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Over the years I have tried a number of ways to reduce the effort involved with firewood movements and the latest is a shed on wheels. The time between Christmas and New Year is about the only time I get for projects and this was my project last year. When a few friends first saw what I made they could not stop laughing and thought I was mad. So before I add a picture to the post I will try to justify my madness. I tend to work long hours, have two small kids and all the heating/hot water in our house is from a woodburner. In the winter I was finding that I would get home from work, help with the kid’s bedtime routine, collect the next days wood and then go to bed. I had tried a number of things over the years to reduce the time moving wood and this has been the most successful as the wood handling is at a minimum. I move the trailer shed to my wood store once a week, fill it, drag it to the back door of the house and then we can just use the wood as we need it. Anyway enough trying to justify it, here a picture of the loaded trailer shed heading back to the house. The trailer shed has to go over boggy ground so it has lots of nose weight and I always pull it with a strong tractor. It is not unusual for it to sink into the ground a number of inches as it is being pulled. It is interesting to watch the ground move. I keep meaning to weigh it full to see just how much it weighs full. Iain

Thanks for the great advice everyone. It would be great if you can find out, not urgent though. Thanks Thanks, lots to choose from.

It might be worth thinking about a split brake peddle so when the front is in the air you have some form of steering

I would love a snow blower too. Not sure how I would use it as I have a stone drive and I could easily see me putting a stone through a window or shooting the cat.

Looking good

I guess I must of done some of this with my Bolens over the years as some of the techniques looked very familiar, especially putting your feet on the hood and jumping up and down on the seat. It's amazing what abuse they can take.

I have seen a couple of adverts recently for S/H carbs where the advert has stated that they have been cleaned using an ultrasonic cleaner. I had a quick look on fleabay and a small one designed for jewellery can be bought for about £4, with professional ones starting at about £40. I was thinking about buying a small one as a Christmas present for the misses and trying some carb parts when she wasn't looking but I am not sure I would get away with that. Have any of you guys used one? are they worthwhile and what is the best size to get that will take carb parts? Thanks Iain

Happy birthday Paul! Iain

It's good to dream but you have to remember the picture was taken nearly 50 years ago and she may look a bit different now. Not sure I want to track her down and ask he to model that outfit

Just read the full post, you are doing some great work and lots of really useful information The only problem is that I am now worried about possible wear on the drive shafts of my WH's.

Bah! Humbug!

I've just switched to a Christmas profile picture, Ho Ho Ho! Join me??

It sounds like a keeper to me otherwise I would have already made an offer. I am sure it would look better on the back of one of my Bolens

Chris, He could have the space back in the shed if he sold it. I could really fancy one after looking up Andrew's on the Internet.

I would not be too surprised if the mower was still in good shape, after all it is a Bolens. I will leave others to pass judgement on the lady. I wish I had not seen this, I really want one now (the mower that is).

Just found this from a 1966 brochure. Tractor looks good too

Another great video. It sounds to me like you and Nigel are building up to a Christmas special video.

Great one Andrew, I'm pleased you got it. Looking forward to the pictures. Your are getting a great and growing collection. Iain

Great tip. I have started doing this and I am already seeing the benefits. The other day I got the chance to buy a part for one of my tractors and I couldn't easily check the tractor but I had the details on the phone. Many thanks Iain

Ian, the screen wash bottle is a great idea. I see you have the hammer on standby in case you need to adjust the new controller. Love the video, the chassis is looking great. I noticed that you have tacked the chassis onto the rear axle brackets. Are you planning on eventually bolting the brackets to the chassis so the axle is removable or will it be welded in place? Iain

Chris, that is good health weight. When mine were young I added a second seat out the side with a frame fitted to the normal seat mount and then strapped them in. My first attempt failed the H&S inspection because I put it on the exhaust side. Now my kids want to drive the tractors and the old man has to run beside them!

Great engine change, a diesel will make the world of difference. The Bolens tubeframe I use for pulling has two sets of wheel weights on and it will pull a house down before the wheels spin

Chris, congratulations to you both. I am really pleased for you and I am sure will love having your boy around your workshop. Apparently according to my wife you forgot to tell us one of the most important things, how much does he weigh? Very best wishes Iain

I was chatting to a buddy in the US last night and he has just bought a pair of new chevrons 23x10.5-12 for his Bolens H16 and he ended up paying the same price for a pair that we would pay for a single tyre, which was about £70. At that price I would be very happy to call them "tires" rather than "tyres" Iain

Ian, This is getting better all the time. Good call on removing the old chassis, it looks so much better. What size box are you using for the chassis, it looks like 50x25x3 although in some shots it looks more like 75x50? Cheeky thought. As it is looking better the more WH you remove the better, I wonder if the same could be said for all WH's