Bucking - 30" to 36". Splitting - 12" to 14". Lifting/stacking - 4" to 6". Ron
All of it! I milk out trees down to the small branches, but now that I have some larger saws I can tackle the monstah trees a lot easier.
I just like WOOD, size/species doesn't matter, just lots of it! I like running like three different size saws on the tree, and I like the quick grabs of smalls, ready to go when seasoned, I like the mediums when splitting, two or three whacks for three or four splits, then the mambos, when you can get multiple whellbarrows from one round. I even like all the crotches and uglies, I don't care at all, eventually I get them whittled down to size one way or the other. I like cutting/splitting/noodling/stacking, all of it. To me, going out "wooding" is like..going on safari, going hunting or something. Go out in the field or into the woodlots, got all this "wooding" gear with me, some dogs, good clean fun and exercise and plenty of trophies to haul home and great sport.
I'm getting into felling more now too, really analysing the cuts, etc. I practice just by picking trees at random while out walking and thinking how I would do this or that on weird situations. Looking at the physics of it with more wide open eyes since I started reading on this site more.
Bring on the biggun's. No noodling required
Here’s the vid I saw.
Big Wood Splitter part 3 of 4 - YouTube
I have noodled wood laying all over the place.lol
The problem with leaving them on the ground is rot and wicking water from the ground.
Now that’s what I need. I saw a youtube vid of a similar set up. I mostly split red and post oak, both split easily compared to other wood.
My splitter does split big wood but I’m not man enough to put it on there.
I have rolled a few 40” rounds into it a few times when I had it in the vertical and it split them just fine.
If I could get enough wood noodeld and stored up and let it dry, it takes half the weight or more off of it.
My problem is if I’m going to lift a round to stack it, I might as well set it on the splitter.
Picking them up and stacking rounds, then picking them up again to split is making work.
Pick it up once and be done with it.lol
I have noodled wood laying all over the place.lol
The problem with leaving them on the ground is rot and wicking water from the ground.
Here’s the vid I saw.
Big Wood Splitter part 3 of 4 - YouTube
We use it all, this splitter just makes it a LOT easy to do. . . Works even better than I had hoped . . .
Very impressive build, and very nice of you to share the details in those linked threads.
Do you know of anybody who makes things remotely similar (e.g - self loading splitter) for folks that do not do their own welding? I like that you only need to tow one piece of equipment instead of 2.
Thanks.
Philbert
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