IYAM
ArboristSite Lurker
Each year I cut/split/burn 4 to 6 cords of firewood on my property, and have found cleaning up the slash (smaller limbs and branches) to be a chore, usually cutting up some for kindling, but still have to haul multiple pickup loads to dump in certain areas to control erosion, etc.
I came up with this mobile/portable sawbuck to tow behind my gator. After driving up to where I dropped and chopped a tree, I load the sawbuck with slash, slice it up with a chainsaw in about a minute, then throw the kindling in the bed of the gator. Repeat until slash is gone. I can generate a large amount of kindling in a very short period of time, then drive back near my house to dump it for use during the winter. I also drive loads to my neighbors for their use as kindling. I've cut limbs up to about 5 inches in diameter and about 12 feet long in this sawbuck.
The sides are simply the frame pieces from a futon bed/couch, attached to a bottom wood frame using hinges. The sides can swing down towards the ground, although I don't use this feature.
Cutting between the slats of the frames prevents the kindling pieces from flying back at you while cutting.
The futon frames are aluminum. I've hit the flame slats with the saw chain a couple of times ... no sparks are generated, and it doesn't dull the chain much (as it would if it was steel).
I came up with this mobile/portable sawbuck to tow behind my gator. After driving up to where I dropped and chopped a tree, I load the sawbuck with slash, slice it up with a chainsaw in about a minute, then throw the kindling in the bed of the gator. Repeat until slash is gone. I can generate a large amount of kindling in a very short period of time, then drive back near my house to dump it for use during the winter. I also drive loads to my neighbors for their use as kindling. I've cut limbs up to about 5 inches in diameter and about 12 feet long in this sawbuck.
The sides are simply the frame pieces from a futon bed/couch, attached to a bottom wood frame using hinges. The sides can swing down towards the ground, although I don't use this feature.
Cutting between the slats of the frames prevents the kindling pieces from flying back at you while cutting.
The futon frames are aluminum. I've hit the flame slats with the saw chain a couple of times ... no sparks are generated, and it doesn't dull the chain much (as it would if it was steel).