fishinfool
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show your homemade splitter pics here
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cmhyland
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Wow.. what a waste of some nice wood....
Someone with a bandsaw mill would have loved that in 8 to 10 foot logs...
Someone with a bandsaw mill would have loved that in 8 to 10 foot logs...
fishinfool
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It does look beautifull when freshly cut. However, speaking as a wood miller myself, the stuff is worthless.
Eucalyptus was first introduced to the states (its from australia) as a source of lumber, it is very dense, and rot resistant. however, many people have gone broke experimenting with growing and trying to process eucalyptus for the lumber industry.
It even failed as railroad tie material due to twisting, warping and splitting charateristics.
There are huge abandoned stands of Eucaltptus plantations in central california and Hawaii remaining as a testament to its lack of value as lumber
It has since taken over along the west coast, depleating groundwater, invading native habitat and a real menace during wildfire season.
It makes good firewood!
Eucalyptus was first introduced to the states (its from australia) as a source of lumber, it is very dense, and rot resistant. however, many people have gone broke experimenting with growing and trying to process eucalyptus for the lumber industry.
It even failed as railroad tie material due to twisting, warping and splitting charateristics.
There are huge abandoned stands of Eucaltptus plantations in central california and Hawaii remaining as a testament to its lack of value as lumber
It has since taken over along the west coast, depleating groundwater, invading native habitat and a real menace during wildfire season.
It makes good firewood!
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vanisland
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kubotakid USA
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How long do you think that wedge skid will last? It looks short on beef,
vanisland
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I think it will be fine, but if I need to I'll make it stronger.
Where do you think it might fail?
grsthegreat
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most if not all log splitting wedges ive seen are solid...like this one
NorthStar Weldable Log Splitter Wedge | Log Splitter Accessories | Northern Tool + Equipment
guess it all depends on the hardness of the wood your splitting.
NorthStar Weldable Log Splitter Wedge | Log Splitter Accessories | Northern Tool + Equipment
guess it all depends on the hardness of the wood your splitting.
vanisland
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I know what you mean now.
I tried it tonight and the pieces on the backside of the wedge guide bent a bit. I split some pieces that have been sitting for a while and had some big knots in them.
I'll need to get some heavier material but should be easy to fix.
The wedge itself worked well, just need to beef up the guide part.
woodgrub
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hi< mounted my splitter trayback hilux.has loglifter which works using return stroke on splitter.cut .split.load at tree. 3 cub metre cage on hilux.had splitters for 20 years this is best way for 1 man tocut down handling of firewood.all in one trip to forest. history.cutting hardwoodand logging for 28 years.in mature eucaliptus forests s.eastern australia. has anyone mounted their splitter on directly on a ute or truck so they can tow atrailer aswell.i havent seen anyone else do this.it makes sense to me .we are here for a good time.not a long time ..woodgrub;;