I grew up on that 1000 in Illinois. It came here with a 44" mower deck. I don't have that much lawn to mow so I like to say it retired in California.
We burn about 3 cords a year. It does get cold at night but nothing like where I grew up. In the morning it is usually around 60° in the house.
I have a vintage Lickety Log Splitter that I used to make the bark mess. I pull it out to the shed with the 1000. I love vintage Kohler powered equipment.
We have redwood trees in our yard. Once I get it cleaned up I'll take some pictures of Quietlines in a redwood forest. You can see some of the small ones in the background of the pictures I posted in this thread.