What did you HAUL in your JT today?

[DrewW]

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[JoseQ_80]

Hauled 2 street bikes.

 

[JoseQ_80]

 

[Jonny A]

1 cu yd of red bark mulch, gas backpack leaf blower, 20# LP bottle and other camp supplies and equipment.

 

[Alans17]

I was telling my wife on our way home from Lowe’s how much I LOVE using this thing for “truck stuff”.

This is payback for my recent Jeep parts ordering spree, but I would have done it, anyway. It was a fun project and my wife and daughter love our new vegetable garden.

There were a couple more loads you don’t see here, but you get the idea.

 

[Len]

A bunch of lumber and a ladder

Looks like you might be building a hunting blind?

 

[PanhandleChuck]

Sod!

 

[4xjeepr]

Garden soil ......

 

[JTzntz]

Ladder

 

[ShadowsPapa]

I was telling my wife on our way home from Lowe’s how much I LOVE using this thing for “truck stuff”.

This is payback for my recent Jeep parts ordering spree, but I would have done it, anyway. It was a fun project and my wife and daughter love our new vegetable garden.

There were a couple more loads you don’t see here, but you get the idea.

My wife wants small raised bed gardens for her tomatoes, peppers, and a few other basics. She was talking about using retaining wall blocks (small ones I HOPE) but I love YOUR idea!
What holds those corner pieces on top of each other? Pins down the middle? Do you expect the lumber to last with soil contact? (ALWAYS moist, a lot of treated stuff is not rated for "ground contact")
I don't dare show my wife this.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Not today, but a month ago - 1060 pounds of retaining wall cap (20 x 53 pounds each)

then next load was 150 of ->
3-3/4 x 11-3/4 x 3-3/4 Sienna Cobblestone Edger Block
Model Number: 1792696 Menards® SKU: 1792696
12 pounds each

That's 1800 pounds - ouch.......

I never intended that much, I only wanted 24 of the 56 their inventory said they had but they said I could buy the rest of them for 15 bucks. Their inventory was obviously wrong.

 

[CJtoJTR]

Way too much weight in stone. But the JT handled it like a champ.

 

[Alans17]

My wife wants small raised bed gardens for her tomatoes, peppers, and a few other basics. She was talking about using retaining wall blocks (small ones I HOPE) but I love YOUR idea!
What holds those corner pieces on top of each other? Pins down the middle? Do you expect the lumber to last with soil contact? (ALWAYS moist, a lot of treated stuff is not rated for "ground contact")
I don't dare show my wife this.

The corners blocks are stacked loosely, but they each have a hole down the middle so I staked them with 4 foot rebar. then to make it rabbit proof (since they live in our yard), I wrapped it with rabbit fence and tacked it down to the boards along the perimeter. This thing ain’t going nowhere.

As for longevity, we shall see. I used treated lumber so that should help. I figure we will get a few years out of it. But the boards just slide into place so hopefully replacing individual boards won’t be that hard. Or heck, even replacing them all one at a time.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

The corners blocks are stacked loosely, but they each have a hole down the middle so I staked them with 4 foot rebar. then to make it rabbit proof (since they live in our yard), I wrapped it with rabbit fence and tacked it down to the boards along the perimeter. This thing ain’t going nowhere.

As for longevity, we shall see. I used treated lumber so that should help. I figure we will get a few years out of it. But the boards just slide into place so hopefully replacing individual boards won’t be that hard. Or heck, even replacing them all one at a time.

Thanks - I do think I'll show her your idea and how you did it and see what she thinks. It would be infinitely easier than using concrete blocks of any type!

 

[Alans17]

Thanks - I do think I'll show her your idea and how you did it and see what she thinks. It would be infinitely easier than using concrete blocks of any type!

If you want to wrap the top with fencing, go with 4 foot rebar. Other wise, you could just use 2 foot and hammer it flush. I saw an example with a top cap, but that’s strictly decorative if you’re staking it. Wood is expensive enough right now.

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