Every season I start from scratch scrounging up a few rounds to keep me busy in Jan-Feb splitting due to living in this God forsaken State. Been at it now for a good 6 weeks and have run out of space to put it unless I put out more pallets. The stack is 150' long by 4 rows that are 4' high. Plus I sold my splitter.
I second that motion! Impressive and wonderful looking hoard you got going there. So I'd say if your still hoarding at that level, heat your house with wood, I'd get myself a new splitter.
I have a new one being built. But it won't be ready until the latter part of January. I am meeting the builder Saturday to go over a few details on the build and I am bringing back a bi-directional with a log lift that is a prototype to tryout and give feedback.
Yes I do. I can't stop scrounging until the snow gets too deep. I have two landowners log landings from last year I haven't been to YET and one other that has some really nice stuff on another but the logging road to it is super steep and can't be accessed unless conditions are perfect. Got one load this week from there.
Should be about 25 cord so far. When I took the pics today, I see a few low spots that need some more. How I process is to pull the splitter up very close to the stacked rounds. As the wood is split it is restacked immediately about 6' away. The key is to have the amount of rounds match the split wood so the gap doesn't grow or get too small. It is inefficient in use of the splitter but way more efficient in not having to handle the wood twice.
Great idea but I am pretty picky about how things get done. Some would consider calling it obsessive/compulsive, my wife shorten it to I am an @$$h*le .
That is quite a place you have and that wood is amazing, is that red maple? What other wood do you get?
Almost all of it is Red & White Oak. A smattering of Hickory and Cherry in the big stack. The part next to the pallets is ash. The wood on the trailer, (pretty overloaded Ehh....) The neighbor had a tree service company cut it and chip the brush. I said I would remove the everything larger than 8". Just had to pull it from the neighbors yard 100 yards away. The trailer is so heavy it spun a tire on the tractor going up a very slight incline and I had to put it in 4WD. The tractor with loaded tires weighs 4,000#s. The one ash was 35 x 35.5" on the stump.
No, it's pretty strong as is. Looks close at that pic to see the dirt I deal with. The 395 has a hard nosed bar and 404 semi chisel. I have a 288XP that has been completely rebuilt and ported. That one you need to hang onto.
