How do you Get your Firewood out?

[pigpen60]

this is how i do it!

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[iCreek]

this is how i do it!

pigpen60, Is that a Ferguson 20/30/35 or a Ford 2/8/9 N ?

Nice looking setup for sure.

 

[pigpen60]

to-20 ferguson with my version of a log arch. pigpen

 

[Hunt'n'photos]

Heres my old faithful wood hauler.

And here is my new toy and wood retreiver!

Just have to finish building a rack for the bed. I mainly bought it as a moose hauling rig, but it will sure be nice to get the firewood out of the woods and to the truck or around the cabin.

 

[cnczane]

I found max2cam's idea of using a high-wheel garden cart so convincing that I went off to find one.

Not finding any 'tall in 2024.

 

[Jere39]

Since this old thread was refreshed, I'd like to contribute. I like to keep my cart paths narrow, and leaf covered to avoid mud. I have a sturdy JD x738 and a Bombardier ATV I can use. The tractor once the mower deck comes off for the winter, the ATV year round. I use a JD 15S cart when moving split wood, and a home made log arch when I'm pulling logs.

 

[fields_mj]

I've used an ATV, utility tractor, and my truck. Most of where I cut is relatively flat (compared to places like TN). Worse case, a tree is in a ravine in which case I limb it and use a truck or tractor with a chain to pull out the logs that I want. I haul most of my firewood about 40 miles because the woods that I hunt is mostly shagbark hickory, and it's close to where I grew up. Dad used to come out and help me some (just a chance for us to work together), but he's not able to do much of that work any more. If I'm felling a bunch of trees, I still ask him to come out even if its just to watch. If something goes really wrong, its good to have someone to call for help.

Anyway, I now cut everything into 15'-16' logs and drag them out to a landing. If the ground is decent, I'll use my truck. If its soft, I'll take my tractor up and use it. Either way, I drag them out into a small clearing where I can load them onto my trailer with a 13k winch and an arch that I built for the back of the trailer. Then I haul them home, drag them off with the tractor, cut them in half, and use the loader with forks to stack them on RR ties. My tandem trailer has 5400 lb axles and I haul a little under 2 cords per trip. If I have to take the tractor up, then the logs stay at the landing until I can come back and get them at a later date.

From there, I cut and split my firewood in the back yard as I have time, or as its needed. If its as needed, I use the forks to take the logs up to the house first. Otherwise, I'll put a 4x8 trailer on the back of the tractor and use it to haul firewood up to the house. Below is a partial load of locust on my trailer from a few years ago, plus a pick of some large ash logs that I took to a buddies mill last weekend and a couple pics of the logs on RR ties.