Oklahoma,AR,MO,KS,TX GTG (Next GTG 08/27/2016 ) Fort Scott, KS

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sunfish said:
Matt, that thing is a Beast! You're really goin to like the work table!!!
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Still a work in progress... Iowa and I are thinking the same thing on this... Run 50 cord through it and modify what needs to be modified when I've had a chance to get to know it...
 
Mo. Jim said:
Morning Dan and everyone else out there in gtg land. Coffee's ready and the old wood burner is burning,so life is good this morning. Still waiting for the freezing rain and snow they have been predicting.
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I'd take any precipitation I could get. It's drier than a popcorn fart here...:censored: I don't remember if I answered you before or not, so if not I apologize. No, I have not yet fixed either the Homelite or the Mac's starters... I keep forgetting to buy ropes when actually around civilization AND a saw store AND actually have a few $$$ to spend...:dizzy:
Either way I will get them done eventually. I do need to get the oiler parts for the 6401 because if I'm going to have to go to the trouble that's apparently necessary just to re-connect the hose to the oiler, I may as well rebuild it. Afterwards an OEM 7900 jug and slug may accidently find their way on top of the block... Then it's time to buy either a new 550xp, 562xp or 395xp and have it Stumpbroke... Hopefully that'll be tax time and God willing maybe a new H.D. Super Split as well...
 
Northbound & DOWN!!!

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My ass is wrapped in fiberglass.
And chrome....
And Turbos...
18 speeds....
& stuff...

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Hedgerow said:
Still a work in progress... Iowa and I are thinking the same thing on this... Run 50 cord through it and modify what needs to be modified when I've had a chance to get to know it...
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That thing will get a lot of wood split!

But I wouldn't trade my Super Split fer it! :msp_razz::msp_thumbsup:
 
HEAVY FUEL said:
He'd better shoot for 15. Looks to be on the cold side down there lately.
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Yup... Cold here this morning... Won't be splitting though... Took the recoil apart and working on a way to make it electric start. I'm gonna tear this thing up starting 13 hp with a pull rope...
 
sunfish said:
That thing will get a lot of wood split!

But I wouldn't trade my Super Split fer it! :msp_razz::msp_thumbsup:
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I would sure like to see one of those working someday. All the videos I have seen of them never show anybody splitting anything with a bunch of knots in it. They sure have a quick cycle time.

Everything I get seems to be at least 50% forks, crotches, or huge-hard to split.
 
Hedgerow said:
Yup... Cold here this morning... Won't be splitting though... Took the recoil apart and working on a way to make it electric start. I'm gonna tear this thing up starting 13 hp with a pull rope...
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Matt I have a 13hp honda v/s with electric start that I was going to use to convert my 13hp h/s to electric start,but my block isn't machined for it. If your's is your welcome to it. I replace the rope in mine about once a year and it starts pretty easy.
 
My 13 hp Honda has started almost first pull for about 12 years. Every few years I remember to change the oil. It is on an insulation vac, and has run thousands of hours.
 
RVALUE said:
My 13 hp Honda has started almost first pull for about 12 years. Every few years I remember to change the oil. It is on an insulation vac, and has run thousands of hours.
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Jury's still out on the longevity of the Chondas, but at a list price of around $160 you could buy half a dozen for what the Hondas go for……….
 
pdqdl said:
I would sure like to see one of those working someday. All the videos I have seen of them never show anybody splitting anything with a bunch of knots in it. They sure have a quick cycle time.

Everything I get seems to be at least 50% forks, crotches, or huge-hard to split.
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I saw Don's run two gtg's ago, and it had a lot of punch through the weird knotty stuff. Really liked the Subaru/Robin engine, and the scant fuel consumption.

I was in the same school of thought because of all the company's product demos I saw show smiling operators shoving straight grained maple through one after the other. They need to show the machine getting down and dirty, they would probably sell a few more of them……..
 
Freehand said:
I saw Don's run two gtg's ago, and it had a lot of punch through the weird knotty stuff. Really liked the Subaru/Robin engine, and the scant fuel consumption.

I was in the same school of thought because of all the company's product demos I saw show smiling operators shoving straight grained maple through one after the other. They need to show the machine getting down and dirty, they would probably sell a few more of them……..
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Paul at Super Split doesn't need to sell anymore, he's swamped most of the time.
Word of mouth and a stellar reputation are what sells em. Also the two copy cat machine were a huge boost to his business! :D
 
Freehand said:
I saw Don's run two gtg's ago, and it had a lot of punch through the weird knotty stuff. Really liked the Subaru/Robin engine, and the scant fuel consumption.

I was in the same school of thought because of all the company's product demos I saw show smiling operators shoving straight grained maple through one after the other. They need to show the machine getting down and dirty, they would probably sell a few more of them……..
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All the wood I get is generally the stuff that comes from a tree removal. In general, if it is easier to throw in the chipper, the Bandit loads it into the truck for us. Ooops! There went all the easy firewood.

I the end, we end up hauling back all the huge wood and splitting that stuff up. I like the rapid cycle time of the flywheel splitters, but I fear that getting those 3' diameter rounds up on the teeny little splitter will be rather impractical. What I need to do is build a great big dual purpose splitter that has a vertical splitter for the big rounds and a horizontal rapid cycle splitter that finishes them off when they are small enough to pick up and move around.

With that much productivity, I would want it to have a conveyor to get the stuff up into a truck or on a pile further away from the work area. So far, I haven't found anything remotely affordable with respect to the conveyor. I can build anything else far cheaper (and probably better) than what I could justify owning.
 
pdqdl said:
All the wood I get is generally the stuff that comes from a tree removal. In general, if it is easier to throw in the chipper, the Bandit loads it into the truck for us. Ooops! There went all the easy firewood.

I the end, we end up hauling back all the huge wood and splitting that stuff up. I like the rapid cycle time of the flywheel splitters, but I fear that getting those 3' diameter rounds up on the teeny little splitter will be rather impractical. What I need to do is build a great big dual purpose splitter that has a vertical splitter for the big rounds and a horizontal rapid cycle splitter that finishes them off when they are small enough to pick up and move around.

With that much productivity, I would want it to have a conveyor to get the stuff up into a truck or on a pile further away from the work area. So far, I haven't found anything remotely affordable with respect to the conveyor. I can build anything else far cheaper (and probably better) than what I could justify owning.
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Those conveyors are a bit shocking when you check pricing on them...
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pdqdl said:
All the wood I get is generally the stuff that comes from a tree removal. In general, if it is easier to throw in the chipper, the Bandit loads it into the truck for us. Ooops! There went all the easy firewood.

I the end, we end up hauling back all the huge wood and splitting that stuff up. I like the rapid cycle time of the flywheel splitters, but I fear that getting those 3' diameter rounds up on the teeny little splitter will be rather impractical. What I need to do is build a great big dual purpose splitter that has a vertical splitter for the big rounds and a horizontal rapid cycle splitter that finishes them off when they are small enough to pick up and move around.

With that much productivity, I would want it to have a conveyor to get the stuff up into a truck or on a pile further away from the work area. So far, I haven't found anything remotely affordable with respect to the conveyor. I can build anything else far cheaper (and probably better) than what I could justify owning.
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A friend of mine modified a hay conveyor to load his winter's wood on a second story deck. Had a "V" chute and a continuous chain with two hooks on every other link that would send them up at 35 degrees slicker than snot.
 

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