Paul, thanks for the advice. Did you happen to skid logs uphill at all? The problem I am envisioning is that 75% of my logging is downhill from the truck.
I see what you are saying about the boom. Infact I thought Aaron (sponsors above) had one for sale but I do not see it now. I dont have hydro lift on my two workers now but I do have a 1450 for parts I plan on putting the lift parts onto my 129. However that tractor needs some motor work and the hydro control is all over the place I tend to use the 1000 now mostly, its dead solid reliable.
I've been meaning to get a front weight braket - and I've got good atv tires on it (very ag like tread pattern) and filled with antifreeze & smallish (25 lb?) weights.
Wish I had a bigger tractor but these cubs do amaze me at what they can do. And a bigger tractor would mean I need a bigger trailer as well...
I have attached a pic of the area I cut firewood, you can kind of see the hill. Sorry the pic doesnt show it clearly, but the truck is as far as I dare take it, the tractor goes the rest of the way. Its the woods in the background over the hood (but the actual spots I go to are far off the screen to the left), its a pretty good slope going down there. The problem with the dump cart is it just takes too many trips and each trip is a pretty good long hike so its very time consuming.
And another a pic for the heck of it. You can see it takes forever to fill up my bed with one cart load at a time (bed heaped full just a tad over a cord).