this is the kind of performance i'm used to, the DHT just stops on this kind of wood. I'm going to look into how to bump up the pressure, since it seems to be an unload valve issue, the motor doesn't even really bog down much. It could also be that this is a maple that has stood for hundreds of years in someones yard, getting tougher and twisted by storms
For that horizontal splitter that splits in both directions, It looks like it takes more time to reposition the log to be split than it takes for a return stroke. Also seems that there isn’t an option to do a partial stroke then return back.. I’m a fan of vertical splitting.. on red oak, I generally need to run the wedge only a couple of inches into the wood... for some gnarly yard trees, on occasion, I need to run the wedge all the way through.. everything else falls somewhere in the middle.. so for my applications, I believe the two way splitter would slow me down. I agree that you should be able to split those rounds with the DHT splitter that you have. Curious to see what kind of mods you can make to improve the power...
The trick is to only run the knife into the wood until the trailing edge is about an inch into the wood, by then a normal size round would be split enough to RIP it apart without much effort. This also means that you can drop the next round in place behind the knife and split it on the return stroke. This keeps the knife going about a foot each way in the middle of the travel range, only going full strokes for twisted stuff and knots. I did miss not having vertical with the big stuff I often harvest. That's why I sold the predator and bought the DHT.
A couple guys in the church had some free time yesterday. So they attacked one of the four piles of rounds. We refilled the back of the last cord we burned Finished filling the extra tall rack And stacked almost a full cord on pallets between the rows. I laid the pallets down earlier, in case they got ahead of me in rack space , good thing I did. I was helping but tweaked my back pretty bad and had to drop out. Before I did my back in, I moved the fiberglass tonneau cover to make a shed for the splitter . We might get rain, or snow, or nothing at all, as once again this pathetic winter can't even do a snow storm worth anything around here, but at least the splitter will be covered from all the fail. One pile down, and a dent in the second one, nice! They probably knocked out a full cord in one day.
The pile that was here was almost two years old. I started it back when I was working that huge maple from a few years ago. My neighbor doesn't have a yard, instead he likes to sit and watch mine from his bench. (Nice deal, all that grass to enjoy, but no mowing) he's had a great view of the round pile for two summers, but now he can gaze on my wood racks instead And some of the lawn. I actually placed my racks to not block the view from his patio, or the awning he and his son made out back.
The bigger reason is that it's easier on me. Even with picaroons and boards layed out beside the splitter foot, a 4 foot diameter maple round is a miserable amount of weight to shift around, half of one is about all I want to deal with
I know that feeling, didn't relirea they were that big. I had some white oak that size, set them on the foot of the splitter with the tractor. Noodle away plus you will have some good fire starter.
A nice decorative layer of snow, perfect for Christmas day, too bad it's a month late and a foot short.. Still haven't dusted my cross country skis off, may not get the chance at this point. Hopefully it's only a couple months until kayaking season starts! on a good note, my splitter shed worked perfectly.
one of my planes getting a morning shower of de-ice fluid evening take off, flying south to fix a broken plane Wachusett mountain ski area lights approaching the Hudson river from the west lower Manhattan, flying over Jersey. short final for 22L at Newark Airport
my Friday, it got all the way up to 19 F That round thing at the top was the problem, it's the oil pressure relief valve , it had a piece of debris stuck under it. Other than it being so cold that the oil was tacky and the O rings were stiff like plastic, the relief valve is held in place by a snap ring, it l didn't have the valve engaged correctly, the spring and washers would shoot out and most likely fall into the oil sump, requiring the engine to be sent out to the overhaul shop. No wonder I was sweating in the cold Success! So I got to drive home, and stop at Rockefeller senic overlook on the pallisades parkway And Piermont And the bridge is still lit up pink to celebrate the new child sacrifice law in NY
I like the pics... I dont like this ^^^....meaning I wholeheartedly disagree with this law. But that is not a discussion for this place...
Rowerwet thanks for sharing your adventures as always. As for the splitter I am thinking there must be something wrong with it. I have no experience with them myself but have not heard a bad word about them. Hope you get it running like you want it soon.
