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Discussion in 'The Wood Pile' started by bogydave, Aug 24, 2017.

  1. Backwoods Savage

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    Here's another bunch of Dave's wood piles that most folks like. Me included. How's that grab you Midwinter

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  2. Horkn

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    Dave, do the wood splits each go "Wheeeeeee!" as they go down the slide?
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  3. Midwinter

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  4. Midwinter

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    OK, I'm motivated now, I'm going out back to split some birch!
     
  5. HDRock

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    Nope
    Dave's hydraulic splitter is one of his best friends :)
     
  6. bogydave

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    HDRock is right, love hydraulics :)
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    split the right way "Vertical"
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  7. Ctwoodtick

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    In CT, I usually get medium size splits of black birch down to 20% in one year. I think white should be a bit quicker. I find yellow birch is a bit slower
     
  8. Backwoods Savage

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    Yes indeed. Dave does it right!
     
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  9. Midwinter

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    I have been working on birch. So far I have split this: IMG_20170827_46997.jpg
    And this morning we used the new saw and turned this IMG_20170827_2466.jpg
    into this! IMG_20170827_9984.jpg
    The yellow birch is way harder to split than the white. I found myself using 3 wedges on that split in the center.
     
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  10. Backwoods Savage

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    Midwinter, you still may want to split that birch even though it is small else it will turn punky in a few months.
     
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    Yes, I do like to split the small stuff. I usually store it in my porch, but it's pretty crazy in there now. I store fireplace wood stacked on iron fish tank stands. IMG_20170827_56439.jpg
     
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    Midwinter you might want to take a second look at that stack on the far end. That top bunch looks like it wants to perhaps move to the other side! Could it do some damage? :hair:
     
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  13. Midwinter

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    It does look sorta scary! Can you tell I'm not the most organized person in the world?
     
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    You and my wife would get along just fine!
     
  15. Midwinter

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    Men like everything plumb level, we ladies are just a little askew!
     
  16. MikeInMa

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    A little askew, just like your men?

    The new saw seems to be doing what you ask of it. Nice!

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    The saw is very fun! We've been through a couple tank of gas already.
     
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    thats great you must of worked very hard to do that.
     
  19. bogydave

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    Sometimes I have helpers:
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    Sometimes it snows
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    Empty shed section
    Now I can start moveing the "wood train "
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