Splitters and Wood, show your pics!

Sawyer Rob · Dec 30, 2019

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

/pine · Dec 30, 2019

Ya just gotta LOVE a diesel engine humming away sloooowly sipping fuel at 1400 rpms, running a good splitter ..., instead of a screaming little motor right next to you!

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 · Dec 30, 2019

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.

Scut 4 Big Bucks · Dec 31, 2019

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.

shooterdon · Dec 31, 2019

goeduck said:
^^^ very nice. Is the plastic UV resistant?

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 · Dec 31, 2019

Scut 4 Big Bucks said:
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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.

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 · Dec 31, 2019

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

Molalla1 · Dec 31, 2019

Good deal Rob . . . nice.

Jstpssng · Dec 31, 2019

Sawyer Rob said:
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

Was that an acorn tree- ER, an oak? How many years will you let that one dry?

Jack Murdock · Dec 31, 2019

Sawyer Rob said:
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