Pages: 1
Posted by: upnort
Dang pretty nice loads you can carry with that. I get all my wood in in the spring/summer. Either use a trailer or cable skid. Dont really like to skid them as it puts a hurting on the chainsaw.
Posted by: JohnO
Here's my Cat 500 in action, doing what it usually does on weekends - hauling firewood. Husky 272XP saw with 32" bar, and M1A in the rack, in case the deer poachers start getting careless again.
My Cat
Posted by: CaptainQuint
Those sleds are very cool. Are they homebuilt item or something commonly available?
Posted by: tencubed
Quote
Originally posted by: vinny04
do any of you guys use you bikes for hauliing firewood or logs? thatsa one ove the things I like most about atvs is putting them to work. I was in the woods for a few weeks now and took some pics, here is my setup. Lets see some pics of your setup.
hauling firewood
Looks like you have a handle on the logging for wood thing. Used to heat with wood for a number of years but always cut it in the summer and hauled with a truck. Now we just set the thermostat to the temperature we want and let ReddyKilowatt do the work.
Posted by: 4wheelerfred
I love my Husky 51, i run a 22 inch bar but i also have the 18. you just cant stop that saw.
Posted by: trailbound
Good topic. No pics but we burn wood in my shop and dads house here in Minnesota. Pull two trailers and a splitter hooked together like a train. Only have 160 acres of river bottom so we split and stack down there. Use 3 sportsmans, tractor supply co. splitter, 2 atv carts, husky 49 20", rancher 61 20", stile 250 16". Got our first snow last weekend 9", 10-15" comming tonight.
Posted by: vinny04
do any of you guys use you bikes for hauliing firewood or logs? thatsa one ove the things I like most about atvs is putting them to work. I was in the woods for a few weeks now and took some pics, here is my setup. Lets see some pics of your setup.
hauling firewood
Posted by: vinny04
yeah, I bet gravel embeded in the logs make for dull teeth LOL. I like getting the wood in winter because I have alot more free time and hauling with the wood sleds is alot easier on the bike than using a cart or trailer they glide along with ease (1/2" thick X 2" wide teflon on the runners helps).
Posted by: vinny04
I have 2 sets, I built one set and bought the other because it was cheaper to buy the one already built than it was to make it. These sleds are very common around here seems like everyone who burns wood and has a snowmobile or atv has a set or 2. Some people build a plywood box and put that on the sled so they can saw the wood into junks before bringing it home.
Posted by: vinny04
Johno,
thats a nice tub trailer you have there, I'd like to have on for hauling moose and stuff in the fall. Thats some bar on the saw mine is only 16" but plenty big for the trees we cut up to 24". It's not easy to find a tree that large around here.
TRVrider,
We made one set and bought the other from a local guy who makes and sells them locally they cost $180-200 sometimes the tow bar is not included a guy across the street made my tow bar for like $10.
Posted by: vinny04
papps,
The way the sleds distribute the weight of the logs there is ZERO tongue weight on the quad so loading them up puts no stress on your shocks. I used a 2 wheel cart/trailer that I have earlier in the winter when the bogs were frozen but no snow cover and it had noticeable tongue weight and I could feel the load pulling on the quad in the rough spots. Sleds are 200% better than a cart. On a flat level trail you can unhitch the sleds loaded with logs and pull them by hand (for a foot or so LOL) they slide so easy.
Some people use chains but I never had the need for them especially with the Mud Bugs on. I think they would put alot of stress on your rear diff.
We got a rediculos amount of snow last sunday upwards of 50cm and high winds 100km/h made for plenty of drifts up to 8' high. I made a few runs in the woods with the Bravo but last night we got another 20cm or so. I'll get the bravo in againg to break the trail but really we need a bit of rain after I break it and then some frost so it will be hard enough to get the quads in.
we had to get a backhoe in to clear the drive way took him 45-60min to get it done, i guess it would have taken about 10-12 hours to shovel it. here are some pics of the snow fall snow clearing
Posted by: vinny04
oh I get you now with the 900LB thing. The most I put on the bike was myself (185Lb, my father about 190Lbs, 2 quarters of moose 120LB each plus hide) thats like 600-700LBS. I adjusted the shocks to the firmest setting they didn't bottom out but I could deffenitly feel the weight. We drove like this for about 2.5km 1.5km of that was muskeg. Here is a pic of it moose pic
Posted by: vinny04
what do you mean by "ho do you send pictures?"
Do you want to send them via e-mail? or are you looking to post them on the internet like I have done?
I just signed up for free on yahoo photos and upload my pics there (very simple on screen instructions for uploading) and put links to the site for viewing.
Posted by: TRVRider
Nice pics fella's.
I use my 400TRV and a trailer 4'x6'. Gotta luv the Husky's 346XP.
Vinny where can ya find the sleds? What kinda price tag go along with them? Usually do my cutting in the spring and fall.
Posted by: papps
you would kill yourself up here doing that hualing logs. The tundra could barely break trail last year for bear season.
the most we ever put on our quad is roughly 700-900 lbs with the heaveyest rear shocks on the market. Nice setup.
has anybody try chains? I hear they work good.
we put realy wide teflon runners on our sleds so they don't sink.
Posted by: papps
No, the 900 ibs thing i was talking about was a brown bear my dad and his guide and the hunter all together on the quad and thats realy pushing the suspention. Ya, thats true their isn't much stress on the rear shocks.
You have a bravo. their a good little skidoo, very lite. A F7 with a longtrack and 2' paddles, moutian cluthing got stuck on a hillside near buy my place snow was deep thier. We have about 3.5-4 feet roughly in the hills it's worse.
Posted by: papps
I hate going thro boogs with lots of wieght.
How do you send pictures?
