Yep, those holes won't hurt a thing...but if it really bugs ya, just plug em up with whatever...caulk, tape, bubble gum, tire plug, old nail, seagull guano...
Let the drying begin! He only split some rounds in half, leaving some pretty big chunks, but I can deal with that.
Well, if you're satisfied of the job done for the $'s, then that's what counts. However.... Showed up a couple weeks late Left splits too big You split down the pile yourself I'm guessing you lived up to your end of things with $'s. Too bad he didn't live up to his end. Maybe it'll go better the next time, should there be a next time. Sent from my SM-T280 using Tapatalk
I know, not a perfect job, but a load off my mind. By next spring I'll need to have a splitter, it's too hard to hire someone for reasonable money. Not too many itinerant wood splitters out there.
Theres no fixing the holes in those galvanized panels. I'll do you a favor and pick them up to scrap em.
All my sheets have holes - you can plug them with one of the helpful suggestions given so far, but what I do is just make sure they're at the top - i.e. not in the channel that the water gathers in and runs down. That way only the rain drops that happen to fall right into the holes get through - a tiny amount.
He came around 9:30, and was done by 2:30 or so. And he had me as a helper, moving wood to him, and splits away from the splitter. He was pretty scrawny, but with huge trapezoid muscles. Kind of odd looking. I'll tell you, I wouldn't have wanted to run the splitter. He didn't wear gloves, was juggling big chunks with one hand, and had this technique where one round followed another through the splitter like boxcars. Very fast. It was money more satisfyingly spent than on say, a medical bill, for sure!
Wait until black Friday to pick one up. Also, if your husband is reasonably handy, which it seems he is, you can buy a trailer hitch for your SUV for about a hundred dollars shipped on Amazon and install it with basic hand tools.
I'll try silicone caulk. We've bought multiple tubes over the years, with the best intentions, still mostly unopened.
Hopefully its still good. I learned a hard lesson about silicone caulk recently...if its old it may not work. I thought silicone would be the same as any other caulk...if it will come out of the tube, its still good...well, I had an older tube that was open, but sealed well, and it came out fine. The consistency of it seemed a little funny, but I thought that was just how it was with this particular brand. No. I ended up having to clean it all off and start over on my kitchen backsplash after it did not set up, at all, after 3 days. It obviously wouldn't be a big deal if that happened in this case...but just saying...I learned my lesson with silicone caulk!
OK, will do. The holdup for getting one now is the garage reorg project. Everything got scrambled when the mini-split was installed. My husband has ordered a lot of steel racks, one has been assembled, two arrived defective, and more plus replacements are on the way. Once those get deployed, there will be more floor space in the garage. I have already sacrificed two big barrels and a wicker deer.
Most people have forgot about winter now. This might be a good time to find a used splitter at a reasonable price.
Nice to be able to take my time shopping, now. Crunch time over. Once I get everything stacked I'll do a cord calculation (or get my husband to do it).
