We are finally getting around to CSS down here in Mid GA. Temps are up in the low 90's now, so me and the saw will probably give out of gas about the same time...lol...This is a jig we built to cut smaller stuff that doesn't need splitting. The stop is adjustable. I use my pole saw for this.
Neat jig you got there. I drop all my smaller limbs in an h-buck and whack them in one swipe. bushpilot has a really cool portable cheap setup with cinder blocks and poles. I quit on the firewood processing yesterday as the temp and humidity over here across the state line is brutal. I'm sweating drinking a beer on the front porch
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A couple more inventions we use. The 4x4 frame is just wide enough I can drive tractor over it and stack logs to cut. Helps keep saw out of the dirt. The pipe frame behind the splitter is made of 1 1/2 in pipe and heavy angle on the ends. Since we use the splitter in vertical all the time, it makes moving the big blocks around much easier. It is the same height as the foot, so they can be slid right on. We have split some rounds 46" across with this set-up. I cut some rounds and my wife went to splitting. I'll do the bigger rounds.
I forgot to explain about the splitter, we have had it for about 20 yrs, tires dry rotted and tongue got bent, so I made this frame for it. It will hook on to the counter weight on the back of the tractor or I can hook it to the FEL. Dont have to worry about hitching it up and driving away with it.
Very nice T.Jeff Veal I do wonder however if it would still be easier to use a chain saw rather than the pole saw while cutting those small poles. Still, that is a unique setup and it shows you are a good thinker. I also like how you keep the logs up so no chance of hitting dirt with the saw while bucking the larger logs. It looks like you had an old MTD splitter that you made over and did a fine job of it too. You wife looks like she's right at home splitting too. Good woman!
I have seen on here where someone had a small saw mounted on the jig with the pivot thru the bar. If i get a small saw, I might do that. The pole saw is actually a Stihl combo unit so it's lighter than a regular pole saw. I can stand farther away when the pile gets big. The splitter is a Yard Machine brand, which I think is MTD. Still has original 6hp B&S engine, it was easier $$ to build the frame than buy tires and fix tongue. She enjoys helping. Thanks.
It is used to haul logs. You could easily remake that to do the job and would not have to do much to it. Here is one I made that cost me a whole $10 to make.
Oh ok. That probably wouldn't work to good down here in GA, ground doesn't freeze much. We're lucky enough to have a tractor with FEL and forks for the small stuff.
I was thinking this was actually for hauling wood! You told me that big oak pallet I posted about would be great for it. I intend to keep this whole if I possibly can. Not needing much oak, I’ve cut more of the beams made of oak recently and looks like they will last a long time feeling how much heat they carry. I took to naming such cuts as Kasey Kookers, they were responsible for darn near doing that to my lady’s son on night as he slept on the couch. Too warm.
