Building A Log Hauling Trailer
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 พ.ค. 2024
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Perplexed: Not sure who is more beautiful...April, or her confidence in speaking and material handling and building!!!
Much respect to you!!
Thanks! :)
When I retire, I want to harvest a large oak to make tables & benches from my own wood.
I got everything worked out, but the moving of the logs to the mill was still a big problem.
Now it is just a project away, thanks April!!
That’s awesome. When you control every aspect of a project like getting your wood straight from nature, I think it makes you that much more creative
Great work April! I'm super pumped to build another mill with you!!!
Matthew Cremona love you guys working together👍🏼
9ft wide!
Just finished your gigantic band saw video series. Awesome project!
Thanks John!
hahah 9' wide so she can cut 9 of those size logs at once!
April, you have the ability to handle "Where there's a will, there's a way!" Love seeing the things you build and how you approach everything you do. That is what makes this channel so interesting. Thanks for sharing with all of us!
April. Always enjoy your vids. Love your energy and willingness to tackle most anything.
Awesome! I love the outtake at the end of the video. I’ve been there and done that as they say as I work by myself. Looking forward to seeing more videos. Thanks.
Just built an Alaskan style chain saw mill for my buddy. We were discussing how to load logs onto our trailers. We didn't want anything permanent, Then along comes April with an Answer. Keep up the good work.
Nice work! I found that chocking the trailer and truck tires also helps when first lifting the really heavy logs off the ground. It sometimes wants pull the trailer back and rolls over the stabilizing jacks. Matt makes it look so easy!
Nicely done, April! I love that trailer.
Absolutely, a great build! I'm already looking forward to the next one!
Great project and build April!
I'm always amazed at the projects you tackle! Nice job April!!
Awesome video. You definitely need a huge collab with Matt when you make that amazing Wilkerized Band Saw mill!! This video definitely felt like a homecoming video to the good old April videos. Thank you.
Thanks for this one April. I bought a saw mill a while back and life got in the way so I haven't done anything with it until recently and your video tackles a problem I was having with loading logs on my trailer. Thanks
How i wish i'd of thought of this. Just brilliant. Thanks April, you rock.
I'd do rollers for sure always helps with big wood or odd shape stuff.
I'd recommend some rollers on ramp an also some spaced apart on the flat side of deck too.
Thats awesome April! I have an old dual axle boat trailer I plan on hacking up and turning into a flat bed log hauler with an arch. Ill definitely reference back to this video for inspiration/guidance when that project comes up! Thanks.
Always is pleasure to watch you going trough different projects, keep up with a great job and I’m very pleased to see you using long sleeves while you welding, as a welder myself I can’t tell you how harmful it is if you are not protected.
Great video and loved the out-takes at the end! Very creative thinking!
It looks like one of the next few projects will be a bench or moveable table for the metal chop saw. Love the head band also and the nod to Rosie The Riveter. Keep up the great work. Always look forward to your videos.
Yep, a table and cutting station is on the list but who knows when I'll be getting to them. My list is very long. : ) Glad you enjoy the videos!
Well done, and the workmanship is perfect.
Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed the build.
@@AprilWilkerson Looking at moving 4 pallets of stone tile, and what you built was the first thought. Then how to control the upper bail when it passed center. Rent a dump trailer and slide in a unit. Now leaning toward something that they use to install septic tanks (concrete), which is a lift on a trolley with overhead i beam. Which is basically two overhead supports like you built with an I beam spanning the length with a trolley.... You can find some of the odd things i have built under my name on u-tube, underground green house, bug out trailer, and lab trailer. Sharing back ideas to people that post things i have used over the years...
The ending...the struggle is real. Been there way too many times myself. Thanks for adding that!!
Dear April, I've been following your channel and binge watching your videos for some while now, and let me tell you that this one turned into on of my top 10 favourite ones from you.
Thank you so very much and greetings from Portugal.
Watched it again. Always learn more the second time. Appreciate your excitement. Thanks for sharing.
