Okay, mods, if you think this belongs in a different place feel free to move it. Besides the obvious, chainsaw, truck, trailer etc. there are many other tools and accessories to help get the job done ,to make it easier, to make it safer, to make it quicker, some I think are essential. People new to processing firewood may not know about some of these helpers . Post your pictures, your ideas , your favorites, of whatever helps you get the job done . Here are a few things I have come to like a lot in getting the job done . Three tools here , 12 inch log tongs, homemade hookaroon, extra long sharpened hay hook . These are great for picking up , dragging around , moving wood without much bending over ,saving your back . A cant hook for rolling and lifting logs . This is what I came up with for saving my back while cutting up, small logs, poles,pallet wood ,and re-cutting splits . There are many different styles of jigs like this you can build cheap. Add yours here. Another tool I have found useful ,a 4-tine cultivator, works good for pulling splits and small stuff out of the trailer ,raking up bark and other things.
I room out of room for pictures Here is something courtesy of, Backwoods Savage, it is a dray ( basically a sled ) for getting logs up out of the dirt and out of the woods. For cutting your would to the proper size for your stove , you can eyeball it, measure n Mark with a crayon or paint , or use a marking device on your saw like the one I made up . There are many ways to make these , Post yours here Oh ya for the big jobs , you may need one of these Don't forget ! there's always more than one way to do it.
leather/nylon pouches w/ quick release nylon belt holds felling wedges,file/handle,scrench,tiny carb screwdriver,100ft tape measure,water bottle,extra ear plugs in plastic medicine bottle,smaller tongs,even a couple granola bars/jerky.
I find a plain old 5' digging/pry bar to be quite useful. Plenty of leverage to move anything that is humanly possible. Helps in getting log loads apart. Also can be used to lift a log onto a block for cutting.
rottiman, I'd love to see that in action, and how it's put together. That's awesome. cmag, the one time I saw the fiskars hatchet was at Wallyworld, and I made the mistake of not buying it. I'm still looking for one local.
I originally built this when we had a local hardwood veneer plant close by. Back then, we could get select hardwood veneer cores which were just like eight and one half ft. rolling pins. Used to get 9 cord loads with absoutely no dirt or bark. Super clean premium burning. Unfortunately they shut the plant down. Working alone, using a hand held pulp hook you could pull each core forward to the 16"stop and chop it off as fast as you could move. We used to have one guy running the saw one guy shoving them on from the pile. Two guys could cut a cord in about 35 minutes. Nothing was split so bingo instant wood. Now I use it, as pictured, for anything 10" or less. I am a welder by trade and the whole thing was made using recycled angle iron from the old style high tension wire towers. I could have sold it as I have had quite a few lads who would like to buy it. Although a bit on the heavy side, it is easily moved by just driving up to it with the loader and moving it to where ever your set up.
The X7 is another great tool , when ever splitting I have it handy if I need to chop the stringy stuff loose, best hatchet I ever owned, got mine at Wal-Mart
Your all gonna think I am insane but this kobalt hatchet is the best I have owned. The darn thing holds an edge forever and has very good balance.
Got mine from Amazon just wish the handle was a little longer, when you split big rounds that are stringy you need more reach. I looked into the next bigger size but don't want the extra weight, thinking of extending handle
