I did not mean that the mule is a great fire wood rig I just thought that I would mention a mule as an alternative for a kubota rtv, I really like the clutch and belt setup vs hydro for something like a side by side. Is your mule a diesel?
Yes, it is a diesel. My boss bought it on a whim, just..it showed up, here's the keys. I never asked for it or anything, never even thought about one to tell the truth. I know they are expensive. It does drive nice, automatic, high low range 2 or 4wd. I haven't taken it in deep mud yet, I'm chicken. but, deep mud is deep mud, you'd nmneed a heckuva monstah truck to go through mud that a tractor can go through...
Has a front winch. I built a bed liner box for the back so far. I think I am going to pull the back seat entirely, (folded up now) make another box there for saws and tools instead of the bed. That should make it more practical.
The bed is called a dump bed, but it is manual and I tried it with a load of rocks..ehh..no, not happening. Needs a pump lever or something to make it a real dump unless you are hauling like leaves. doesn't have to be PTO or built in hydraulic or anything, just something you can crank it up to dump.
I think now for hunting, or long weekend get way back in camping, etc, nice vehicle. Around the farm, I am just having a hard time coming up with a day to day use for it. I feed round bales with a fork on the back of the tractor, don't need to tote small square bales. Mineral goes out in bags I heap up on the front tractor weights. Bushog or rotary mower, tedder, rake. All tractor. And etc. All my work, I mostly need and use a real tractor. Finish mowing is a couple of diesel kubota mowers.
Like I said above, I think this Mule will work well for getting into the woods where the tractor can't go easy and getting rounds out, or chunks of logs, etc. this is wood I have mostly been passing up. I will wait until drier weather first though. And for some fencing chores it would be OK.
Oh, the story my boss got, FWIW. not from me, just what I heard, the dealer he got it from has rangers and mules, boss asked, not which is fastest, etc, but which one breaks down the least, dealer sold him the Mule.