You and matthew cremona have the best videos ive seen on making a log arch. Its really helped me in planning my own. Thanks for sharing
I love watching your passion grow
I have seen propane companies use something along this line for moving tanks. It must work very well and especially for those dealers who cannot afford the big truck with a little crane on it to load or move tanks. This is really awesome watching you put this all together. Thank you so much. Jesus bless.
One of the most consistently great channels on TH-cam!
Turned out awesome! I look forward to seeing your sawmill build next!
Nice build April!! Looking forward to seeing you build a couple of mills!
Nice job. I am glad you showed the bloopers at the end
April, I've watched a lot of your videos but when you moved I got out of the routine of checking in to see what you've been up too. Once again found you from us working on similar projects. Glad to see you're still around making good content. The bloopers at the end were funny, that's just how it goes working solo.
Love the welding videos... And the woodworking videos... And the construction videos. Keep it up! You're awesome!
Thank! With great pleasure we watch your inspirational videos. Hello and best wishes from Ukraine.
Ma’am. Great build as always.
I have been assembling pretty much the same type set up as you for the past few years since I have retired. I have built a chainsaw mill and as soon as I can get back to work I’m building a kiln and completing a shop. I’ve been fighting a second round of cancer ( thank you Agent Orange) so I’m having to take a couple of months off. And I think this arch will be a project I’ll build soon.
I’m so thankful to see you wearing proper clothing for welding now.
If I may, when drilling larger holes in metal a good rule of thumb is to drill your pilot hole approximately the same size as the bit twist , or the size of the point of the bit, and then drill with the final size of the hole needed rather than stepping up the size of the bit little by little.
Great job, y’all do such a good job videoing your work. Thanks.
This looks fantastic! And slabbing up your own wood is such a fabulous feeling!
Thats Awsome April Love the trailer Hauling logs .
Awesome job! If you weld a D-rind to either side of the trailer you will have an anchor point to attach a pulley so you may pull those logs that are not directly behind the trailer... Love your videos, keep them coming!
Glad I'm not the only one who talks to my projects as I work on them. Great idea April me have to do something similar to my
truck, to make it easier to load game into the box.
I am amazed at your work, you always do an excellent job on what-ever you do.
Good engineering brave lady
I would suggest that you construct a single wide roller made of 3" steel pipe mounted to steel plate brackets at either end of the pipe, the roller should fully extend across the rear of your trailer. Mount the roller's brackets to the outside of the trailer's rear end frame rails, this should assist the large logs being loaded onto the trailer's bed.
Any honor, a favor to the beauty of the floor, is rarely seen; that a woman works with iron, slices, peels, varies .. constructs herself !! beautifully, great greeting from Zagreb - Croatia
Greetings Ms Wilkerson. I have loaded a lot of commercial equipment onto a trailer such as this one. A couple of 6 ft. 2X12's is all you need to winch anything onto this trailer. The inclined plane was in use thousands of years before anyone ever heard of a flatbed utility trailer. I enjoy your videos and have great respect for your skills and ability. You tackle and finish some amazing projects.
She is amazing! Does some amazing work. Excellent work.
Hi April, I would move the pivot brackets up by the wheels to minimize the load on the back end of the trailer and your hitch. You would also have to extend the height of the arch to reach the back of the trailer, but this would also help with getting the logs in further without having to reposition and winch multiple times. Thanks again for your videos.
Hi April! This is awesome. Are you going to add those stabilizer leg/foot thingys under the arch to transfer the weight to the ground? It looks like it’s putting a lot of pressure on the back end of your trailer and I noticed that Cremona had them on his in that clip you included.
She said that she will be adding jacks to the back end to stabilize it.
That's what she was referring to when she said she would add jacks at the end of the video.
Love the bloopers at the end.
