Tree service dropped off a couple loads of black locust. I didn't need it but it sure is nice wood. Worked on it yesterday for 4 hours, 5 hours today. I may have it all done except for the big pieces (to the right in the picture) from the butt cuts tomorrow.
It isn't splitting nice like locust usually does. I have to run the splitter almost full length due to strings. Very occasionally I have run into hard-to-split locust, sometimes one tree or a couple out of a grove. Once every three in the grove.
Still fun working it but it is taking longer than I thought. Started with a 20" bar on the old MS310. No good, bar too long to work on piled logs, switched to 16" with 3/8 chain. That works great. That old, old saw is still a workhorse, used to be my main saw, now it usually wears the 16" bar for bucking small stuff. Bought it new back when they first came out some 20 or 30 years ago.
It isn't splitting nice like locust usually does. I have to run the splitter almost full length due to strings. Very occasionally I have run into hard-to-split locust, sometimes one tree or a couple out of a grove. Once every three in the grove.
Still fun working it but it is taking longer than I thought. Started with a 20" bar on the old MS310. No good, bar too long to work on piled logs, switched to 16" with 3/8 chain. That works great. That old, old saw is still a workhorse, used to be my main saw, now it usually wears the 16" bar for bucking small stuff. Bought it new back when they first came out some 20 or 30 years ago.
