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Here are a couple of shots at my firewood handling. Old Huskee rebuilt splitter with a Gorillabac log lift. The log lift is just a small crane with a small electric winch, but it is really useful on the big stuff. I am one of those that just hated to use the splitter vertically, and haven't taken the time to put a hydraulic lift on the splitter. I really like the IBC totes, just toss the wood in, don't tough it again until it goes in the outdoor water stove. I normally don't get logs this big, but they were already cut to lenght and free. 4 of them filled up a tote. I have about learned to toss the wood instead of stacking, can't get quite as much in, but my L3600 can pick it up and move it better(not as tippy). At almost 70, I am still getting ideas from this bunch(some more expensive than others)

How many totes do you go thru per winter cm?

 

[shooterdon]

This week I upgraded from the Red Runner Deluxe wood processor to their Super Deluxe model

Increase in log size from 16” to 18”
Hydraulic log clamp
Hydraulic adjustment of splitting wedge
Better saw dust discharge
20 HP Honda vs 13 HP B&S
Improved infeed and outfeed conveyors.
Improved ergonomics.
15% increase in output.

If tariffs are imposed, I will avoid a 25% price

 

[Portuguese Farmer]

 

[Gordon Gould]

This week I upgraded from the Red Runner Deluxe wood processor to their Super Deluxe model

Increase in log size from 16” to 18”
Hydraulic log clamp
Hydraulic adjustment of splitting wedge
Better saw dust discharge
20 HP Honda vs 13 HP B&S
Improved infeed and outfeed conveyors.
Improved ergonomics.
15% increase in output.

If tariffs are imposed, I will avoid a 25% price

You seem to be a guy that thinks about cost vs benifit trade offs. Just wondering what prompted this change? You seemed pretty positive about your first processor and showed good numbers on it.

gg

 

[CalG]

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Anyone in your area doing it this way?

I've always wondered about the burners....

 

[Portuguese Farmer]

Anyone in your area doing it this way?

I've always wondered about the burners....

No, never seen that

 

[CalG]

No, never seen that

It would seem well suited to "lowland forests" i,e, thickets and hedge rows, shelter belts etc.

 

[Rustyiron]

Tractor on mill duty.

 

[KennyG]

Anyone in your area doing it this way?

I've always wondered about the burners....

Interesting but does it mean I'm getting old when the lack of safety equipment in videos like this bothers me?

 

[LouNY]

Anyone in your area doing it this way?

I've always wondered about the burners....

Nice way to work with smaller wood and trimming and get a good use out of it, just needs a bigger stack wagon. To small of a capacity on that little one.

 

[CalG]

Interesting but does it mean I'm getting old when the lack of safety equipment in videos like this bothers me?

Yes, That is exactly what it means.

remember,

Safety THIRD!

 

[Runner]

Yes, That is exactly what it means.

remember,

Safety THIRD!

About the only thing I'd be doing different is wearing gloves and eye protection. Kid in the pink shirt has the right idea, chuck the wood and run like he!!.

 

[CalG]

I often reflect on how easy it is to spend real money to save a few bucks on heating costs.

"Our house" uses about $100 bucks a month in fuel oil to keep us in domestic hot water and "supplemental" warm floors during the cold days of winter.

A 30K tractor (or two), a 5K splitter, or 12k processor, plus all that time....

The savings grace is "I REALLY LIKE tractor work, I REALLY Like wood heat (radiant). And I have NEVER needed a membership to the gym. ;-)

Now about that saw mill.....;-)

 

[CalG]

About the only thing I'd be doing different is wearing gloves and eye protection. Kid in the pink shirt has the right idea, chuck the wood and run like he!!.

You know, where the danger is getting dragged into self feed equipment, the safety police will say "NO GLOVES". But jeesh, that's hard on the hands!

 

[cmyoung2]

How many totes do you go thru per winter cm?

I usually go through about 18, I think I have 15 now, need some more. Just haven't been free when they were available. I have never been able to get ahead on my wood supply, if it dries 6 months split, tha a long time. Heat that big two story white house with radient heat in the floors, and this time of year also heating my wife's 15x45' greenhouse.

 

[Gordon Gould]

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Tractor on mill duty.

You built your self a very nice work place for that mill !!

gg

 

[walhondingMF]

You know, where the danger is getting dragged into self feed equipment, the safety police will say "NO GLOVES". But jeesh, that's hard on the hands!

I wear gloves when cutting wood but NEVER with power tools. My dad is missing a finger from a radial arm saw grabbing his glove and pulling his hand into the blade. Lost one completely and had another stitched back on.

 

[WinterDeere]

Anyone in your area doing it this way?

I've always wondered about the burners....

I guess that equipment would give a reasonable way to make something out of the little crap most of us leave behind in the woods.

Volume and weight scale with radius squared, so a 12" diameter stick has 9x the volume, weight, and BTU's of a 4" diameter stick. I don't even bother dragging anything under 8" diamter home, I just leave it in the woods.

 

[Windblown]

After many years of splitting wood by hand I decided it was time to get a splitter... I had my heart set on a 3pt hydraulic splitter so I could run off into the woods to split wherever I was felling and bucking without excess moving of wood but I hadn't seen the right deal on a used one. Then I saw this 3 year old "non-running" Champion splitter with maybe two hours use on it (paint on the beam not even scratched) for sale. Some fresh oil, gas, and cleared the clogged main jet. Runs great! I'm sure I'll still drag it around with the tractor some. And best of all the spitting mauls are getting retired!

 

[WinterDeere]

Well, stick a fork in it... I think this year's burning season is done, here. We have several more mornings forecast in the 40's, but with highs in the 70's and a stone house that doesn't follow temperatures too quickly, I'm predicting it will be too warm in the evenings to bother lighting either stove the rest of this season.

Today I'll be hauling the wood wagon from the house back to the wood lot, to be sure there's no bug-laden firewood left at the house. This place doesn't have a great history with the old powder post beetle.