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Scut 4 Big Bucks
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My wood pile has never been bigger since I purchased the Timber Wolf splitter. Still a ton to split, might as well get r done with this balmy weather.
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My wood pile has never been bigger since I purchased the Timber Wolf splitter. Still a ton to split, might as well get r done with this balmy weather.
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Scut 4 Big Bucks
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Pile is getting large. Should be at least 6 cords in this pile, give or take a few. This warm weather is just bs, can't ice fish the normal spots at this time of the year. Only positive, I've got wood..
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Scut 4 Big Bucks
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Pile is getting large. Should be at least 6 cords in this pile, give or take a few. This warm weather is just bs, can't ice fish the normal spots at this time of the year. Only positive, I've got wood..
Molalla1
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Scut . . . that certainly is a respectful pile . . . :thumbsup:
shooterdon
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Lots of double handling there!!!
I use a system that cuts wood handling way down. It is a lot cheaper than upgrading to a faster splitter, gives me covered firewood storage in mobile totes and provides the minimum of double handling. As the splits come off the splitter table, they are stacked into totes. I never touch them again until I move them into my carry bag to get them into the house.
I got 28 IBC totes for $800 delivered and 4 free from my tractor dealer. Each tote holds just under 1/2 cord of wood giving me 15 cords. That is almost three years of firewood for me. It takes under an hour to cut the bottom off the plastic, cut an access opening in the side of the plastic and the cage; and drill holes for zip ties to hold the top on.
Tarps last two years and are a PITA when covered in snow and ice so I was going to have a carport installed to cover the firewood. That was $2000. A better/faster splitter was over $3000. The only expense other than the IBC totes, is a $300 pallet jack from HF to move the totes in my garage as the tractor will not clear. So I "saved" about $4000 in addition to having a better system for my needs.
I use a system that cuts wood handling way down. It is a lot cheaper than upgrading to a faster splitter, gives me covered firewood storage in mobile totes and provides the minimum of double handling. As the splits come off the splitter table, they are stacked into totes. I never touch them again until I move them into my carry bag to get them into the house.
I got 28 IBC totes for $800 delivered and 4 free from my tractor dealer. Each tote holds just under 1/2 cord of wood giving me 15 cords. That is almost three years of firewood for me. It takes under an hour to cut the bottom off the plastic, cut an access opening in the side of the plastic and the cage; and drill holes for zip ties to hold the top on.
Tarps last two years and are a PITA when covered in snow and ice so I was going to have a carport installed to cover the firewood. That was $2000. A better/faster splitter was over $3000. The only expense other than the IBC totes, is a $300 pallet jack from HF to move the totes in my garage as the tractor will not clear. So I "saved" about $4000 in addition to having a better system for my needs.
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goeduck
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^^^ very nice. Is the plastic UV resistant?
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Scut 4 Big Bucks
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I like your idea shooterdon, but loading those totes has to be kind of a trick?
I only handle my wood two or three times. Once off the splitter and tossed into the pile, then either into the boiler or into a wheel barrow and then into the boiler.
ericm979
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If you cut enough of a window in the tote cage it's not hard to load and unload.
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fruitcakesa
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Looks like you are in the wood business:thumbsup:
Sawyer Rob
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I still like to get a load of big rounds when ever I can,
BUT, as I get older I find myself preferring to have big rounds ripped in half,
or even into quarters,
It just makes them so much easier to handle on the splitter, but those big rounds and a good 4-way, sure turn out a LOT of splits fast!!
Ya just gotta LOVE a diesel engine humming away sloooowly sipping fuel at 1400 rpms, running a good splitter with a 4-way, instead of a screaming little motor right next to you!
SR
BUT, as I get older I find myself preferring to have big rounds ripped in half,
or even into quarters,
It just makes them so much easier to handle on the splitter, but those big rounds and a good 4-way, sure turn out a LOT of splits fast!!
Ya just gotta LOVE a diesel engine humming away sloooowly sipping fuel at 1400 rpms, running a good splitter with a 4-way, instead of a screaming little motor right next to you!
SR
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I use a set of 20'+ hoses with QDs...I can use either of my tractors and point the exhaust downwind etc...
I finally added a lift...
Budweiser John
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I too prefer big rounds. That would probably be a different story with out a FEL and my Splitfire 225 splitter with a log lifter.
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Scut 4 Big Bucks
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It seems everyone wants the 12" or below diameter wood for their burning. If you can get away with it, great. Ever since I bought this Timber Wolf splitter, I'll take the big trunk that nobody wants. It is a lot more challenging to get this split to size, but it does produce a large amount of wood in a short time.
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Yes the plastic bin is UV resistant. I will likely paint them in camo so they look better and that should help with UV as well. The plastic "pallet" bottoms on the totes are nice as they will not rot.
I was using wood pallets as they were free but the totes offer many advantages for my use. Scrounging "free" pallets that were about the same size and in decent shape got be a challenge and I live 25 miles from town. Then I needed to modify them to hold wood properly and put a cover on them to shed water and snow. The totes are not "cheap" but not expensive either. I will never need to purchase anything else. The wood pallets lasted 3-4 years before needing repair/replacement.
goeduck
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Wood split from big rounds also dries faster since 3 or 4 sides of every piece is a split edge without bark holding moisture in. Bark is a moisture barrier. Also, it is cleaner wood when you bring it into the house without insects under the bark.
Sawyer Rob
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I mostly get my big rounds from logs that are too low quality to be saw logs, here's a prime example,
The tree was tornado damaged, but I did get a 7' saw log out of the upper part. Anyway, once cut out, I skidded it to an opening,
I then cut it from one side on the ground, then lifting it up onto my wagon,
and finished cutting it there, from the other side. That one log made a nice load of big rounds,
SR
The tree was tornado damaged, but I did get a 7' saw log out of the upper part. Anyway, once cut out, I skidded it to an opening,
I then cut it from one side on the ground, then lifting it up onto my wagon,
and finished cutting it there, from the other side. That one log made a nice load of big rounds,
SR
Was that an acorn tree- ER, an oak? How many years will you let that one dry?
Jack Murdock
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I still like to get a load of big rounds when ever I can,
BUT, as I get older I find myself preferring to have big rounds ripped in half,
or even into quarters,
It just makes them so much easier to handle on the splitter, but those big rounds and a good 4-way, sure turn out a LOT of splits fast!!
Ya just gotta LOVE a diesel engine humming away sloooowly sipping fuel at 1400 rpms, running a good splitter with a 4-way, instead of a screaming little motor right next to you!
SR
I lost hold of a large round on my TW-5 and luckily when it came off the splitter it got me and not my son. Frozen hard maple
