From: Snag_one@msn.com   
      
   On 2/9/2026 8:41 PM, Clare Snyder wrote:   
   > On Sun, 8 Feb 2026 22:44:01 -0600, Snag  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2/8/2026 10:06 PM, Clare Snyder wrote:   
   >>> On Sun, 8 Feb 2026 14:15:14 -0700, Bob La Londe    
   >>> wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On 2/8/2026 2:09 PM, Snag wrote:   
   >>>>> I've got the racks front and rear plus a receiver hitch so I can take my   
   >>>>> big trailer close then use the little one to ferry the rounds out of the   
   >>>>> woods .   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> AS a biker I am sure you already know this but be careful when towing   
   >>>> the "big trailer" with a light vehicle like that,  It can go bad very   
   >>>> easily and twice as quickly.  I have towed more than I should with both   
   >>>> ATVs and with my ElectraGlide.  It is an adventure.   
   >>>     Put brakes on anything that excedes 50% of the tow vehicle's weight   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >>    That may be a good rule of thumb for a highway application . But I'm   
   >> talking about dragging a load of firewood a few hundred yards down a   
   >> dirt road to my driveway and the splitter next to it .  Top speed MIGHT   
   >> be around 10 MPH ...   
   >    If it's relatively flat, OK, but that load of wood behind an ATV   
   > coming out of some of the woodlots I know would put the ATV, trailer,   
   > and wood ALL into the drink or over the edge even at 10 KPH unless the   
   > ground was firm and dry. Had some close calls with the old Cockshutt   
   > 540 with a load of hay too   
   >   
      
      Pretty much level ground except a short stretch approaching the   
   intersection where our road splits off . Maybe a hundred feet of 8%-10%   
   grade . But that's only coming from the west side of the creek ,   
   everything on the east side is going to be using the yard trailer to   
   haul out of the woods to the road where I'll have the "big" trailer   
   parked . It's more efficient to haul small trailer loads to a bigger   
   trailer to bring it back to the wood lot to be split and stacked if the   
   area being harvested is more than a hundred yards away .   
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