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[bearthebruce]

@WinterDeere your posts are cracking me up. Been a Philly burbs boy all my life...

I have to travel I-81 all the way to the southwest corner of Virginny to get to the property on which I tractor... that too can be an adventure with all the 18 wheelers, hills and valleys in the Shenandoah...

I expect all can relate to crazy roads in their areas. Have you ever been on I5 in San Diego?

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Gosh that sounds like a whole lot of work just to get a firewood pole to your property. Why bother with such huge logs and rounds?

They are really no big deal if you have decent equipment.

I take all the big stuff I can get; there's HUGE amounts of excellent firewood in those big rounds!

SR

 

[deezler]

They are really no big deal if you have decent equipment.

I take all the big stuff I can get; there's HUGE amounts of excellent firewood in those big rounds!

SR

Oh for sure. It's just so much work to chainsaw through giant logs to make rounds, and you have to use heavy equipment or have a lift on your splitter just to chunk through it. It's a lot less efficient processing than just staying in the ~20" and under range, in my experience.

My retired neighbor thought he was hooking me up by delivering some 30"+ pieces from a maple trunk a while back - 2 years later its still in a pile in my woods because I don't care to wrestle with it.

 

[LouNY]

Heck you can always rip the "big" rounds to make them easier to handle a sharp saw will zip right through and give you lots of long curly shavings in the process.

 

[JeepHead]

Oh for sure. It's just so much work to chainsaw through giant logs to make rounds, and you have to use heavy equipment or have a lift on your splitter just to chunk through it. It's a lot less efficient processing than just staying in the ~20" and under range, in my experience.

My retired neighbor thought he was hooking me up by delivering some 30"+ pieces from a maple trunk a while back - 2 years later its still in a pile in my woods because I don't care to wrestle with it.

your splitter not go vertical? Or sometimes I will use my grapple and sit those big splits on the splitter. A few weeks ago I was man handling massive splits on the splitter and could barely walk due to sciatica for like 3 weeks.

 

[deezler]

your splitter not go vertical? Or sometimes I will use my grapple and sit those big splits on the splitter. A few weeks ago I was man handling massive splits on the splitter and could barely walk due to sciatica for like 3 weeks.

My splitter does go vertical but I tried it once and vowed never again. Wrestling 200lb round into place just to shave off one piece of firewood at a time, then bend over to pick everything up... no thanks. I like to keep everything up at working height.

 

[Jstpssng]

My splitter does go vertical but I tried it once and vowed never again. Wrestling 200lb round into place just to shave off one piece of firewood at a time, then bend over to pick everything up... no thanks. I like to keep everything up at working height.

I'm with you. Anything on my property over 12" or so is something I loaded on the truck by hand, and I enjoy doing that less and less. There were a few pieces last year which I picked up with the grapple to set on the splitter. How I got those in the truck to bring them home is a mystery to me.

 

[alexpops]

@WinterDeere your posts are cracking me up. Been a Philly burbs boy all my life...

I have to travel I-81 all the way to the southwest corner of Virginny to get to the property on which I tractor... that too can be an adventure with all the 18 wheelers, hills and valleys in the Shenandoah...

I expect all can relate to crazy roads in their areas. Have you ever been on I5 in San Diego?

The problem in CA is the drivers more than the roads. I've driven I5 from one end to the other in CA & the most frustrating section (IMO) is the stretch between Grapevine & SF. EVERYONE insists on driving in the passing lane & the only way to make any real time is weaving in & out passing on the right.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Heck you can always rip the "big" rounds to make them easier to handle a sharp saw will zip right through and give you lots of long curly shavings in the process.

That's exactly right, it's very easy to do and those shavings make the best fire starter!

I always keep a tub of them around for just that purpose,

SR

 

[CalG]

That's exactly right, it's very easy to do and those shavings make the best fire starter!

I always keep a tub of them around for just that purpose,

SR

You wear the same sawing chaps that I do! I forget the brand, but mine just never bind me up or show any sign of wear.

I just rinse them in the shower after use and they are just like new again!

;-)