My brother came over to help empty his trailer today and we got all 4 cord cut and split. A lot of it was smaller stuff in the 3-6" range, so it took a while. We used my Stihl E14 for most of it. I love that saw. It's about 25 years old and easily keeps up with my splitter. I put a fresh grind on the chain and was able to cut the whole load. I refilled the bar oil twice. The new pump on the splitter is doing great, and is definitely quieter than it was when we first installed it. We have split about 8 cors with it now. The Db reading when first installed was close to 95, but now it's down to about 82. I thought it sounded quieter, but had to check just to make sure. We used the single wedge because the wood was stringy and that pushed the pressure up just above the shift point of the pump. Most of the wood didn't need the 4 way anyway. The splitter was running right around 140⁰ without taking any breaks. We were able to talk while cutting and splitting, which was nice. Electric is definitely the way to go. No smelly fumes or ear muffs! Just the smell of the wood and the sound of saw chain in logs, the whine of the splitter, and wood cracking open. It was mostly hybrid poplar, aspen, and cottonwood, with some elm thrown in. It's just piled on the driveway right now, but we will try to get it stacked this week before the weather changes. I should have made a few videos, but we were just too busy. I snapped a picture after cleaning up the chips.
Nice work! I enjoy processing firewood with my brother as well. Must’ve been nice to be able to talk while you were doing it. What do you have planned for the stuff that appears to be on a tarp?
Thats a lotta firewood. Great work guys! Take the day off from firewood making today. I know i would!
That’s a good jag for one day! Envious of these electric conversions. One thing I would not miss while splitting is the loud exhaust and fumes.
That is most of the saw chips. I still have some to clean up, but we managed to keep most of them either on the trailer or the tarp. I am seriously thinking of making a pellet mill, because we get piles of chips and the mill will be making tons of sawdust. We bave rabbits, so their poop goes in the garden beds. I wouldn't really have a use for sawdust, so we figure we might as well make pellets and burn 'em.
