Been meaning to drop you a PM. I was into the hunting cabin last weekend but with the deep snow I forgot to go out to the shed and grab the Husky S2800 for you. But with temps in the 60s this week I may be able to drive the truck in there soon! I would love to run the S2800 and Isocore back to back with the GB when I get out to your place.I left my X27 there with the guys who had the tree removed. I guess the guy (60) told his son (29) that I did that piece is 6 minutes, so the kid's gotta try now. I guess he didn't feel like trying to lift one onto the splitter.
Anyway, I like the X27 also, but the GB keeps calling me back. The X27 is longer, and the extra length gets in the way a little bit when I choke up and make little swings. Also, and I've been meaning to play around with the grinder to see if I can fix this, but the Fiskars gets stuck on the cheeks too often in my opinion. It might not have been an issue here, but it happens enough to bug me. I'll split a piece just enough to separate it, but not enough to knock it away from the bigger piece. It doesn't always work perfectly like that, but sometimes, and the Fiskars will sink just enough that the almost barbed portion of the bit gets stuck and won't easily back out. Instead you have to hold the handle straight up and down and wiggle it side you side until it walks up and out.
Other than that, I like the Fiskars a lot. It really splits quite nicely, but because of the head design and the comfort of the GB handle I usually pick that one up and leave the Fiskars for people who want to take a stab at splitting the easy way.
Very nice. Looks like a little poison ivy wrapped around that ash though.
Absolutely I will still come out, or if you want to wait until you are up and walking that works too. Wishing you a speedy recovery!No more like that unfortunately. I do have a lot of red and white oak, but most of it is under 14".
I'd love to do a comparison of those ones also. I'd like to find something that I like as much as the GB, but it hasn't happened yet. I'd also definitely like to try the isocore, even though it's in a different weight class. Unfortunately, I fell on the ice in the neighbor's driveway and broke my ankle on Monday. So, I'm pretty much out of commission for a while. I can still drive the tractor around and get to the sugarbush where wood is. I hope you still want to come out and meet up, but I won't get to do much splitting myself.
That makes sense, I've never tried the GB, would like to try it sometime, either way you made it look easy I prolly would have had to take a break.I left my X27 there with the guys who had the tree removed. I guess the guy (60) told his son (29) that I did that piece is 6 minutes, so the kid's gotta try now. I guess he didn't feel like trying to lift one onto the splitter.
Anyway, I like the X27 also, but the GB keeps calling me back. The X27 is longer, and the extra length gets in the way a little bit when I choke up and make little swings. Also, and I've been meaning to play around with the grinder to see if I can fix this, but the Fiskars gets stuck on the cheeks too often in my opinion. It might not have been an issue here, but it happens enough to bug me. I'll split a piece just enough to separate it, but not enough to knock it away from the bigger piece. It doesn't always work perfectly like that, but sometimes, and the Fiskars will sink just enough that the almost barbed portion of the bit gets stuck and won't easily back out. Instead you have to hold the handle straight up and down and wiggle it side you side until it walks up and out.
Other than that, I like the Fiskars a lot. It really splits quite nicely, but because of the head design and the comfort of the GB handle I usually pick that one up and leave the Fiskars for people who want to take a stab at splitting the easy way.
. Either way, I'm really happy to be on the road to recovery!! Can't wait to get back to work, but I know it'll be a while.
I don't really have an accurate count but guessing we have burned prolly 4 full cords so far. I know it's more than we have burned in any of the last 12 years for this time period. More below 0 weather for longer time period this year.