Another Great project April. You should look into trailer skid rollers to protect your angle you welded on the rear of the trailer. Great addition to any long trailer carrying a load. Additionally, please balance a heavy load just barely forward your two axles center point to safely haul that weight and prevent swaying. The longer distances at highway speed will show it’s importance. You can add a bar across the top of your rail that you place in front of your logs to act as the forward stop to prevent sliding when braking. Hard to explain but simple to do with your building/welding skills. I’ve gotta add this lift to mine now! Thanks!
April got bit with the 'don't hold me back bug'. Holy heck, just think if it becomes contagious. Exhilarating and not debilitating is what I am talking about. Good build!
One thing Matt does that you have not mentioned and that is a winch line damper. Not sure exactly what it is called, but all winch lines, especially steel ones will store energy and should they snap that energy can cut a person in half. Mat uses a blanket to some sort of large carpet remnant on his winch line to guard against that. I HIGHLY recommend you do this too. Even if you are out of the way, it could save the back window of your truck.
wow! nailed it- I really like the removable features.
Always fun to watch you work, April. 👍👍
Thanks! I'm glad you enjoy my channel. Thanks for watching.
That is AWESOME! I love logs and slabs and considered a crane mod to a truck bed/frame to do this.
A trailer is much more practical. Maybe a come along on the cable to bring a log up closer? Then Swing
it on up. A steel plate up the middle of the trailer for a slide zone would probably save hassle and a lot
of wear too. Love where you're going with this. Way too much beautiful wood is just burned up when it
could be slabbed up and used for amazing furniture.
I've said it before,there is nothing you can't do once you put your mind to it.Great job.
Thanks for sharing and God Bless
Great job. Looks good , and the out takes, nice touch. Now you can watch a nice informational video but real behind the scene what really happens. Great job
Ramps with rollers. Talking to the steel always helps, personal experience.
@@walterdove8727 AGREED .... Best / Most practical solution for the trailer ... and nothing else to carry or handle when using the trailer/arch !!!
One word parbuckle
or just pick the dam log up by hand....
@@Hats4everyone sure
a masterpiece! really good :)
Great job on that. Welding sure opens up the projects you can do. I know it sure has for me once I got my everlast welder and got proficient using it.
Love the 'bloopers' at the end of the video. Thanks for sharing!
Nice build!
Simple yet effective idea.
Great job April! I learned a few things from this ☺ Way to go with the 800k+ subs too 😉
I just watched the Cremona band saw video series. What an awesome and daunting project. Looking forward to you tackling it. You DEFINITELY have the shop for it now. LOL
April if those brackets on the floor where built taller you could drill holes and place a pin to hold that bar once it goes over center. May not be needed but you know how us old guys and their ideas are.
I absolutely LOVE your videos. You have got to be one, if not the most talented individual I have ever seen.
Very nice build. I'm a professional climber/arborist on the south coast of BC. Moving logs is a constant issue here and although this doesn't solve the "getting logs out of tight back yard" problem, it solves many of the other ones.
Excellent job . I like to see the way you are evolving, and your main weapon is the courage, sympathy and above all simplicity. You admit mistakes and the help you have. GREAT . In this work I verified that the lifting bar does not load the objects efficiently inwards, the simple solution is to lock the log chain not directly in the bar but in the pulling chain itself , some 30 or 40 cm or even 50 far from the point where it is now .Add a hook so like that is easy to remove the pulling chain from the bar. If you do this you can continue to pull the log to the interior of the car without great maneuvers. I think you should try.
I purchased a SuperJaw as per watching one of your vid's. I love it. I haven't found anything it wouldn't hold. This is a great idea for the log loader also. Thanks fro the great info you treat us to.
Are there any cons to the SJ?
i live in southern arkansas, and pray that i never have to haul a stump or log as long as i live.. but here i am.. and this is the dopest idea i've ever seen for that. haha.. awesome video.. and, if you wanna show how to build a bagged trailer so that we can more easily haul our lowriders and body dropped trucks, that would be awesome! haha. thanks for the videos!
Great Job , I love and admire your spirit . Very inspirational .
