Tractors and wood! Show your pics

[JimR]

I'm the same way , a couple hours here.. a couple hours there.. I only need 2-3 cords for the year.

This sounds like me most of the time when I am splitting. Sometimes I might split for 4 - 6 hours. I burn about 3 - 5 cord a year. My SS will split any log that I can lift up on it. My 3pth splitter will do the really heavy logs into quarters. Then I finish those up on the SS. It would be nice to have a splitter with a 4x wedge on it. I'll keep my eyes open, maybe one will be for sale for cheap money.

 

[dfkrug]

Here is a log I can not lift at all. Approx 2 ton redwood, green. I was not even able to lift one end, or even drag it. So I pushed it and cut it in half. It is 16.5' long and over 30" in diameter.

 

[shooterdon]

I looked at the $6K TW-5 this morning on the internet. Add in the extras and you can pay upwards of $8K for it. The SS is under $3K. That TW-5 is a Cadillac for sure with the hydraulic adjustable wedge, hydraulic lift table and work table top. I guess if I had a lot of extra money floating around I would own one of these. I paid $1400.00 for my used SS back in, I think, 2000 - 2001. Locally there is a guy selling a used 10 year old TW-5 for $4400.00 with no hydraulic wedge. The Timberwolf is definitely a nice machine. If I win the lottery I'll buy one. I found another TW-5, no hydraulic wedge, with an escalator for only $14,000. They don't give these away used.

If I win the lottery, I sure as heck will not need or want a splitter!!!

BTW, posted this before. If you have someone in your area that rents a wood processor, you can produce about 10 cords in one day for $300 or 20 cords in 2 days for $450. No wear and tear on your saw and no splitter needed. No heavy lifting of rounds either.

For me, a good quality splitter is like a good backhoe. For the number of times I need it, it is not worth owning. I use about 6 cords a year so not much. At 69 and now nursing a broken ankle, making the job as easy as possible has value. I have 32 loggers cords of wood to process this year but with the **** Covid cannot get the processor here. Hopefully our governor realizes we do not need the same protocols in the sticks that we need in Detroit, and gets some of us working again by the end of the month.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

You have a dozer!! I am so jealous!! I can only imagine how much trouble I could get into with one of those!!:laughing:

Yup, it's been pretty handy to have around,

SR

 

[aeblank]

Hopefully our governor realizes we do not need the same protocols in the sticks that we need in Detroit, and gets some of us working again by the end of the month.

Haha. As if. She's enjoying the limelight.

 

[hunt4570]

This sounds like me most of the time when I am splitting. Sometimes I might split for 4 - 6 hours. I burn about 3 - 5 cord a year. My SS will split any log that I can lift up on it. My 3pth splitter will do the really heavy logs into quarters. Then I finish those up on the SS. It would be nice to have a splitter with a 4x wedge on it. I'll keep my eyes open, maybe one will be for sale for cheap money.

Yeah, I just have a little 20 ton hydraulic gas splitter, had it or 20-25 years now. Works fine for what I do.

 

[hunt4570]

Here is a log I can not lift at all. Approx 2 ton redwood, green. I was not even to lift one end, or even drag it. So I pushed it and cut it in half. It is 16.5' long and over 30" in diameter.

So whats your end use, firewood?

 

[John_Mc]

I agree faster is better but most of us home owners only split 5 or 6, maybe 8, cord a year. It's not that big a job. Then the splitter sits idle the rest of the year. For me super speed is not on top of the priority list.

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My big measure is: "How many trips to the chiropractor does it take to spit my year's worth of wood?"

 

[dfkrug]

So whats your end use, firewood?

No one burns redwood, AFAIK. I will slab it out with a chainsaw mill. I sell it to woodworkers, or make things on commission. I also know a fence/deck contractor who mills it here and uses it for jobs.

Coulda used Rob's dozer to move it. Huge new load-loader truck has been here, loading up the firs to be dumped. I give douglas fir away, but even then, it's a hard sell.

 

[Oldpath05]

No one burns redwood, AFAIK. I will slab it out with a chainsaw mill. I sell it to woodworkers, or make things on commission. I also know a fence/deck contractor who mills it here and uses it for jobs.

Coulda used Rob's dozer to move it. Huge new load-loader truck has been here, loading up the firs to be dumped. I give douglas fir away, but even then, it's a hard sell.

Oh boy more acronym word games, hunt should be great at this one, and off course there will be updated pictures of said chainsaw mill........ Seems a shame to put lumber into firewood.