Lets see your lumber hauler`s

[mike lucas]

Here is a clean truck that I just can't keep clean as of late. Summer is so much better!
If you look at the right side of the picture, you can see my solar kiln in the back ground! It is 12'x16' and can dry up to about 3,000 bd ft at a time, but I never have dried more then about 1600 bd ft at once. The more you try to dry, the longer it takes. So there is no real benefit for loading her up!

[John Pollman]

Nice truck Mike.

Here's my "lumber hauler". Well, being that my bed is only 54" long because of the crew cab, the actual hauling is done with photo number two.

The truck is my 2003 Sonoma Crew Cab 4x4. The trailer is a 2003 Haulmark 6x12 Cargo trailer. It works out GREAT for hauling tools and materials to and from job sites.

[Gilbert Vega]

Here's my "hauler". Have used it to carry rough cut lumber straight from the mill as well as several trips to the landfill.

[Dan Mages]

Here is my lumber hauler. I cannot take all that much, 20 2x4s at a time at most. The length of what I can haul is limited to 9 ft long.

Dan

[Jim Becker]

Okie Dokie...the on-road "lumber hauler" and the off-road "lumber hauler"...

[Scott Banbury]

I can't decide which one is my favorite . . .

[Richard McComas]

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[Michael Perata]

I have had 13 90# bags of Quickcrete in the back, and I can close the rear lid with a 2x4x8'

But what is really fun is the drive to Higgins Lumber in Livermore (Open highway and occasionally 110 in fourth)

[Matt Woodworth]

I'm pretty happy with this truck. A full sized truck would be better as a lumber hauler but even this one is kind of big to take around the corner to pick up a gallon of milk (or whatever). Coming from a long history of compact cars, it consumes a lot of gas (~21 mpg) and the turning radius feels big to me. Still, it's a good compromise for a woodworker/computer programmer.

[mike lucas]

http://www.ktrailers.com/generic44.html Here you can see pictures of my up coming purchase. This will make picking up a load of lumber a piece of cake.

[mike lucas]

I have had 13 90# bags of Quickcrete in the back, and I can close the rear lid with a 2x4x8'

But what is really fun is the drive to Higgins Lumber in Livermore (Open highway and occasionally 110 in fourth)

I only have a little over 420 horse power and 800 ft lb of torque. I have only had mine up to 125 mph. That is fast enough for a truck that weighs in at 7,380 pounds.

A friend of mine from Michigan has a truck nearly identical to mine (Except his is red!) He runs his at the track all the time. He has had to learn to slow it down to keep from having to get a roll cage installed. Matter fact, there are many of these heavy diesel trucks running 11`s and 12`s at 110-117 in the 1/4 mile. I have not been able to do better then 13.83 @ 103.25 mph.

[sascha gast]

My X5 got a little too small, so i picked this one up last week. love it, just didn't go lumber shopping yet.

sascha

[Terry Hatfield]

I guess we are a Dodge family now since my son Payton and I both have them...

Payton's......

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Mine......

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Even lowered they still do a great job of haulin' whatever.

Terry

[Arnie Grammon]

Black walnut and maple haul...


More wood...


Chev Silverado 4x4.......hauls just fine.

AG

[John Weber]

Well I don't have it with me all the time, but it gets the job done:



All aluminum with a trex type composite deck and sides.

John