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Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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woodchip rookie
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ya....most of the wood I have laughs at the isocore....then my 395 laughs at the wood
Pffft , I have 3 hydros , 1 mechanical splitter , the parts to build another , maybe 8 splitting axes/mauls plus a half dozen wedges , chainsaws , more than 15 but less than 3 if you ask my wife , hmmmm , nope , I don't have a problem , no siree lol
I have found that when hand splitting and I get one of those lovely rounds that if I noodle a quarter to half of the round it will split quite easily down the cut .
I have found that when hand splitting and I get one of those lovely rounds that if I noodle a quarter to half of the round it will split quite easily down the cut .
The Fiskars depends on speed and sharpness to work efficiently, but I have split some real big rounds with it, just work a line across them. Accuracy is key.
Up at my property we have predominately Ash, Cherry and Hard Maple. Because it has been logged, rounds are never over 20".
I have never bothered to bring the hydro up there, the Fiskars splits it all. I don't remember the last time I felt I had to noodle something up there.
I will say that letting wood get dry and cold can make things a lot easier.
Up at my property we have predominately Ash, Cherry and Hard Maple. Because it has been logged, rounds are never over 20".
I have never bothered to bring the hydro up there, the Fiskars splits it all. I don't remember the last time I felt I had to noodle something up there.
I will say that letting wood get dry and cold can make things a lot easier.
Just got off the phone , Paul wanted to know if I wanted to clear another lot , he'll haul out all the wood for me lol
There won't be any oak on this one , just spruce , maple , pffftfir and maybe some birch .
There won't be any oak on this one , just spruce , maple , pffftfir and maybe some birch .
I have a hydraulic splitter. Just a cylinder on a frame. My little tractor doesn't have rear hydraulics so I run it using the loader valve. It's a bit of a pain reaching behind to operate the valve but it does split most things I put it to. Better than beating my brains out. When I get some straight grain stuff, I find it as easy to hand split. I'd love a good splitter with its own motor but I have a hard time parting with the price of 3-4 years of wood for one. I'm going to keep my eye open for a sale on fiskars. They're $80 or better around here.
Build your own power pack.
LOL yeah those guys will argue about anything.
I've thought about it. I have a 5hp Honda. 200 for a pump, about 75 for adapter and coupling, 150 for valve..hoses, filter, fittings, reservoir. Be 5-600 in that project I bet. One of these days, I'll cough up the money for a used one.
KiwiBro
Mill 'em, nails be damned.
So, that was a "no" then?
Agree. I do a lot of manual splitting with the x27 and a wedge/sledge to bust the big rounds before slaughtering them with the x27. Anything that 'looks' tough, knotty,stringy, etc gets kicked to the 'splitter pile'. Rejects from that go on to the 'noodle pile'. I have stuff to be noodled that have been there for several years, it usually doesn't get to be a pile of any size.
They've come down some here. $53 last week at WalMart for the splitting ax.
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Thats what they are around here also
Just a Guy that cuts wood
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I may have to try one out..... I have a 6lb and 10lb Mauls 26 ton splitter I did take an old motorcycle tire and set it on a stump to hold the wood upright
so after every swing I didn't have to stand it back up.... made things faster and my wife is going to start noodling the knotty stuff
so after every swing I didn't have to stand it back up.... made things faster and my wife is going to start noodling the knotty stuff
you can try mine next time your over Dave. Stihl waitin on the farmer to pick his corn so we can take that big dead oak down. probably later in october.I may have to try one out..... I have a 6lb and 10lb Mauls 26 ton splitter I did take an old motorcycle tire and set it on a stump to hold the wood upright
so after every swing I didn't have to stand it back up.... made things faster and my wife is going to start noodling the knotty stuff
Just a Guy that cuts wood
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I took my 801 Jonsereds out on Monday along with Pioneer P 42
Ash and Oak
Had the 4000 Poulan out as well
It's nice to pull the wood out to the trail and back the trailer to it
Ash and Oak
Had the 4000 Poulan out as well It's nice to pull the wood out to the trail and back the trailer to it
I am in Canada so add 30 cents on the dollar exchange, plus whatever tariff, usually around 20%. And heap our hst tax at the god fearing rate of %13 on top of that!
So $53 + 50% = $79.50 plus tax is $89.84 and oh yeah, we don't have pennies anymore so round that up to $89.85!
Don't even get me started about our government! So you can see why I work so hard to heat my house for free.
So $53 + 50% = $79.50 plus tax is $89.84 and oh yeah, we don't have pennies anymore so round that up to $89.85!
Don't even get me started about our government! So you can see why I work so hard to heat my house for free.
Just a Guy that cuts wood
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Put a new rim on the 801 8 tooth and only a 20 inch bar
so all the canuck pennies i threw in a jar over the years aren't worth a pile of spruce noodles?
