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[Jstpssng]

To dry wood faster, drop trees now and leave the tops on through the summer.

 

[WinterDeere]

To dry wood faster, drop trees now and leave the tops on through the summer.

Interesting idea. I assume this is why I see some girdle trees and leave them standing through summer, as well.

 

[John_Mc]

To dry wood faster, drop trees now and leave the tops on through the summer.

If I'm leaving the tops on, I do so until the leaves on it turn brown. Beyond that point, they are not pulling out much moisture.

 

[Gordon Gould]

I've only gotten poison ivory a couple times. And it was very minor. Knock on wood. When I was just a kid, 3rd grade or so, my older sister used to get it easily. One time so bad that she had to stay home from school. I remember I went out by the RR tracks and rubbed it all over my arms thinking it would get me a day out of school too. Nothing happened. I was disappointed. When I asked my mother how come I didn't get it she went wild.


Today was nice and breezy - a good day to split wood. Hope to be done by Memorial day.


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As I work my way down my elongated pile of blocks/rounds, as shown above from last week, I set aside any that are too big for me to want to wrestle with up on the horizontal beam. When I get a bucket full set aside, I pull the splitter around, put it in the vertical mode, and quarter them up for the next bucket full to split. Since these this year aren't really that big I don't bother with the carry-all deck and just use a wheel chock to hold the tail of the block up so it sits tight against the beam.

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[Gordon Gould]

Yesterday when I went to move the splitter down the row a little for the next lick I noticed a wet spot on the ground under the pump. On further observation I found a steady little trickle running down the pressure hose and onto the hydraulic pump whenever there was pressure in the hose. I have no idea how old this splitter is and the hose was full of cracks. So I made a quick trip into town to the local auto parts. I only had to wait 10 minutes for them to make me up a new hose. And I was even able to find an 1-1/2" gromet to replace the old crumbling one that lined the hole in the motor mount base that the hose passes thru. Replaced the hose and topped off the oil - all set to go back to work now.

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[WinterDeere]

I have no idea how old this splitter is...

The configuration of that Briggs e675 engine is very similar to a pressure washer engine I had from ca.2006, so it may be similar vintage, although the pull starter shroud makes me think it could be even a few years older than that. The rest of that Huskee chassis design was kept mostly the same up thru at least 2015.

Keep a cover on it, sun is what kills these things more than rain. Here's the one I use on my Huskee 22-ton:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004QHBVCO?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_8

The covers last a good 5 - 7 years, and are a cheap way to protect the rubber bits.

 

[Gordon Gould]

Mine is more of a custom design cover

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[Molalla1]

Mine is more of a custom design cover

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[wolc123]

I wired up the ceiling fan / light fixture, that I salvaged from our house office/spare bedroom, in my splitter shed today. It took me almost exactly the half hour that I thought it would, and I didn’t need to purchase any parts. The tractor canopy worked perfect, to hold up the fixture, while I was wiring it.

I ended up with almost a foot of clearance from the bottom of the lights to the top of the tractor canopy when installed, so I didn’t need to scrape any of the gravel off of the floor. I guess I’ll have to spring for a load of gravel or blacktop millings, if I want to extend my driveway for the truck camper, this summer.

It would have went a little faster, but when I got done and turned the fan on, I couldn’t feel much breeze below. All (3) fan speeds worked with the control chain, but I didn’t notice much change in the breeze at the different speeds.

I saw what the problem was, as soon as I shut it down and watched it stop spinning. It was running backwards, blowing up, not down. I thought maybe I’d need to remove the blades and reinstall at the opposite angle. Fortunately, there is a little “forward/reverse switch on the side.

I flipped that, and all is well now. There is a real good breeze, throughout the whole 10 x 25 ft shed, when it’s turning at top speed. It was dead calm and 80 degrees outside this afternoon, so that made it very comfortable inside.

With (3) bulbs on it, I also have (3) times the light out there, that I had prior. I’m looking forward to getting that face cord of ash split during the rain this weekend. I can easily reach the fan speed control chain from the tractor platform, and the light switch chain from the ground.

I will leave the fan switch off, whenever I don’t need it, so I can control only the light from the wall switch. Even though they are LED bulbs and throw minimal heat, I’ll most likely use the chain switch to turn them out, while I’m splitting in the daylight.

 

[wolc123]

To dry wood faster, drop trees now and leave the tops on through the summer.

I used to do that, back before the EAB pre-killed or partially killed so many for me. I think it’s been more than 15 years, since I killed a healthy tree for firewood.

I do celebrate the occasional cherry, oak, hickory, or hard maple that the wind brings down, because I’ve gotten pretty sick of burning ash. I probably will miss it when it all gone though, because is sure does split and dry nice. Definitely a pain to clean up the woodstove after though. No problem guessing how it got its name.