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[Gordon Gould]

I need to do that to my new-to-me dump trailer. I'm trying to come up with a way that the extended sides can fold down for easy loading, then flip up and lock in place so I can top it off. I may just end up making them easily removable, instead. Still playing with concepts.

Maybe you want stakes not sides. I thought about a set of stakes every 18" like my carry all. Would give lots of access. But then I decided that I wanted to be able to carry loose material like chips or sawdust or leaves.



My trailer is only 6' deep/long so I think I can stack rows across pretty well by tossing it in from the back once I get the knack. The 1st row might take a couple trips in to neaten it up a little. I wanted to keep it simple. It was already complicated enough for me adding the stake pockets to a sheet metal trailer.

gg

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I need (100) 14' 1x4's, so off I go to get a few lower grade tree's cut down with useable logs in them, and skid them out,

These two have decent 14' logs in them with one close to 24" in diameter,

The rest of the log can be made into firewood or ?.

Time to start up the BSM!

SR

 

[Oldpath05]

100- 1x4s? My guess is strapping for roof, look like Populous tremulous/Popple/Poplar/Aspen/ No good for firewood/Stinks when sawing lumbah/Warps like crazy when drying/Shrinks a good half inch when done.<<<<<<<< In short it's >>>>PPPANSWS<<Chinese word for junk wood, but have to use it for something no sense letting it go to waste. I used some in my garage 5 years ago, my son makes pallets out of it for shipping cedar shingles.

 

[Jstpssng]

Peter Baldwin right down the road from you uses the bigtooth aspen (Populus grandidentata) for making apple tree ladders. He has built up a pretty good business over the years. When I bought mine I asked him what the difference was he said that there is a lot less defect in the bigtooth.

 

[Oldpath05]

Peter Baldwin right down the road from you uses the bigtooth aspen (Populus grandidentata) for making apple tree ladders. He has built up a pretty good business over the years. When I bought mine I asked him what the difference was he said that there is a lot less defect in the bigtooth.

How far down the road you going? I'm 3-4 miles north from Washington town line and that name aint ringing my bell.

 

[Oldpath05]

I finally made a start at this years firewood, wanted to hit it hot and heavy today but the weather had a different idea didn't stop raining til 1pm. Only 20 more wagon loads to go.

 

[Jstpssng]

How far down the road you going? I'm 3-4 miles north from Washington town line and that name aint ringing my bell.

He's right up the road from you in Brooks. Wooden Apple, Fruit, Orchard Picking Ladders - Baldwin Apple Ladders

 

[Sawyer Rob]

100- 1x4s? My guess is strapping for roof, look like Populous tremulous/Popple/Poplar/Aspen/ No good for firewood/Stinks when sawing lumbah/Warps like crazy when drying/Shrinks a good half inch when done.<<<<<<<< In short it's >>>>PPPANSWS<<Chinese word for junk wood, but have to use it for something no sense letting it go to waste. I used some in my garage 5 years ago, my son makes pallets out of it for shipping cedar shingles.

BINGO, we have a WINNER! lol

Anyway, the first logs made it to the BSM today,

With my wife as my helper, I took the slabs and a few boards off, until I got down to a 3 sided 8" cant and I split that into two 4" cants,

Next we rolled the two 4 inchers up and started taking off 1x4's off,

Until we had all the 1x4's we could get,

And we ended up with a nice pile of 1x4x14's for our efforts...

I still need more 1x4's, so I will be back at it next week!

SR

 

[goeduck]

He's right up the road from you in Brooks. Wooden Apple, Fruit, Orchard Picking Ladders - Baldwin Apple Ladders

Those look like great ladders. I am surprised that they grow fruit trees that tall anymore with all the dwarfing rootstock.

 

[Jstpssng]

There are still a lot of older orchards, and a lot of home orchards with larger trees. The trees that I used to prune were planted in 1955. When I started the orchard had been neglected for a long time so I started by cutting off everything that I couldn't reach from a 15 foot ladder. If I can't reach a limb to prune it, they won't be picking the apples. Eventually I got it so that he should only need his 13' ladders; that's as far as his sprayer will reach anyways. It took me 14 years to finally get the trees to where I felt they should be, but this year I told him that I don't have time to do them anymore. I never made money anyways, and burned up most of my vacation time working on the trees. Hopefully he will find somebody to keep them going, now that I brought them back.
He's 81 years old so probably won't be running it much longer anyways, but his father started the orchard and he just wants to keep it going.