Weld a couple of hooks on the arch. This way you can choke the log, pull the chain through your d ring and then pull the slack and hook the chain at the correct length. Very nice build.
Nice build :) Definitely appreciate the out takes at the end!
Simply awesome! Glad I found your TH-cam!
Great plugs! Wasn’t quite expecting WIX.com
Cool build, great idea
Nice lift April.... you said you might add a ramp with rollers... you might just add one roller at the edge of the trailer to allow that single pivot point to roll with either the cable or the log... if permanently attached, it could also be your top roller of a ramp..
Very impressive. Great work April.
Excellent job, l admire you’re clever ideas and the ability to do a first class job. I just came across you’re channel and have also subscribed.
Brian, from Australia. (Down-Under😀)
CLEVER ALL DAY LONG!
I had a trailer one time. built to move buildings with it had 3ft wide rollers on the tail end 2 of them. Worked great maybe long travel spring on your arch going both ways on top of the side rails great job
Brilliant work
I'd drill a few maybe half inch holes into the plate onto which the winch motor and cable spool is attached, just so water drops or rain or sand or whatever lands on that plate can run off.
Take greater care with the chainsaw. You don't want to cut so that the blade gets pinched. Cut in a place or from a direction where the cut will open up under the weight of the two resulting pieces, as they get separated. For instance, put a supporting block under one of the pieces near the cut - the other piece being lifted, will fall off and open up the cut as it gets separated.
Yeah, I agree about the chainsaw. I cringed with fear when I saw her cutting those stumps.
Very cool April! I've admired Matthew's log trailer for a long time.
Thanks I built a 10 k twin axle trailer and you just gave me ideas how I can move logs and heavy steel. Thanks.
Looking forward to seeing how you build Matt's bandsaw mill. I'm sure you'll have a little twist that you add to it. It is an incredible design though. Nice job on the log arch.
Looking fantastic 👍👍
You could make the arch telescopic for pulling the logs all the way to the front in one motion. I use this for liting my snowmobile into my pickup. Just hook it up and push the button on the winch. Gotta love machinery!! Great videos btw
Making a detachable, HEAVY DUTY, arch support sounds super hard! But I guess you just pull the pin out for the hinge and leave the base in place. Great work! I can see your DIY skills progress. I'm wanting to make a hoist/band saw mill combo but that project will probably be on hold because I have other ones I have to do first that are more monetarily important.
Great idea and amazing workmanship. You seem to be very detailed oriented. One observation is that if you pick up a long log, the log might bind at the back of your trailer restricting movement of the arch once a log is in the trailer and leaning on the arch arm preventing from loading another log if you so desire. I would beef up the sides at the back and mount it of top. Great job though.
You are amazing April. Great work.
For the arch anti-flop support you could try 'swing-out' legs. As the arch reaches the point where it could flop down you'd have two swing-out legs waiting to catch it and when the arch is raised again the legs would lay flush with the arch. Great work on the trailer, April...well done!
Te felicito. Excelente trabajo realmente te admiro!
Found one and thought gotta watch and it was ok as they really mirror things I have built. It's the last fifteen seconds that had me falling out of my wheelchair. I have pulled till my gut hurt or ran end to end trying to get the first one then it gets easy just to see the glad I caught that moment. I have only edited a comment so can't relate to the hours making a video, envy not having this when we did our thing but just for your info box, your finally reaching a dream never ever conceived when living in washington. You can do the happy dance now
Always love the outtakes and great job
Love the bloopers!!
Great build April!
Love the acrobatics at the end :)
Muito bom projeto parabéns.
What a dream project. Can't wait to see Mat on your channel or you on his.Good luck finding a decent size log around here but I'm up for a road trip if you want to go to Mat's neighborhood to bring some of those beauties back. :D
Great job you are inspiration to all welders
Love the idea with the trailer!! One idea you might think about is chequered plate to go on top of the wooden floor. It would stop the wood getting all scratched up and ruined and the plate can just be brushed / washed down afterwards.