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DaveM
# Posted: 25 Jul 2012 09:19pm
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I recently (last spring) purchased 80 acres on a lake outside of Parry Sound Ontario. There is no road in to the property so everything has to come in by ATV and trailer along an existing snowmobile trail. I am 'refurbishing' an exisitng log structure that was previously located on the property. I need to bring in some 16' lumber ( a lot of 16' lumber) which is significantly more challenging than the supplies I have brought in to date. I have previously seen contractors moving lumber along the same trail with trailere composed of a hitch and an orphaned set of wheels. The lumber itself, tied to the two components, comprised the body of the 'trailer. this seemed like a very efficient means of transporting the materials, however I have been unable to locate any place to rent, buy or otherwise acquire something similar. Does anyone have any insight inot where I could look to ding some sort of similar set up? I think I could probably get by with just the 'orphan' wheels as my existing ATV trailer could function as the hitch unit.

sparky1
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# Posted: 25 Jul 2012 09:39pm
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Lots of Farmers have Old MOBILE home frames w/wheels add some flat boards and Haul Hay bales off a field---I don't think a ATV would begin to haul that--but it was on my Mind,as a idea.
have you ever seen the Rig power companies use to haul Power poles?

Martian
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# Posted: 25 Jul 2012 10:05pm
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Buy another ATV trailer (used?), and modify it to use as your orphan axle.

Tom

DaveM
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# Posted: 25 Jul 2012 10:16pm
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Sparky, I have seen those rigs used to haul power poles. Same set up - just bigger.

Anonymous
# Posted: 26 Jul 2012 12:36pm
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Any old axel from something would work, find a junk lawnmower and remove the rear axel and ratchet strap down lumber to it, and rig a strap to the atv, dont even need a hitch! Otherwise if you want something that is not such a rig, find a local welder fabricator and have them build you something. Might cost 500 bucks but would likely never wear out.

Anonymous
# Posted: 26 Jul 2012 01:49pm
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Can you barge it across the lake from someplace that has access?

Just
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# Posted: 26 Jul 2012 09:26pm
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A boat trailer with a 2 x 10 cross member attached close to the front of the trailer, worked well for us.

johng
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# Posted: 26 Jul 2012 09:53pm
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Use one of these with a coupler attached at the end instead of sliding into a receiver, that will give you a pivot point and articulation. A simple axle on the other end for support.
With a couple layers of long material strapped to the hauler and axle, you then have a trailer for smaller materials on top.

OwenChristensen
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# Posted: 26 Jul 2012 11:16pm
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Interesting.

I moved materials to a lot of cabin sites by boat.

Owen
by boat
by boat


rayyy
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# Posted: 28 Jul 2012 05:59pm
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I have an old 8N ford tractor with a scrapper blade on it,I just shoved a dozen boards or so up into the supports and haulled them in one load at a time.It was slow going but it did the job.That little tractor would go through anything.Pluss I only had to go 200 feet.

neb
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# Posted: 28 Jul 2012 06:32pm
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Quoting: Just
A boat trailer with a 2 x 10 cross member attached close to the front of the trailer, worked well for us.

Samething I was thinking. A small boat trailer.

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