Dang HD, that's some serious wood whackin right there, man! You go with yer bad self! :stacke::stacke::stacke::stacke:
Those bad boys are hebby man! I couldn't do it without the can't hook and pry bar, oh yeah vertical splitter helps too
Yep, just that one Big Un, that pile surprised me too, Big Uns make a lot a splits Hip started hurting sitting on the milk crate, had to go horizontal, once I got em smaller, maybe I need a taller seat
2016 the year of OAK ? Another OAK score. Is that white oak ? Can tell you are having fun ! Using all your tools on those BTUs. Bet it's fun getting a trailer load form one round I'm jealous & happy for you.
Some nice wood there! It seems like all I process is the really big stuff - because nobody else wants it! Lol. It looks like those are splitting fairly well for you. If your having fun there, you should try some 36" burr oak rounds...loads of fun. I use the wedge and sledge method also and sometimes it's the best option, but most times it's not, especially if the rounds are bucked shorter (around 16"). Stand them up on edge and noodle them! Way easier and faster. You can noodle them into quarters and then split from there. After years of struggling with 200-300lb rounds, wrestling them in place, driving wedges, digging wedges out when they don't split, wrestling them to a splitter, turning the round around (again) when it doesn't split all the way thru....etc, etc, etc. I got smart. After I started noodling these rounds, life got a lot easier. Give it a shot.
I think I'm going to be doing more noodling on this stuff, the one I split with the wedges, I couldn't stand it up even with the cant hook. I did a little noodlin yesterday I buck everything to 17 inches so with a 20 inch bar I can noodle it no problem. Some of it I will also use a dolly to get it on the splitter foot .
Yeah, I don't usually throw them on the ground like that, usually I put them from the splitter to the little trailer and go to stack them, I just wanted to get that thing split up quick
Just when I thought the ones I was working on were monsters! Those are huge! Awesome! And if my two cents is worth anything I'm fairly certain it's white oak.
What I've been doing lately is to noddle each round right after I buck it. That way, I'm not moving or lifting it twice or more times. I cut my wood to 24" so they are even heavier - anything I can do to make the job easier. Once a round is bucked, I just roll it a little ways (just past center) so I can get the bar down the the middle of the round while noodling. I use the remaining log as a rest so the round doesn't fall over. Once in half, I noddle again into quarters - then I can throw the quarters near the splitter or into the small trailer to bring to the splitter or directly to the stacks. After noodling several large logs like this, it's surprising how much noodles are laying everywhere. A buddy and I did a few hours of noodling a few weeks ago. We had 2' or more of noddles in some places. A tractor made quick work of moving them. We couldn't help but laugh at how much was laying around.
Some progress, bucking and noodling Hit the Dirt one time, cutting speed slowed down quite a bit, had to stop and sharpen. Emptied the he tarp 4 times. Had a party I was supposed to be at, got involved in my work, make firewood while it is cool out, I was a little late
