How do you transport your wood?

[Travis]

You could call on me and my family to help. We/re in the long haul business

Travis

 

[archersam]

Travis, love it! Is that an old Willys?

 

[jhwbigley]

i dont always park like that! 8)

John

 

[Doctor]

I have been in this trade for 15 years, run my own cabinet making business for the last six and I have never visited a wood yard.
I'm paying good money, they can come to me.

 

[big soft moose]

I have been in this trade for 15 years, run my own cabinet making business for the last six and I have never visited a wood yard.
I'm paying good money, they can come to me.

thats alright if you buy from a wood yard - not so clever for getting it out of skips , off freecycle, out of woodlands (alledgedly it grows on trees), as furniture from charity warehouses, from wood recycling projects, or (as tommorow) from fellow forum members.

I drive a ford Ka and have been known to transport up to 8 cuft of wood by putting the passenger seat down and sliding it in from behind then using the seat belt to stop it sliding over and jamming the gear stick - can list a bit and be hairy turning right tho

so whenever possible (as tommorow) I borrow the work vehicle, a nissan D22 4x4 pick up. Its amazing how much you can get on it, though i am always wary of getting vospa'd so keep the load reasonable on long jouneys.

 

[mailee]

Volvo 850 T5 estate for me. Takes up to 8' lengths of timber but the 8x4 sheets have to go on the roof rack. Heavy on the juice but roomy. Not as roomy as my old 940 Estate though I could get a large 6x4 window frame in that one! :shock: Would still like a tranny though.

 

[OPJ]

I can usually get most of what I need in the back of my Escort. If the front passenger seat would fold down flat, I'd be able to get 8ft boards in there, no problem. I'm usually restricted to 7ft lengths and have to plan my working, cutting lists and wood-buying around this. There's a handy hook below the rear bumper which allows me to tie the boot down when necessary. :wink:

 

[Inspector]

Had a Nissan pickup for 18 years and 488000 km before retiring it to the scrap heap and got a Smart Car. Truck was used to haul everything including lumber up to 26' long, and I loved that truck. Price of a new one and the cost of gas was getting out of hand (100 km to work and back). Girlfriend has a Nissan XTrail and if it won't fit in it then it goes on to an aluminium trailer that weighs under 400 lb so the load can go to 1600 lb before hitting the maximum tow rating. Anything bigger and I go rent a truck with a lift gate.

 

[jlawrence]

I have a Toyota Surf which (iirc) would allow me upto 2500Kg internally which is enough for 400Kg of wood (on top of the weight of the car and me), then I've a 6x4 1.5Tonne braked trailer (trailer itself weighs about 500kg). So in theory I can carry around 1.4Tonne of wood ie about 70 Cu ft (2 cu m) which is probably more wood than I could physically fit in.

 

[MickCheese]

I use my motorcycle trailer just unbolt the wheel hoops.

Mick

 

[hog&bodge]

I use my Coffin Carry'a. Vauxhall estate automatic.
The inside is always covered with bits of wood..Hard to
vac the little beggars out of the upholstery..
The aircon has packed up so it is time to change..
Will go for another Vauxhall estate automatic.

They are one good work horse... :lol:

 

[OPJ]

The aircon has packed up so it is time to change...

I don't suppose that had anything to do with a build up of sawdust...? :wink:

 

[hog&bodge]

Could be but doubtful ....lol
I get all sorts of grief of the wife if I get any on her front seat..
Have Had the aircon looked at twice and I replaced the compressor
myself but still leaks. Must be large as the aircon gas has a sealer
in it..
The Vauxhall estate is one of the best wood transporters
I'v had so far...The logs I get in the boot is just naughty....lol

 

[chippy1970]

My new toy

I have not transported any wood in it yet dont know if I want to put anything in it might get it dirty :lol:

 

[hog&bodge]

Love your new toy chippy1970, No want your new toy.... :lol:

 

[Lee Brubaker]

Ollie: That's basically the way I transport my wood BUT with one exception....It occurred to me that if I found myself in the situation where I had to "hammer" my brakes for a sudden stop, my load was likely to take out the front windshield & those are expensive. I now tether the load by wrapping it with a turnbuckle strap & carry the end of the strap out over the rear bumper and knot it through a winching eye on the underside. Then close the lid over the strap.
Just a suggestion.

Lee

 

[Skipwill]

Have a smaller car? No problems!

 

[Woodmagnet]

Same as B.F.M. I've got a KA, surprising how
much wood i can get in when it's free.

 

[thejhw]

Same as B.F.M. I've got a KA, surprising how
much wood i can get in when it's free.

You got a free Ka? Where from? :lol:

I tried using our MG station wagon, and am still nursing the bruise she gave me.

Now I borrow my Son-in-law's trailer.

Jim

 

[chippy1970]

Have a smaller car? No problems!

I love watching DIYers coming out of the DIY sheds like that, I followed one once with plasterboard on his roof the passenger and the driver were just holding it on the roof and as it picked up speed it started to flap then bang the whole lot flipped up and snapped in half :lol: :lol: :lol:

I also once saw some guy with a brand new BMW convertible with the roof down and the back seats were full of sawn timber sticking up in the air :roll: :shock: :shock: