Just a story, it is never easy....

So I've spent the past year clearing land for our future home. Lots of "In the way tree's". Many were pines and went in 4 or 5 enormous burn piles, however the good hardwoods I cut in firewood lenghts. Got a sizable pile. Seemed wastefull to burn them.

Decided, why not split and sell, get a little money back for fuel, chainsaw's, gravel for the road etc etc..

Have a 6' wide, by 12' long dump trailer with 30" sides. Put a heaping load on board, asked $200 for 2-3 weeks no bites. Marked it down last week to $150. One caller offered $135, another shortly thereafter said I'll take it.

I deliver to the buyer and after I back up to where he would like it dumped he say's "Does that trailer have articulating axles?". I'm like what? I should mention it's dark out.

Turns out that in route to the delivery, the right side rear axle leaf spring sheared the bolt/pin that keeps the axle under the center of the spring, (and holds the leafs together) Therefore the axle U bolts and the leafs etc. have slid all the way back to the shackle!!! Back axle is making a nasty turn!

Dumped and brought it home, the fix was cheap and rather easy once I got it loose from being jammed into the shackle. Turns out all the U bolts were loose, I guess they have been like that for years!

This is a very hardway to get $150.00.

Lloyd

Firewood is like some other items, you make more money with small piles of it. Many users do not want or have a place to store a nice load like that.
The silver lining is that you now have good trailer undergear that you did not even know was bad. Could have cost you much more under different circumstances going down the road.

Lloyd: 730 is right on the now condition of the trailer -- just an accident waiting to happen ! And, like yourself --- no matter how hard you try ---somedays you can't even make a nickel ...

I think the problem where you live is there is just too much wood. Kind of like trying to sell blocks of ice in Alaska. Here in Calif fire wood is very expensive, and not that easy to get in the wild. Last time I checked oak was around 400.00 a cord. Stan

Yea, I did get lucky that I didn't have a wreck, could have been worse for sure!

Boy, you all would have laughed watching me trying to back that trailer in my shop with my long wheel base pickup,,,, one moment it would track straight with the front axle, next moment it would do track sideways following the back axle!

5 trys! LOL, hope the neigbors were not watching, they probably thought I was drunk!


L.

My wife's sister used to live in Berkely- she was complaining about the price of wood for the fireplace, so I hatched up the idea of using our 20' flatbed truck with side boards to take about 4 cords of wood down- sell some, give her some, and pay for the trip.

Checked into it with their Ag department- they were so paranoid about bugs that they wouldn't allow most species in. We finally settled on Red Alder- they don't have that species, so I could bring it in. But be prepared at the border, they said- they will make you dig down into the load at various spots until they are satisfied you aren't trying to sneak any forbidden species in. Allow a couple hours each time, they said.

I sort of lost interest at that point. . .