07-26-2006, 05:07 PM
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Name: jeff... City: Stovall State: NC County: Granville Join Date: Mar 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Mental note to self: Don’t load 18 and 20’ logs on a 14’ trailer. Had to get three people to stand on the tongue, just to get the hitch latched on the ball. The trailer wagged behind the truck worse than my dog’s tail when he’s happy to see me. Maximum speed without excessive trailer wagging was 40MPH. It’s not that I’m overloaded; cedar is pretty light, especially since these logs have been hanging around a few years, it’s that the majority of the weight is behind the rear axle. I’m glad this load was only 10 miles away and was all back roads home.
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07-26-2006, 05:38 PM
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Name: Roger City: Durham State: NC County: Durham Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 62 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Bad dog!
Had a similiar experience with ton of gravel on my 4x8 trailer. Unbalanced load (to rear) started wagging at 35 mph and jerked rear of SUV side to side with tires squealing  You can't brake, just hold on to steering wheel and pray until speed drops below threshold. 
With empathy,
Roger
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07-26-2006, 05:42 PM
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Name: Gary Noble City: Fayetteville State: NC County: Cumberland Join Date: Nov 2005 Age: 46 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Try a ton of sand in a little S-10 pick-up.... 
Over 30mph and the front wheels got light and danced around the road, I found it very funny.... the wife did not!!!!
Gary
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07-26-2006, 06:22 PM
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Name: Ray City: Raleigh State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Mar 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Jeff,
Sorry you had a tough time hauling the cedar back home... but it looks like a nice haul. Have you split any of the logs yet? Any idea what the wood looks like? Any plans for all that cedar?
Ray
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07-26-2006, 08:15 PM
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Name: RAS City: Pikeville State: NC County: Wayne Join Date: Dec 2005 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Fun ride 
But it looks like you got some nice wood home alright 
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07-26-2006, 09:10 PM
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Name: jeff... City: Stovall State: NC County: Granville Join Date: Mar 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Originally Posted by Ray Martin Jeff,
Sorry you had a tough time hauling the cedar back home... but it looks like a nice haul. Have you split any of the logs yet? Any idea what the wood looks like? Any plans for all that cedar?
Ray Yep - it's going into my ball and chain project, a deck around our 30' above ground swimming pool. I've sliced up quite a few cedars already and I got quite a few more to go. I know this sounds strange, but I long for the day when I have something else on the mill, cept red cedar.
Anyways, this is how NOT to load logs on a trailer...
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07-27-2006, 08:07 AM
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Name: Mark City: Vass State: NC County: Moore Join Date: May 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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i've never done that  | |
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07-28-2006, 09:09 AM
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Name: John Richards City: Hickory State: NC County: Burke Join Date: Oct 2005 Age: 33 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Hehehehehe. At least you didn't have 600 miles to go and a blown tire. 
I've already gotten another call on another tree up in NJ. I guess I'll be making a stop by the trailer dealer for an upgrade to a tandem axil version. How can I say no to a very large cherry tree.
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07-28-2006, 12:33 PM
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Name: Peter Davio City: Hope Mills State: NC County: Cumberland Join Date: Dec 2005 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Originally Posted by woodguy1975 How can I say no to a very large cherry tree. That's easy! trees take "no" very well, much better than my 7 YO son...
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