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thewoodlands
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The White Pine I bucked up today is from the clearing we did for the new garage in 2018. I'll start splitting and stacking out of the pile of rounds, not all the rounds in the pile came from today.
I'll stack six face cord of Pine by the end of July which will be for next years shoulder season wood.
I'll stack six face cord of Pine by the end of July which will be for next years shoulder season wood.
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thewoodlands
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hi! thought of you guys other day... hate missing all the swell posts about firewood, stacks and wood piles... it continues to rain firewood down here in my neck of the woods. currently, with a purpose and desire... could easily get a cord a day. 
it's all over the place and lots on the curb... spotted this lil snatch day before just sitting on the curb. 6 houses down. all real pretty-like! oak. 14 stix... we do our fires once started... 1 stix at a time, as needed. temps don't matter. no reason not to have a camp fire... lol 
so grabbed this and added to our wood pile... not too big a haul, but nice in any event! well, imo...price was right!
it's all over the place and lots on the curb... spotted this lil snatch day before just sitting on the curb. 6 houses down. all real pretty-like! oak. 14 stix... we do our fires once started... 1 stix at a time, as needed. temps don't matter. no reason not to have a camp fire... lol so grabbed this and added to our wood pile... not too big a haul, but nice in any event! well, imo...price was right! 
661 R w/ 25 & 32
Large red oak log measured 32 across at the shorter end
& some time with the box wedge splitter
Threat of rain cut short the day
Cut two rounds with the 661R before metal in the wood stopped the cutting. I didn't see any nails, so maybe bullets.
Wood came from a farmer's yard. The Brute Force will split those rounds which measured 32"
Iowawoodguy
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A lot of splitting ahead. Bunch of nice silver maple im hoping will split easy. Theres hackberry underneath that I hope isn't too knarly.
Working on my walnut. These were loaded up in log form and I thought I had a lot more than there is. I guess I can haul more if I buck it up before its loaded
Working on my walnut. These were loaded up in log form and I thought I had a lot more than there is. I guess I can haul more if I buck it up before its loaded
ahead of the game again ready for next year, this stuff was truly hard heavy gum as it split goes crack crack crack bang some type of big yate or eucalyptus saligna sydney blue
@stihlaficionado do you get much trash from that box wedge on the splitter?
How are the temperatures there? Quite seldom we have anything on the news about NW United States. But now tabloids had articles telling Washington state and Idaho hitting 110.
How are the temperatures there? Quite seldom we have anything on the news about NW United States. But now tabloids had articles telling Washington state and Idaho hitting 110.
I have Oregon and Washington friends saying they've been hitting 115-117f, 46-47c.
That sounds tough. We had "only" 34C/93F last week before thunderstorms. Similar temps as in warm-climate parts of Europe.
Depends on the wood & length of time it's been sitting there. Green wood produces less is my observation & logs that have been sitting out 3+ years produces more trash. Nearly all the larger logs are put on 6x6s, off the ground
The old Built-Rite splitter produced a bit less, but the Brute Force can split 3X as much in the same time period, with less bending over & less touches.
Keeping up with the amount of splits is the challenge on the BF: making sure it clears the chute & onto the conveyor.
Always like the looks of those vertical Choppers. Have never seen one over here; just horizontal ones that pivot to split on the ground (but not on a table).
Philbert
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