Post pictures of your woodpile/splitting area

[ri chevy]

Yikes. Looks COLD out there. Lol

 

[Cambium]

Another surprise drop off. No idea which tree guy is bringing these small loads but its fun to come home to a new pile. lol

Not sure what this is. Sugar Maple? White Oak? I'll ask my 76yr old neighbor later. He'll know.

My brother in law is a carpenter and told me to call him when I get pretty designs like this.

 

[BlackCoffin]

Doing some heavy lifting splitting big fir, going to pile it up next to the maple.

 

[cantoo]

blackcoffin, you need to rig up a splitter tooth for that ex and save some jumping in and out. Something like this that clips over your bucket so you can still use the thumb to grab and move them.

 

[ri chevy]

Cool.

 

[BlackCoffin]

That is awesome! I may have to fab up something for it.

 

[Jakers]

or this?

 

[Naylor649]

Both of them look badass!

 

[Guswhit]

Might look cool, but I would hate to be paying the fuel and maintenance bills for the production it is making!

 

[Sandhill Crane]

Might look cool, but I would hate to be paying the fuel and maintenance bills for the production it is making!

The Tempest would be a great machine for resizing big stuff so it could be picked up and run through a splitter.

As for the first one that Cantoo posted...
One "Opps!" ...and the butt of that log is coming thru the cab!

 

[ri chevy]

All the machinery is cool and stuff, but I still like splitting by hand. I get rid of lots of frustration and energy. Plus it is a good workout. Lol

 

[Hoosk]

The Tempest would be a great machine for resizing big stuff so it could be picked up and run through a splitter.

As for the first one that Cantoo posted...
One "Opps!" ...and the butt of that log is coming thru the cab!

Safety first, I think I picked this up at MSHA training;
Don't get bloody, cut toward your buddy!

 

[cantoo]

I would just use the one I posted to split the bigger ones so you could manhandle them onto your splitter. I agree they are way too slow to do much small splitting with.

 

[rarefish383]

Did you ever look at something and say, "Oops, I goofed". I put the biggest heavy pieces on the bottom, so I had to pull several off the top and set them aside while I put the heavy ones on the bottom. Them buggers were heavy, Joe.

 

[treebilly]

Got something accomplished today. Worked most of the day by myself with the TM splitter. A guy from work stopped out and ran the skid loader for a couple hours while I cut and my 7 year old daughter ran the mini skid around bringing me logs to cut.

 

[Firemoore98]

Purchased 20 of these totes the other day from a plastic recycler for $5 each!!!

I cut one side open with a sawzall and move all my firewood around with pallet forks on the tractor. Keep the wood in the sun in the summer and under the barn lean to in the barn in the winter.

Hope to get all 20 of these full in the next month weather permitting.

Jason


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[CaseyForrest]

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Details on the cart if you have time.

 

[bassattacker]

Details on the cart if you have time.

Polar 1500 Cart from Northern Tool, with side rail extension kit.

http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200311375_200311375
http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200338905_200338905

• Dump feature with quick release tipper latch makes loading and unloading easy
• Rugged polyethylene bed and all-steel frame won't rust, dent or corrode
• Pass-through axle for extra clearance to allow your Polar Trailer to roll over nearly any terrain
• Wide-track tires with sealed bearings that don't need greasing
• 72in.L x 40in.W x 18in.H

Larger tires float over the wet yard without tearing up.

pricey, but worth it.

 

[BlackCoffin]

Putting the gransfors to work

 

[rarefish383]

Do you have any idea how much one of those totes weigh when full? My tractor stats say the 3 point will lift 2800 pounds. Some of the logs I was messing with last week must have been pushing the limit. If I hooked on to the draw bar it picked them up like a tooth pick. But, if I hooked to the boom, about four feet back, it was too much leverage and it would just get the front edge up high enough to slide a chain under the log. The tractor is a Massey 135, Joe.

Purchased 20 of these totes the other day from a plastic recycler for $5 each!!!

I cut one side open with a sawzall and move all my firewood around with pallet forks on the tractor. Keep the wood in the sun in the summer and under the barn lean to in the barn in the winter.

Hope to get all 20 of these full in the next month weather permitting.

Jason


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Putting the gransfors to work View attachment 562667