Posted a bit ago about a large oak I was allowed to process down the road from my house. Been working on it this week and finally finished the last of the big rounds today. The largest rounds laughed at my Fiskars and maul. Had to break out the sledge and wedges to pop them into chunks I could lift into the truck. Glad the bulk is processed - a couple pics of the fun. Will post again in a bit with the haul! Cheers!
Thanks - swinging the 10lb sledge is certainly different than the 4.5lb Fiskars - after using the sledge for a couple hours, the Fiskars felt like a toy. Cheers!
Thank Eric - it won't be on the ground long - but need to free up some pallet space to stack it - going to stack next year's wood in the barn early to get the space! Cheers!
I put up two pallet boxes together connected I love them. They are a bit mismatched in size but they really work and they don't buckle under the weight if done well. Must have about 1000 lbs of wood at least in both of them if not more. Its really nice when you can have them for free and just take around 20 mins to build.
Ya know, with a little bit of notice I could trailer my 25 ton Cub Cadet over there and make em' small enough to lift. Them big chunks won't laugh at my splitter done vertical as nature as nature intended with a milk crate. Backwoods Savage are you out there?
Hey NH - I actually brought my splitter down to the site for the first day of splitting and figured I'd try vertically splitting the big rounds. It ended up much more difficult to try to move those big rounds and get them on the back plate of the splitter - for the couple that I did get on, it split fine, but it ended up faster to wedge. Any snow left for you - only a tiny amount of bank leftovers here. Cheers!
Rounds that size usually takes a cant hook or pry bar of some sort. Also a couple of pipes laid down to roll the long on helps a lot. But, I've done a 42" white oak using only a pry bar (didn't have the cant hook with me as I was at a neighbors place).
Had my 5' pry bar on that day with the splitter, but it turned out to be much more time consuming to lever it up and move it a bit toward the splitter, etc., - went much faster overall with wedges. Cheers!
Oak....Oak...Oak. I love the stuff. Splits easy...generally. Wedging and sledging. Good workout! Red? White?
A little bit of snow left here and there, and some melting snowbanks. I assume we'll get more though.
A salute is deserved for that effort! I'm still trying to figure out how to strike a wedge and have it go INTO the round, stay put and not bounce outta these juicy pine rounds. I have NOT mastered the wedge & sledge. All advice is sorely welcome. Corn-fed, Iowa bred.
Trying real-hard not to cheat EricVW. Just wanted to see the method through and have it work without a machine involved. Patience is fleeting... Corn-fed, Iowa bred.