 

[Oldpath05]

He's right up the road from you in Brooks. Wooden Apple, Fruit, Orchard Picking Ladders - Baldwin Apple Ladders

Thats more like way way up the road 25- 30 miles NE-ish. If I was working an apple orchard, think I invest in some sort of personal boom lift, I dont care for ladder work at all, to me ladders are unsafe more so on ground and more for getting from point low to point high. And why do ladders have small round runes, very uncomfortable to work off from, I most often use my 14' step ladder to get on the roof because of the wider treads.

I seen these Little Giant ladders adds on TV Little Giant 1416-1 Alta One Type 1 Model 22-foot Ladder - Telescoping Ladders - Amazon.com That's great but why cant they put a 4" wide tread on it so it's easier to work from, until then I wont buy it I cant stand on narrow runes, not very long before my feet hurt.

 

[Oldpath05]

I still need more 1x4's, so I will be back at it next week!

SR

That one way to keep them straight..................

 

[Jstpssng]

Thats more like way way up the road 25- 30 miles NE-ish. If I was working an apple orchard, think I invest in some sort of personal boom lift, I dont care for ladder work at all, to me ladders are unsafe more so on ground and more for getting from point low to point high. And why do ladders have small round runes, very uncomfortable to work off from, I most often use my 14' step ladder to get on the roof because of the wider treads.

I seen these Little Giant ladders adds on TV Little Giant 1416-1 Alta One Type 1 Model 22-foot Ladder - Telescoping Ladders - Amazon.com That's great but why cant they put a 4" wide tread on it so it's easier to work from, until then I wont buy it I cant stand on narrow runes, not very long before my feet hurt.

The boom truck would be ok for a home orchard, but too much money, too unwieldy, and too slow for a commercial enterprise. That's why the big orchards hire foreign help; they are young, agile, and work hard. I used to prune from a 20 foot ladder back when I was 20; now my 14 footer is plenty big enough. I don't even use tree stands, in part because I can't sit still long enough to justify it but also because I don't like heights.

 

[tradosaurus]

Was going to buy my first tractor but now am most likely going to buy a New Holland C232 track skid steer and ground shard brush cutter.

Just seems more apt machine given what I need to do.

 

[goeduck]

There are still a lot of older orchards, and a lot of home orchards with larger trees. The trees that I used to prune were planted in 1955. When I started the orchard had been neglected for a long time so I started by cutting off everything that I couldn't reach from a 15 foot ladder. If I can't reach a limb to prune it, they won't be picking the apples. Eventually I got it so that he should only need his 13' ladders; that's as far as his sprayer will reach anyways.

I have been planting a home orchard of full size standard trees to get up above the deer and elk, I like your idea to prune above a tall ladder height.

 

[Greenland South]

Hey Gordon,
Not an issue. I just open the door, they're right there.

Yup I know, don't operate your controls unless you're in the seat.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

That one way to keep them straight..................

It works pretty good, as I add to the pile!

SR

 

[Gordon Gould]

Hey Gordon,
Not an issue. I just open the door, they're right there.

Yup I know, don't operate your controls unless you're in the seat.

Ok thanks - It is easier than I thought then. I thought the door would block your view or be in the way or you would have to climb up. I made a 3ph height lever control extension accessible from the rear near the winch just because I didn't like having to walk forward and around the big rear tire to where I could reach the control near the seat and then not being able to see the base of the winch and hitch from there because the tire blocked the view. I'm short though.

gg

 

[BKBoiss]

Forgot to post this last month. Finally had a half day to do my own work and just got started cutting when I backed up and heard gushing water. Looked over at the right side tire to see calcium shooting out of where the valve stem used to be. Turns out I picked up a nail lost air pressure and spun the rim inside the rim ripping the tube. I stopped with the valve stem on top and saved a good portion of the calcium but it still cost $200 for the repair and refill.

 

[BKBoiss]

BTW Sawyer Rob, I'm really jealous of all the awesome wood you get to saw. I just realized I haven't sawn anything in three years.