If I remember right it was the bottom line of one of the high dollar brands, can't remember it right now though.We use them a lot on farm equipment. Might be something different with pressure relief on the splitter but I cant imagine what that is.
You know I hear that Black Locust burns hot. Do happen to have any of that??What's up battleship enthusiast's.
Hope everyone is doing well, seems there's plenty of scrounges between the other stuff.
I've been cranking out the hrs driving, so not much scrounging happening here. I have had a few sessions with the battlebarrow hauling scrounged wood in.
Temps are dropping again here, so we'll be burning some hotter fires again. I hate burning these smaller fires with the draft more open to keep everything clean, but I don't hate it as much as a propane bill .
Have a great day guys.
Wow! I don't want to hurt my splitter. I might have to search around for that video. I know nothing about hydraulics so I don't know how it happened. Then again I really wouldn't be gaining much time wise by using such a devise.I saw a video a while back where a guy had a real nice splitter he put something like that on, first time it went back it broke the wedge right off the ram . Sounds like a great idea if you have the right setup, wonder why Huskee/Speeco hasn't sold them?
The History Channel (or Military History Channel) has a real good show describing what occurred.There's a book titled "The Last of the Tin Can Sailor's" Excellent reading!
Good to know. Don't want to destroy my splitter. Just a thought. ThanksTried those spacer clips on a DHT 22 ton splitter, but it would just shear the bolt holding the wedge to the piston. Couldn't get the pressure turned low enough to kick off with out destroying the bolt and wearing out the hole in the wedge. Was worth a shot, but they didn't work in this application.
Isocore mauls are all 8 pounders to my knowledge. I do not know what t6 stands for.6lb biggest as far as I know....had to go out to the wood shed to look at it, old faithful had to come with.
We have covered a lot of topics in here but I do believe this was a first for battleships. It's a really good thing that we can discuss "other stuff" now.What's up battleship enthusiast's.
Hope everyone is doing well, seems there's plenty of scrounges between the other stuff.
I've been cranking out the hrs driving, so not much scrounging happening here. I have had a few sessions with the battlebarrow hauling scrounged wood in.
Temps are dropping again here, so we'll be burning some hotter fires again. I hate burning these smaller fires with the draft more open to keep everything clean, but I don't hate it as much as a propane bill .
Have a great day guys.
Does that qualify you as a "weekend wood warrior"?Hand splitting is great exercise, but (like most other physical exercise) is best done in moderation. The problems I had was when I was doing too much of it and ended up with tennis elbow. Once you get tennis or golf elbow it is damn hard to get rid of if you continue the same level of physical activity. I am lucky that I work a desk job so I only needed to be physically active on weekends.
That's the same problem I have now. I've been fetching huge (to my 7 ton electric splitter) rounds to split. They are ash that are about 30" in diameter. I start with a maul and a sledge to quarter them so they are manageable. My damn elbow hurts so bad from a couple hours of work per week. I've been trying to take it easy but it's so easily irritated.Hand splitting is great exercise, but (like most other physical exercise) is best done in moderation. The problems I had was when I was doing too much of it and ended up with tennis elbow. Once you get tennis or golf elbow it is damn hard to get rid of if you continue the same level of physical activity. I am lucky that I work a desk job so I only needed to be physically active on weekends.
Always thought it was 6lb from that casting mark in it. Good to know it's actually 8lb.Isocore mauls are all 8 pounders to my knowledge. I do not know what t6 stands for.
i always have a can of flying insect spray at hand when splitting wood. never know what a trunk section may hold. bugs, ants, etc!! that spray is killer! sometimes it's age of wood, but sometimes, ...it is just that time of the year!Spider thing happened when I was cutting up the bottom row of this red oak pile that were around 5' long and sitting on the ground for about 8 months. It looked exactly like a black widow but it was gigantic. I don't think they get that big, or I hope they don't. I froze up and missed my chance to squash it when it was running on the log that I was cutting and had to pussyfoot around while finishing the job. Also had a bunch of huge 2" long black beetles coming out of the logs adding to the creep value.
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I saw a video a while back where a guy had a real nice splitter he put something like that on, first time it went back it broke the wedge right off the ram . Sounds like a great idea if you have the right setup, wonder why Huskee/Speeco hasn't sold them?
I have now had 2 splitters that would not 'kick out' when the ram returned. Probably needed the relief adjusted.We use them a lot on farm equipment. Might be something different with pressure relief on the splitter but I cant imagine what that is.
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