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  1. Sandhill Crane

    500i or 462 for processor?

    I assumed the saw mounts on a pivot to carry the weight, but I've never put eyes on one. From my experience, 60-70 years old, I cut 100" hardwood on two manual log decks. One on each side of a SuperSplit, using a conveyor. I used a nursery wagon for fuel, oil, set saws on/starting, etc. The...
  2. Sandhill Crane

    Sold 28' conveyor, $5,000.

    28' BuiltRite conveyor. Belt, hydraulic drive/lift, forward/reverse, hydraulic flow control for belt speed, Honda GX 160. Saugatuck, MI 49453 Pick up only. No delivery or shipping.
  3. Sandhill Crane

    Sold Posch PackFix

    PackFix, turn table and two fill drums. (pick up only) Saugatuck, MI 49453 $20k. -(4) fill drums = (1) cord stacked (Oak is 5,800 pds/cord green; 4k seasoned) -netting costs at time of my purchase was $100,/roll; (1) roll wraps 50-55 pallets or fill drums. Or $8.00/cord. There is (40) rolls...
  4. Sandhill Crane

    Japa Processors

    The Paul Bunyan Show is coming up in Ohio. Metsa is always there with a machine. Also the YouYube channel Ohio Woodturner has run a Japa for several years now. I like the the easy opening splitter box and face forward operation.
  5. Sandhill Crane

    Needing a skidder winch for my tractor

    Depending where you live, try Northeast Implement, Spencer, NY. Multiple vendors at the Paul Bunyan Show (late fall in Ohio) should have them.
  6. Sandhill Crane

    Looking for a true firewood conveyor. Opinions wanted

    I use a 28' belted, hydraulic drive, dedicated firewood conveyor. Snow can get under the belt on the bottom drum. The compression turns it into a lump of ice. That throws the belt tracking off and the belt rubs the side. The real issue is the fixed guards that makes bottom drum access really...
  7. Sandhill Crane

    Timber Wolf vs Wolfe Ridge

    I like the Arboristsite because of the shared experiences here. It led me to using a SuperSplit for years now. YouTube is great too for all kinds of fix-it stuff. Some of the YouTube firewood bloggers I'm hot/cold on. Don't know how they can afford new stuff so seemingly quickly. Apparently...
  8. Sandhill Crane

    Timber Wolf vs Wolfe Ridge

    This is very interesting. Thanks for posting. Edit: Just watched your YouTube video. Very nice.
  9. Sandhill Crane

    Timber Wolf vs Wolfe Ridge

    Where do you get info on these? Is it the same as Power Split?
  10. Sandhill Crane

    Timber Wolf vs Wolfe Ridge

    TMainus has the best set up out there. Check him out. Also read Casey Forrest on firewood bags.
  11. Sandhill Crane

    Timber Wolf vs Wolfe Ridge

    I looked at a couple minute video of each. Mostly looking at the wood split, not the machines. I did not look at pricing of either. No resplitting with either, but lots of trash from both. Nature of box wedge I guess. Never used one, so take these comments with a grain of salt. The splitter...
  12. Sandhill Crane

    Totes and drying

    To answer your question, tossed in is fine. Better if you cover the top.
  13. Sandhill Crane

    Commercial splitter but no conveyor - looking for suggestions to improve efficiency

    Most hydraulic conveyors are top drum driven. Don't really know what difference it makes. Just an observation.
  14. Sandhill Crane

    Thoughts on running saws empty?

    YouTube, Chickanic, suggest for long term storage to run dry, add 2-cyle oil to the fuel tank and pump primer bulb until full of oil and carburetor diaphragm is coated. Which follows what mbrick in post #24 is saying. To start, drain oil and add 2-cycle mix, pump primer bulb circulating fuel...
  15. Sandhill Crane

    It's been a fun year.

    I had a guy text Wednesday, 12/21/22. Did you get my email yesterday? I didn't. It's 1:00 pm and he wants wood delivered that afternoon, incase power goes out during the storm. Storm warnings start around 4:00 - 5:00 pm. Yeah...didn't happen. He wants to pick it up. Didn't happen. I...
  16. Sandhill Crane

    Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

    I had an 042 or 044(?), only saw for many, many years. Added a 021 for small stuff. The shut-off switch messed up. Parts were not available, or so I was told. The shop put a toggle kill switch on it. Never liked to run it that way. Sat on a shelf for a few years, replaced with a 357XP. I...
  17. Sandhill Crane

    How much Wood do you Burn a Week in Cold Weather?

    I had been double stacking pallets of loose thrown using the PackFix. Top row was covered, and sits on four pallets below it. So staggered rows. Some of the lower, inner rows got a white fungus on it that looks like spider nests. The short of it is, the lower rows were wet/dry/wet on the...
  18. Sandhill Crane

    Glass door on woodstoves

    It's good to see the fire extinguishers. We have one in the living room; one in our bedroom; one by the back door; one down stairs; one in the garage; and one in the truck. One in the RV trailer. There are two bedrooms down stairs, so maybe one more is in order even though we are empty...
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