Hauling Firewood With My ATV

[DMan]

I love to get out in the woods and cut firewood. But until I got myself a 4 wheel drive ATV it was a hassle to try to bring the wood in to the woodshed. We used to use a tractor but it was hard to pull the big wagon through some of our trails. Now I have small cart to pull along and it works out perfectly.

[dinosaur]

I use a tractor but no wagon. Once you cut the tree down, you just trim it, back the tractor up to the base of the log, use a cant hook or a jack to raise the end enough to wrap a chain around it, hook the chain to the bar, raise the hydraulics so the end of the log is about a foot off the ground, and drag it out of the woods. When you get to the woodshed you cut it up and split it.

[DMan]

I forgot to mention that I like to pile the wood up and let it weather for a year or so before I bring it in. Our woodshed is too small to store much wood, so the green stuff stays out. Otherwise your idea would work for me.

[campclose]

We use both a tractor and a 4-wheeler. You are right some of the trails are smaller and the tractor is too big to get through. I like using the tractor better though - it hauls a larger wagon. We cut wood as a family, it's a lot of fun.

We also leave the wood for at least a year. When you don't it's too green and can cause gross stuff in your chimney.

[ppine]

I like to use a pick-up and a utility trailer. Skidding with a tractor would work well too. An ATV is too limiting in that it can handle such a small amount of wood.

I used to run a small logging operation with small CAT tractor and one logging truck. We had 3 guys falling and the one skidder which worked fine on slopes of less than about 30 percent.

[Bojib]

What kind of cart do you use with your ATV? Is it one your purchased somewhere?

I'd like to get a good one to use in maintaining some ATV trails, that would do good off road.