides on that truck, couldn't
you?

Stonebroke

Warbird · January 17, 2010, 06:25:52 PM

I am surprised that picture of the loaded truck is a full cord. I would have guessed less than that.

isawlogs · January 17, 2010, 09:33:50 PM

Kinda hard to judge how much is in the truck with out knowing the size of the box :P

woodmills1 · January 18, 2010, 10:00:15 AM

The rock body on my 4500 is 10 foot long by 7 foot wide and the mesh sides are 3.25 foot high. That gives 227.5 cubic foot...so 1.75 cord if stacked and around 1.25 cord thrown. I use 180 cubic foot for a thrown cord of 16 inch wood. there is a section of the bed that was not counted in the above. The front of the bed slants forward over the winch that works the roll off. it provides another 30 or so cubic ft that I didnt use in calculating, so I know each load will be bigger than I have estimated. As I stated above I filled the body level for my first cord and it stacked to 1.4 cord(the front section didnt get much wood) so I figure if I fill the front and mound it will be a very fair 1.5 cord.

here is a side shot of my truck showing the tapered section at the front that I did not include in the volume calculations

Warbird · January 18, 2010, 10:58:35 AM

Thanks for explaining, WM1. That is one nice setup you have going there.

woodmills1 · January 18, 2010, 01:36:11 PM

Your welcome

I could put higer sides on, but the 13 foot conveyor operates best at about 8 ft max off the ground. I have 2 dumpster bodies(truck is a roll off) but they are about 11 feet high.

I am going to load one of the dumpsters on the ground and see how well it pulls up on to the truck.