Last Saturday I filled a 4'x7' and 4'x8' trailers with ash. Today I put the handle on my axe head to hookaroon then split one of the trailer loads. I only had a few hours to play. Last winter a friend came out for firewood and helped cut and split. I told him 18" rounds. He wanted 24"rounds for his fireplace and cut without discussing the change. Yup I got stuck with a face cord of 24" splits. I figured out if I loaded the log cart full I could cut the ends off to get my 18" splits. works perfect and much safer than any other method I tried. I can't wait to build my wood shed. I'm just putzing along this winter cutting a facecord here and there, good dead ash.
What you got holding the wood on the dolly? Why you cutting wood on top of the splitter? I love the trailer man mine is similar I built the sides and a rear Gate ramp
Now that's a cool idea right there I have never seen that one for recutting splits to length. Is that like metal banding material? Hey I got some of that out in the shop, I think it is three quarter or 1 inch wide heavy duty
The trailer was $75 on craigslist and I'm 6'7". Dennis can vertical split all he wants. lol. I usually raise the splitter up a few inches to make it more comfortable for me. I still have enough back and upper body strength to lift the rounds out of trailer to splitter. But I have used it vertically. I don't like to bend over. Wears my back out fast.
welcome to the forum, sounds like you have been lurking here awhile I am 5 foot 3 so we might have a little bit different ways of doing things
HDRock if your asking about cinching the load on the cart. No. I use it as you see in the pics. Yes I have been around. Pretty sure I was registered here before but lost the info. I know Dennis from years ago on a outdoor forum etc. I am polarbear elsewhere on the net. Lurking? lol. I reregistered when I had something useful to say. lol
Can that be removed to function as a normal dolly ?? I have had this dolly for 25-30 years and it has done a lot more than move firewood around.
HDRock. It's bolted to the dolly with 5/16" nuts and bolts. I have other hand carts so no need to remove. Best advice is get solid tires. Will make a huge difference pulling a big load up the steps. My wife will load the cart and leave it at our front steps and I drag it in.
I hear ya!! I'm 6"4" and do whatever I can to minimize repetitive bending. Still fit and strong enough to lift, just want to keep my back healthy.
Hey Polar, I do remember you on the other forum. On that upper body strength and bending over, I can relate. Most folks are amazed at how much I can lift even though I have a terrible back. But if I have to bend, that is a different story altogether. My back just does not like bending and even though I can lift, I keep it to a minimum. (And I don't count sitting as bending over.) But what about splitting vertically? To keep from both lifting and bending. I can split for hours at a time with no problem. But, if I had to be on my feet, then I'm afraid I'd have to hire it done because I just could not do it. In addition, a lot of folks will go cut a load of wood and then split it right away. We don't. We sort of half way stack it up in the winter months and then after snow melt we get the splitter out and do all the splitting at once. When the splitter is put away, then we stack and stack it right where the wood is so we don't have to carry it. It works well for us.
I have a twisted rib. I'm not sure what caused it. I think it's from being on a ladder and twisting and reaching while working. I have a very hard time bucking logs. The twisted rib will take my breath away. I was able to bend over and pick up these 2 loads of rounds without any twisted rib pain but running the saw bent over is terrible pain. That's about the worst it gets. It generally doesn't hurt while I work installing garage doors. I'm trying to figure out how to get logs up to saw horse height. No loader at this time. I like to fill the trailer/trailers with rounds and split them right out of the trailer. One less step handling the wood. Splitter is parked right at the stacks. Works well for us. My wife will stack while I split sometimes. It makes quick work of it.
Welcome polar bear, I might just copy on that dolly, great idea but I don't think I'll paint mine pink.
