Quick way to get firewood home

Philip d · Dec 7, 2016

Started hauling our wood this way a year ago. We use this wagon for hauling baleage but with posts it makes a neat way to haul wood home full length after the twigs are removed than I dump it in the pasture behind the house and block it up for next year over the winter. I first haul it into the field with a log winch,makes for easy quick 1 man fire wood.

Philip d · Dec 7, 2016

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Phil9N3667 · Dec 7, 2016

Years ago, I was cutting wood on a lot we own, stripping the limbs off and dragging them down the road to Mama and Daddy's house. I'd run the 9N almost in the ditch to make the trees slide into the ditch and come onto the house!! Was only going about 300 yards and our road had little traffic back then (early '80's). Got stopped by a couple looking for our church and the fellow commented on my wood! Told him I was 100 yards from the house and he laughed. Made it nice to block it up in the barn lot.

gtractorfan · Dec 7, 2016

That's impressive! Do you have a grapple for your loader? Same thing you load bales with?

Philip d · Dec 7, 2016

Thank you, I just drag out a few at a time and use a manure bucket to load,we're looking into possibly getting a palate fork hopefully soon,be if your not careful it can be hard on the manure bucket tines. We just use a bale spear for bales,we normally don't dump the bales just load straight into the wrapper.

Dan in North Houston · Dec 7, 2016

I have a double spear bale spear on my JD 4020 loader and it really works good for loading trees and brush. You have to be careful because it is obviously not as strong as fork lift type forks, but with careful use I've not had any problems. I make sure to get the spears well under the load, and get the load as close to the back, and curl them back as far as possible. I pick up trees up to 12 or 18" diameter without giving it a second thought, bigger than that I just drag.

Philip d · Dec 7, 2016

Yes that would work good too,biggest problem here is when the ground freezes hard and you load off plowed ground it can hook easily.

Bob Harvey · Dec 7, 2016

I have an alternate method. I pay a guy to drop off cut to length rounds,1/2's & 1/4's depending on tree size, right next to my wood shed. I use an electric splitter and if timing works out -my son to split and stack. In my lifetime I can't imagine how many cords I felled, bucked and split - did a stint of selling the stuff. At my age, the enthusium is long gone, but I still like wood heat - especially when the power goes out. ;^)

flying belgian · Dec 7, 2016

Looks like there is a skunk sitting there waiting for you to crawl out of the cab. Could be big trouble!

Adirondack case guy · Dec 7, 2016

I skid my firewood logs to several small landings in the woods; block and split them there, and transport split wood in my dump trailer home. That eliminates extra steps loading hard to handle log lengths and transporting them to a second location, before blocking and splitting.
Loren

Geo-TH,In · Dec 7, 2016

Just curious, will logs slide off wagon or do you have to give It a jerk to get it to slide?

The reason I ask is my dump trailer makes a steeper angle, 45 degree angle and some times I have to give It a jerk to get all the dirt and wood chips to come out.

RBoots · Dec 7, 2016

Looks good Philip! Looks like lots of birch on there. Haven't only burned birch when up north at my buddy's cabin, there is very little if any around my house. Seems like pretty good stuff though. How's the longevity of a fire with just birch? Wish my dump trailer was that big, then I really could get a load of wood! But then I'd have to use the 826 to move it. The little 674 will move this one around, but doesn't have enough tire to back it up the little slope to the lean to behind my shop where I stack it.

Ross

Philip d · Dec 7, 2016

Oh that's the saw haha

Philip d · Dec 7, 2016

Birch isn't too bad it's nicer mixed with maple

Philip d · Dec 7, 2016

I just give it a little jerk and drive ahead than it slides off in a pile

Philip d · Dec 7, 2016

That's a really nice way to do it. Things get pretty busy here in the fall than I have a pretty small window to get the wood home before the heavy snow hits. I remember years ago I'd spend almost a month in the woods between chores cutting blocking and lugging through the snow.

Philip d · Dec 7, 2016

That's a nicer option too,we have an electric splitter in our basement too they work surprisingly well.

NIK OWEN · Dec 7, 2016

DAN, SIR, CAUTION ON CURLING ALL THE WAY BACK...I ROLLED A DRILLSTEM PIPE OVER TOP OF BUCKET OFMINE, ONLY STEERING WHEEL AND THE LORD'S ANGELS KEPT ME FROM HARM...BE BLESSED, GRATEFUL, PREPARED...

Traditional Farmer · Dec 8, 2016

Since it has to be cut up anyway I can't see the advantage over cutting the wood into firewood lengths in the woods and then hauling it.

Bill in IL · Dec 8, 2016

You sure can get a lot more wood loaded on one load in a short amount of time if you bring it home log length. I have done it before but with cutting trees that are less than straight it does not as work well. Its also very quick to cut wood when its all in a log length stack but it takes 2 to 3 times over cutting and cleaning to get to the bottom of the pile.

I generally cut a tree then drag it out whole and space them all out in a flat area. Then I spend several hours just cutting to firewood length. To load out I used the loader to push it all into a pile and load on the wagon with very little manual labor to get it home where its all split and stacked as I get time. Its almost an event to go to the woods (have to have several hours) vs I can do a lot of work at the woodpile in the barn yard when I have free time. Yes I do still occasionally go to the woods with my small trailer and fill it with muscle power.

JMS/.MN · Dec 8, 2016

Front mount hitch could solve that.

Philip d · Dec 8, 2016

That's true but by the time we finish hay//barley/straw in the summer than corn/plowing is ready than it turns muddy for a month so I have about 2 good weeks this time or year to get the wood out while the ground's froze before we get buried in snow. This way I can get it out of the woods quickly and put in in a high spot in the field at home where the snow usually doesn't build up and I can than block it.

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