Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[JustJeff]

I have a home built by someone’s grandpa splitter that is simply a cylinder on a frame with wheels. I run it using the loader valve on my itty bitty kubota. I have come up with various ideas to make it better (pto pump and valve, gas motor with valve and reservoir) but when I cost it out, the money would be better spent on a new splitter. The jury rigged one I have , while slow, is still a decent splitter and it’s faster and more accurate than an axe so I’ll hang onto it until something better comes along.

 

[woodchip rookie]

I was thinkin this...

https://www.ruralking.com/gas-splitter-25t-1-2-beam-b-s.html

or this

https://www.ruralking.com/gas-splitter-35t-1-2-beam-b-s.html

 

[nighthunter]

They bought look like nice solid splitters

 

[MustangMike]

The newer splitters, for < $1,000 work very well since they put the cutter in front of the splitting wedge. It goes through anything wood that you put between the jaws, and they are faster than the splitters with the higher ton ratings (when they increase the piston size, they slow down).

I got a TSC 22 Ton and I really like it, and I think they have been upgraded to 25 Ton. Well worth the money.

 

[dancan]

View attachment 627023 Swung the maul a bit today just to get the blood flowing. Mild weather has the snow melting so snowmobile is sitting in the garage. Getting stir crazy.

Yup , same here so like a junkie I needed a fix lol

Ahhhh

 

[James Miller]

Stir crazy it is. Got the ms250 going and cut the little ash stick in the oak pile. The Del saw doesn't run any different pulling the 24 barried then it did with the 20. Like it doesn't notice the bigger bar at all.

 

[dancan]

Jerry had cleared that lot 2 years ago but buyer financing fell through , last weekend Jerry and I walked it , we found plenty of maple and birch that were dead standing , leaning or dead tops , enough to spend the time to drop then drag the tractor to have a winch-a-thon lol

No big trees but they're mine , all mine lol
The holding wood was like that so it would pull it to the left .

 

[JustJeff]

I was thinkin this...

https://www.ruralking.com/gas-splitter-25t-1-2-beam-b-s.html

or this

https://www.ruralking.com/gas-splitter-35t-1-2-beam-b-s.html

“I wish my splitter had less tonnage” said no guy ever.

 

[dancan]

Had a few that needed a roll to get it down

And even stacked some Zoggerwood from the tops

 

[Scotia Buckin']

Had a few that needed a roll to get it down

And even stacked some Zoggerwood from the tops

Looking good! I gotta get me one of them felling bars.

 

[dancan]

Handy things , you can tip over or use the hook to roll them when stuck in the canopy .
I have all 3 sizes lol
Hey Buckin , is the inlaws new house on Sugarwood , Nature Ridge Homes ?

 

[dancan]

So , while I was scroungin with my Makita I found a nice sugarmaple blowdown

I took a test cut towards the top

So down to the butt I went , cleared some snow and took my best guess to cut it off

The brown sawdust = a bad guess , I had to go put the Kita away and cut it off a few inches higher with the 241 lol

 

[LondonNeil]

big no entry signs (minus in a circle)

 

[Philbert]

big no entry signs (minus in a circle)

+1
Except, I got the first photo and 2 brackets '[ ]' with 'IMG' in them.

Philbert

 

[Philbert]

Might need to change his screen name from 'Dan can' to 'Damn cam(era)'?

Philbert

 

[Scotia Buckin']

Handy things , you can tip over or use the hook to roll them when stuck in the canopy .
I have all 3 sizes lol
Hey Buckin , is the inlaws new house on Sugarwood , Nature Ridge Homes ?

Nice! Yup that's the one! I originally thought the whole thing was Nature Ridge but I guess that's just the homes lol

 

[dancan]

What house , I might have cut the lot lol

 

[dancan]

Might need to change his screen name from 'Dan can' to 'Damn cam(era)'?

Philbert

Well , help me out here and find the fix for linking google photos to the forum .

 

[KiwiBro]

Keyword is 'google'.
Ditch it.

You're Welcome.

 

[Cody]

We have had a good stud or two and an excellent *****. All catahoula, the black mouth curs a friend breeds in Texas.

Another friend breeeds Dogos in Texas and Louisiana. I’m done with breeding.

We're looking into scrounging us up a Catahoula, look like great dogs, and perfect for what I'm wanting it as a pet for.

Thats what I was thinking also. It would be cool to have a PTO driven virticle splitter that went into the hitch with no wheels. Raise up to drive down the road, lower to split.

I've had a thought for a couple years or so, to create some sort of splitter that swings out from one side of the truck, to split wood right into the back. Whether it ties into the frame, or could be possible used with a receiver hitch and use a support leg when swung out. Was thinking could somehow use an NV4500 transmission since they have PTO ports but some idea's don't always work.