Anyone haul wood with a riding mower?
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Mainewoodchucker
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I run a 1970 Simplicity Landlord that is 1000+ pounds ( filled tires etc) to haul everything . Have pull my full size truck around when it went down . Not bad for a $200 machine .
Have my JD 140 hydro that hauls my trailer also . Have used both for wood hauling . Can't beat old school garden tractors . ( JD was $200 also)
And the Simplicity can clear the snow to the woodpile before hauling it .
Have my JD 140 hydro that hauls my trailer also . Have used both for wood hauling . Can't beat old school garden tractors . ( JD was $200 also)
And the Simplicity can clear the snow to the woodpile before hauling it .
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BigCountryNY
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Just picked up this little gem for a song to haul my wood. Needs some cosmetic and electrical work (lights and such), but runs solid! Should be fun to grab wood off the back part of my property. Since it came with turf tires, my new 2-link chains are coming in today for some added traction. 
XJcacher
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Here's a pic of mine just slightly newer than the One the OP was looking at and it is a gear trans and not a friction style.
The only traction problems I have is trying to start up when going up hill, as long as I remember to have it pointed down hill when I load it I have no problems.
GoodNeighbor
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I've got three of these old Fords, a 10 hp gear drive, and 14 and 16 horse hydros. This one will pull just about anything. But it is a garden tractor so it's built a lot stronger than the lawn or yard tractors. Although as other people have said here, an LT or YT can pull decent loads if you're careful.
Ram 1500 with an axe...
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Very nice, may I ask how much that song cost? Thanks.....Just picked up this little gem for a song to haul my wood. Needs some cosmetic and electrical work (lights and such), but runs solid! Should be fun to grab wood off the back part of my property. Since it came with turf tires, my new 2-link chains are coming in today for some added traction.
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Ram 1500 with an axe...
Minister of Fire
I got this for $400....
Painted up the cart.....
I use it for this and I bought a 15 gallon spray tank for weed and bug control that I put in the back of the cart.....Man, I should have done this years ago......
mass_burner
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That's nice, wish I had one with a blade. My little 170 pulls its 15 cu ft cart overflowing with splits just fine, even up my sloped yard to the stacks.
Ram 1500 with an axe...
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BigCountryNY
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I picked it up for $500, delivered. Also came with the finish mower deck and an extra set of wheels and tires. 17hp 3 cylinder diesel and geared tranny with locking differential. The folks we had bought our house from left behind a Craftsman cart.
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JRHAWK9
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I used to use our little ole' John Deere L110 (which is a mower and not a garden tractor)...with weights and spiked tire chains. I abused it pretty good at times literally picking up the front end while pulling a fully loaded dump cart of oak up a hill. I have since picked up a ATV and larger trailer.
I was cruising my local CL and came across an old craftsman riding mower & dump cart combo for cheap. The mower doesnt have a deck (good), and the guy says it runs. Its got a 13HP B&S motor. The motor says GOLD on top
Anyways, I was wondering how mowers like this do for light hauling. I know lots of people haul like this, but I also know there's a difference between a garden tractor and a mower. Is a 13 horse engine adequate to pull a full dump cart around the yard? Anyone have any opinions on this specific briggs?
The guy only wants 250 obo for the cart and mower, and figured itd be easier than using the wheelbarrow
I have a splitter and a cart that I pull with my 17.5HP Troy-bilt. Keep it slow and small and you will be fine. Chains if necessary.
I had a year old d120 that snapped a rod I did buy used with 36 hours on it so who knows it's short history. Needless to say I went and bought a 15 year old diesel garden tractor with 400 hrs on it ! Plan to run this a long time. Wish it had 4 wheel drive but weights plus chains and It will move
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That Wheel Horse is one of the coolest mowers I have ever seen, I would drive that thing to work-
Badfish740
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I just chained up my John Deere LX170 so that I can continue bringing wood up from the back with the snow (the turf tires just spin in the snow)-its a little 14HP friction drive, but it does the job for now. Eventually I'd like to find an old 110 or 112 that I can fix up and fit a FEL to. They're tough to find though-I saw one with a Johnson loader recently going for $1200 and it wasn't even in great shape.
HybridFyre
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I have a little Husqvarna 15 hp lawn tractor. I have a couple of wagons that I can use to haul firewood out of the woods.I can pull the splitter back there and split on site, then use the wagons, in tandem, to bring in the split wood. I could take the mower bed off but my bride uses it as a back up for her much larger John Deere Garden tractor.
If the tree I downed is near the main trail I can haul it out with my Ford 8n (see profile pic)
If the tree I downed is near the main trail I can haul it out with my Ford 8n (see profile pic)
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