Tractors and wood! Show your pics

[Loaderman22]

We don't have a program like that on this side of the state as far as I know. It sounds like a good way to help folks !!

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Side thought: You guys have the best named Capital in the States.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

My back won't allow that.

Mine won't either, that's another reason why I cut them over a wagon, and then roll them right onto my splitters beam,

SR

 

[4570Man]

That's a nice surprise!

I've come to the conclusion that those really big logs are more trouble than they are worth to cut up for firewood. 30" is about my limit, and even then, only if there is something else about it that makes it worth dealing with.

A green 30" Red Oak cut to 16" long still weighs about 400#. I have a hydraulic lift on my splitter, but I wonder if it would lift the log or just tip the splitter over. I'll usually cut them in half with a chainsaw first, or maybe even quarter them.

I like working with the big stuff. It’s way faster to cut to length than the same volume of little stuff. I can handle 24” stuff pretty decent and much bigger than that and I quarter it with the saw. With a good saw and a sharp chain quartering them is pretty fast. The biggest problem with doing the big ones on the splitter is the split half falls off the opposite side of the splitter and I can’t lift half a 24” chunk back up so having it cut first is a lot better.

 

[hunt4570]

My back won't allow that.

Hmm, I think its easier on my back, I sit a log standing up as my seat and run the splitter from there sitting down..

 

[hunt4570]

I like working with the big stuff. It’s way faster to cut to length than the same volume of little stuff. I can handle 24” stuff pretty decent and much bigger than that and I quarter it with the saw. With a good saw and a sharp chain quartering them is pretty fast. The biggest problem with doing the big ones on the splitter is the split half falls off the opposite side of the splitter and I can’t lift half a 24” chunk back up so having it cut first is a lot better.

Again why I like doing it in the vertical configuration the splits don't have anywhere to fall..

 

[ericm979]

I find it tough to wrestle a big heavy round under the splitter in vertical mode. It's hard to pick up the end that has to sit on the splitter's foot and slide the round at the same time. I thought about making a steel platform that fits around the foot and would let me slide rounds easier. But instead I just cut them up. It does not take long to cut them into quarters or even sixths for big rounds. Cutting along the grain ("noodling") is fast.

 

[hunt4570]

I find it tough to wrestle a big heavy round under the splitter in vertical mode. It's hard to pick up the end that has to sit on the splitter's foot and slide the round at the same time. I thought about making a steel platform that fits around the foot and would let me slide rounds easier. But instead I just cut them up. It does not take long to cut them into quarters or even sixths for big rounds. Cutting along the grain ("noodling") is fast.

Yeah, there are limits to everything, if the rounds get to big you have to do something . I normally don't get wood that big, which is fine by me..

 

[4570Man]

Again why I like doing it in the vertical configuration the splits don't have anywhere to fall..

I used to have a vertical splitter until some drugie borrowed it. Horizontal with the right setup is way easier.

 

[hunt4570]

I used to have a vertical splitter until some drugie borrowed it. Horizontal with the right setup is way easier.

Mine will go either way, horizontal/vertical , over the years I've tried both, for me, vertical is preferable. But I just do it for me, I don't sell any and don't have any quotas.. just what I need to heat my house is all.

 

[goeduck]

I split medium sized rounds like these into chucks with the splitter in vertical position. Then switch to horizontal.