Firewood Cutting Table

[Oldtoad]

Getting old and moldy but I do enjoy a good warm fire, cheaper than oil too.
Got logs, old splitter, saws, tractor with forks to move IBC totes, grapple to move logs.
Building a cutting table to get the cut pieces to the splitter without breaking the bank or my back.
Wolfe Ridge Mfg. has one for $1,000+
This one does not have a tray to slide the cut pieces to the splitter.

Wolfe Ridge MFG - Eau Claire WI - 715-598-7790

Wolfe Ridge MFG professional grade log splitters, firewood proccessing and skid steer attachments built in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA.

www.wolferidgemfg.com

 

[i7win7]

Here's my homemade bucking table

Processing Firewood the Professional Redneck Way

This will be a long assembly post with many photos, you may want to bookmark it and read on a rainy day. You will need a root grapple to lift logs, A miter saw to cut multiple 4x4's and 2x8's to size, plus other wood working tools most home owners all ready have. Let's start...

www.orangetractortalks.com

 

[Oldtoad]

i7win7,
Viewed that during my dig deeper gRoogle search, awesome build, quite an erecting. You are a master.
No way I could do that. I'm so lazy the IBC totes go on the deck by the front door.
However, you have some build features that might get borrowed, .

 

[Oldtoad]

Found this, too fancy, saw a simpler one, cannot find it.

 

[Oldtoad]

One more, just the table and rollers, saw looks dangerous but the lift could be useful.

 

[EddieWalker]

I never knew something like this existed. Now I'm thinking that it's something I really need to have!!!

 

[deezler]

I need to make something like this. Problem is, it's gotta be robust, chainsaw safe to cut on, but also cheap. Don't wanna spend hundreds on lumber like i7s table, beautiful as it might be. Plus I want to be able to lay a whole load of logs on the table, not just one or two at a time.

I used to have a giant sawbuck kinda like this one below. But the (untreated) lumber gave up after just a few seasons of living outdoors in the elements.

Plus I think the "table" idea is better - the log can sit right there even after you cut it. Bending over around the saw buck to pick everything up off the ground wasn't very fun.

 

[Oldtoad]

This is close to what our need is.

 

[Oldtoad]

Traded for a sturdy boat trailer this summer, new springs arrived today. Applied Kroil to the retaining bolts.
Waited for Harbor Freight jacks to go on sale got 4 tubular weld, swinging crank jacks.
Also, picked up a accordion roller conveyor and a 10' galvanized roller conveyor.
Have been looking for ideas on log racks, thinking 6' wide x 8-10' to be welded to the boat trailer frame.

Just went through the thread, already modified the woodsplitter with a table, the conveyors can roll the butts
from the cut-off to the splitter, just need the log rack.

 

[Oldtoad]

One more,

https://www.metsamachines.com/product/japa-465-basic-log-rack/

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Getting old and moldy but I do enjoy a good warm fire, cheaper than oil too.
Got logs, old splitter, saws, tractor with forks to move IBC totes, grapple to move logs.
Building a cutting table to get the cut pieces to the splitter without breaking the bank or my back.
Wolfe Ridge Mfg. has one for $1,000+

This is one of mine, I can cut from ground level or get on it and cut there.

No matter if the rounds are big, it's easy to roll them right onto my splitters beam,

No need to buy something spl., when a trailer or wagon will do the same job, at least it does for us.

SR

 

[oosik]

I have Ponderosa pines - only. My trees were as big or bigger that what Sawyer Rob has pictured. Probably lighter weight rounds though. I had several 6x6 timbers - four feet long. I'd locate these timbers at the appropriate places down the length of the log. Roll the log up onto the timbers and start cutting.

The full length of the tree was first cut to appropriate lengths. Usually - 10, 15 or 20 feet long. Depending upon the diameter of the tree. It only took once to find that a 20 foot length by 36" in diameter was too much to man handle.

Post #11. Looks like SR has his work cut out for him.

 

[Oldtoad]

Not sure if I get it running this year, still some setup due.
Prolly should post a pic of my wood pile, naa, you guys would get jealous.

 

[EddieWalker]

I've been watching YouTube videos on this, and it's amazing how different they are from place to place. The more I learn, the more I want to build a table to cut my rounds on.

 

[5030]

If any of you live within convenient driving distance of me, I have a large pile of saw logs, all hardwood that you can have for free and I'll load them on your trailer or in your truck. Mostly seasoned and dry as well.

I'm near Cabelas in Dundee, right off US 23 in Deerfield Michigan. Don't heat with wood and I have a lot of trees on the property that get storm damage or blow down and I cut them all up and pile them hear the equipment barn. Like I said, free for the taking and I'll load you with one of my M9's. I have forks and buckets available. Has to be at least 20K pounds of hardwood presently.

If interested, PM me and I'll give you directions and my phone number, being retired, most anytime is convenient for me unless if course I'm running hay or working in the shop.