Log Splitters

[turnkey4099]

My guess would be a little less than 2 cords on that trailer. I burn about 4 to 6 cords a year. Have about 4 years ahead in seasoning.

I burn 6=7, half willow, half locust, a year and sell arund 8-10 of wilow - after 30 years it still shocks me that people will buy willow at $120/cord..

 

[turnkey4099]

Must say I sort of enjoy it also. Went out today and dropped two trees and cut part into logs and split them just for the exercise - don't really need the wood right now but need to get the trees down and it was nice out so why not...

Same here, it is my hobby. I am currently working on clear cutting two groves of overage willow for farmers, no charge, Ijust take the wood, pile/burn brush and leave a clean area except for the stumps. I get antsy if I can't put in an hour or two doing something very physical. Been locked in hte house for a week now and another week to go with single digit and negative digit temperatures and snow storms.

 

[turnkey4099]

If the wood is in truly stuck as in it can't be split how do you move ahead?

My splitter is wedge on cylinder and I have never had a round stick dthat the machine itself wouldn't pull loose. My old wedge on beam did somedtimes requie a bit of hammering to free it but dthat machine had a very weak hydraulic system. Built idt out of salvage parts.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

If the wood is in truly stuck as in it can't be split how do you move ahead?

I haven't found a chunk that can't be split, at least on my splitter.

EVERYTHING get's pushed through the 4-way, I've never stopped the ram, I can't even tell if it's ever slowed down, it just plain keeps on-keeping on!

SR

 

[ovrszd]

Mine will slow down, but has always finished the split. I just retract the cylinder and add another block then finish the stuck block and split the next one.

 

[scdeerslayer]

I use a splitter that was my grandfather's that was made by Northern Hydraulics before they changed to Northern Tool. Just a few years ago they had basically the same thing just a different motor and a different layout, but the pump, cylinder, and valve were the same. It has the wedge on the beam and we've had several pieces stuck on the wedge that it couldn't split (usually pieces with large knots or a fork) and had to knock them back with a sledge hammer. Plus we might split stuff into a dozen or more pieces, and that's a lot of moving the wood backwards to split again. It seems like it would work so much better with the wedge on the cylinder with the piece that removes stuck wood.