Tractors and wood! Show your pics

[Gordon Gould]

Everyone works out a system they like best based on their equipment and wood. My splitter is a 22 ton Husky and I doubt it would push a 4-way wedge reliably so I have to make multiple splits on the same round. For me it is a lot easier to have the wedge move and the round stationary so that on multiple splits I can stand in one place and not have to keep pulling back the round to make the next split. For big rounds I put the splitter vertical and break the rounds down to handling size. Working off my carry-all is convenient. Then I go horizontal using the loader as a lift table as I do on normal sized rounds. Again stand in one place, grab a round and make as many splits as it takes throwing the splits into a trailer or a rough pile for air drying.

gg

 

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... and I know I could split them with a chainsaw,

Minimal effort. Two chainsaw notches at opposite edges (about 10 seconds worth), insert wedges in notches, split wood.

 

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Everyone works out a system they like best based on their equipment and wood. My splitter is a 22 ton Husky and I doubt it would push a 4-way wedge reliably so I have to make multiple splits on the same round. For me it is a lot easier to have the wedge move and the round stationary so that on multiple splits I can stand in one place and not have to keep pulling back the round to make the next split. For big rounds I put the splitter vertical and break the rounds down to handling size. Working off my carry-all is convenient. Then I go horizontal using the loader as a lift table as I do on normal sized rounds. Again stand in one place, grab a round and make as many splits as it takes throwing the splits into a trailer or a rough pile for air drying.

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gg

Now the trick is not to lift the splits from the bucket but to just sort of slide them over w/o lifting. With my back currently, this is what I have to invent.

 

[John_Mc]

Minimal effort. Two chainsaw notches at opposite edges (about 10 seconds worth), insert wedges in notches, split wood.

Not really minimal effort, just minimal chainsawing. You still have to cut the rounds to appropriate length, get them to where you are processing and set them up for the cut.

As I believe I indicated elsewhere, I do know how to do this, and do some of it when it's convenient. I just choose not to most of the time. I need more coarse woody debris on my forest floor for wildlife habitat anyway. So I'm choosing to leave the stuff I'd rather not mess with. I don't have a whole lot that is over 24" anyway, and what trees that I do that are still standing I tend to leave alone unless I have a better use for them than just firewood.

 

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Not really minimal effort, just minimal chainsawing. You still have to cut the rounds to appropriate length, get them to where you are processing and set them up for the cut.

As I believe I indicated elsewhere, I do know how to do this, and do some of it when it's convenient. I just choose not to most of the time. I need more coarse woody debris on my forest floor for wildlife habitat anyway. So I'm choosing to leave the stuff I'd rather not mess with. I don't have a whole lot that is over 24" anyway, and what trees that I do that are still standing I tend to leave alone unless I have a better use for them than just firewood.

I still have too much Don Quixote in me and like Alonso, I may have lost my mind to the wood.

 

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Yes, I'm tired of replacing those cracked bulbs!

I just noticed the bulb on my limbing saw (Echo CS-305) is cracked. Got a replacement but haven't installed it yet... it doesn't really need it, but the saw stinks with the crack so I guess I'll pull it apart and do it

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I guess I'm just lucky, since I quit using E fuel several years ago, I haven't had any fuel related problems.

I've not had to replace even one "bulb" on any of my Husqvarna saws...

SR

 

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I guess I'm just lucky, since I quit using E fuel several years ago, I haven't had any fuel related problems.

I've not had to replace even one "bulb" on any of my Husqvarna saws...

SR

This is the first I've had to do anything other than fuel filter / air filter / spark plug for this saw; it's at least 16 years old, so I suppose that's a decent run for that purge bulb (pump gas always).

 

[goeduck]

I cheated on my elevated cuts today and cradled the cuts. These are all going as stump burning re-fuel. Meanwhile, when I made it back to the barn to put the tractor away at sun down there were few vacancies for late arriving birds.

 

[Gordon Gould]

I wouldn't call that cheating. Seems smart to me

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