Firewood burning season coming to an end, firewood stacking season in full force!

[Alrashid2 379]

Hey guys. I bought my Wheel Horse 312-8 back in October with one sole purpose in mind: moving firewood from where I store it in racks, up to the house to burn in the wood stove over the winter. I sold the mower deck it came with for over half of what I paid for the whole thing (live in the woods, only mow a few times a year anyhow). 

 

Anyway, over the last 5 months or so I have found so many more uses for this thing!! I bought a plow for it and plowed my driveway all winter with it - didn't use the snowblower once! I've also just used it to get around the property when carrying things. Loading up fuel cans, transporting firearms and ammo and targets to and from the firing range, etc... 

 

Well, the best use case I had not planned for has finally happened. We had to fell a maple that unexpectedly died, this time in the FRONT of the house. This poses a real issue, as the front "yard" is greatly sloped. I am bucking and splitting the tree in place, but in order to get the firewood down to the back of the property to the firewood racks, I actually have to move the splits UPHILL, to the road, then down the driveway to the woods, and down to the firewood racks... because of the lay of the land, the house being in the way, and a field of boulders that naturally occur where they are, I can't simply go downhill with the wood. Have to go uphill to the road. 

 

At a 15 percent slope, I don't think I ever could have found a remotely easy or feasible way to do this without the Horse. This tractor has had zero problem pulling a firewood cart uphill on a steep incline. She's powerful enough to do that, yet small enough to safely drive down the side of the road and go in between the trees through the woods.

 

I just love this thing so much and thought you guys would enjoy hearing about it. Thanks all!

Edited March 11 by Alrashid2
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[ebinmaine 70,352]

NIIIIICE! 

[Brockport Bill 1,818]

great story of your 312 - - the versitility is amazing - - i bought my 312-8 new in 1989 - has 2,000 plus hours on it - although i have not hauled heavy loads up down incline i have used for many tasks and it has never lacked for power - tiller, plowing, pulling out shrubs/root balls, etc ----- in part thanks to kohler but also the tranny and hi/low range - Enjoy !!

[Wayne0 851]

I find my Work Horse indispensable in hauling trees out of the woods for fire wood. Drag 'em out full length.

. My "wood yard" is 20' from my driveway, so I don't have to move it far after bucking and splitting.

[C-85 722]

Speaking of wood, I hadn't seen wood stacked like this until the other day, they use this wood for maple sugaring!

 

C-85

 

[Brockport Bill 1,818]

13 minutes ago, C-85 said:

Speaking of wood, I hadn't seen wood stacked like this until the other day, they use this wood for maple sugaring!

 

C-85

 

 

[ebinmaine 70,352]

14 minutes ago, C-85 said:

Speaking of wood, I hadn't seen wood stacked like this until the other day, they use this wood for maple sugaring!

 

C-85

 

 

Very popular in Europe 

 

It's a holtzhauzen. 

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[Brockport Bill 1,818]

saw the note by C85 about his history as WH dealer, mechanic, sales etc --- i wondered if anyone has written a "short story" of  their time from Day 1 as WH guy up until end of their career? It would be very interesting to see a chronology of those years from the beginning of the the first WH arriving to you until the last one went out the door -- and the end of the business ? How the venture evolved -- the different tractors - the the technology and models - the customer owners perspective - etc etc? I recognize it would be a chore writing such a story -- could be a brief essay, only some pargaraphs of key points and milestones, -- or maybe a more massive writing with different chapters by the sub-topic or decade etc??? 

 

if you wrote it here it would be institutionalized permanantly - - and thereafter maybe other RSq members who were similarly in the WH "business" could share their perspective -- it would certainly make a great historical summary for future reference for decades and generations to come - just a thought !! Bill

[Retired Wrencher 5,623]

9 hours ago, C-85 said:

Speaking of wood, I hadn't seen wood stacked like this until the other day, they use this wood for maple sugaring!

 

C-85

 

@C-85 Never seen would stack like that. How are things in Vt? Sugaring must be in full swing buy now.

[Retired Wrencher 5,623]

9 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

 

Very popular in Europe 

 

It's a holtzhauzen. 

Spelling  (??)

 

 

 

That is interesting the way they stack it.Eric. Looks like it maybe harder to do it this way?

[ebinmaine 70,352]

12 minutes ago, Retired Wrencher said:

That is interesting the way they stack it.Eric. Looks like it maybe harder to do it this way?

 

I've tried it. It isn't any harder. Just different. 

You still have to keep the pitch and angles right as we would in a straight stack. 

Just circular. 

The advantage is two things. 

It takes up less space. 

Also, some claim it cures faster because the round stack creates its own air flow. 

I can see the logic but we have plenty of storage space here.  

 

 

[Retired Wrencher 5,623]

1 minute ago, ebinmaine said:

 

I've tried it. It isn't any harder. Just different. 

You still have to keep the pitch and angles right as we would in a straight stack. 

Just circular. 

The advantage is two things. 

It takes up less space. 

Also, some claim it cures faster because the round stack creates its own air flow. 

I can see the logic but we have plenty of storage space here.  

 

 

Do you have walk in circle to do this?

[Pullstart 64,382]

I got two dump trailer loads of hardwood yesterday, along with a delivered load of logs from their wood chip truck!  I’ll cut up what’s in the way probably today.  I’m glad to have this resource, and a jump start on next year as well!

 

 

[ebinmaine 70,352]

1 hour ago, Retired Wrencher said:

Do you have walk in circle to do this?

 

 

This video shows a rough idea of how to start one. There are a lot of different variations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Retired Wrencher 5,623]

22 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

 

 

This video shows a rough idea of how to start one. There are a lot of different variations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sorry dum post. But I enjoyed the vid Eric.

[Retired Wrencher 5,623]

23 hours ago, Pullstart said:

I got two dump trailer loads of hardwood yesterday, along with a delivered load of logs from their wood chip truck!  I’ll cut up what’s in the way probably today.  I’m glad to have this resource, and a jump start on next year as well!

 

 

Kevin. My brother has a wood stove like that with an assembly line on rollers stop at 4’ saw comes down and cuts it. Then goes to a stacker. The hole thing is under a pallet shed. Heat the hole house.