Scrounging six cords a year plus

Thanks for the idea, I got me a pair of Those gloves too , They seem pretty good ,I only used them twice So far , I had to get something else , Burned my finger a little cuz the harbor freight Welding gloves Got a hole in the finger , Just like the last pair of them I had

 

I found the HF gloves were too small for my hands, they just barely fit my wife.

 

so Monday I tried out the splitter, turns out it runs just fine.
The issue is a design flaw in the half beam model.
See those chips and trash behind the wedge? That's the problem.
the trunion end of the beam is a blind box, every stroke, trash builds up behind the wedge and is dragged back under the trunions.
Eventually the box is packed full and it stops the ram from a full return.
The pump overloaded because of the trash packed in the box, and my son didn't notice it.

I'm going to be cutting a slot into the end plate to allow trash to just push on through .

Funny thing, I tried to register my splitter, DHT says my serial number is already accounted for.... not good

 

So this stack is my haul from Saturday

Heading back over to get some more wood

Easier to see the progress in the daylight



Challenging sized wood

The only way to work the big stuff

My friend came by with a couple helpers, they split up a truck load in about an hour.

 

Nibbling away at a big one

Interesting bug in the wood

Mondays progress

One load after a full day of cutting and splitting

I'm always impressed by the load this trailer will carry.

Trailer load works out to 1/3 of a cord

 

I googled wood borer two spots and found this...

https://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/galveston/beneficials/beneficial-52_big-eyed_elater.htm
"Unlike its many cousins, the Eyed Elater larva is ferocious meat-eater that dines on many other noxious larvae, including those of wood-boring beetles, flies, and other undesirables."
So he's a good guy.

 

kindling bin with lots of noodles

While it's a great tool, it doesn't work for most of the massive wood I deal with.
If you are interested PM me.

How I make my bar oil easy to control when pouring.

 

I just picked up this pour spout. It works pretty well.



3 different size threads. I just tried the cap on today and it is a pretty good seal.




I used it to put oil in the snowblower engine. I found it much better than using a funnel.

 

I do the same, just without the 3 vent holes. I kinda like squeezing the jug to control the pour .

What's the biggest round the log ox can pick up ? ( diameter, not weight )
I'm not sure I would use one enough either

 

32" max, I found it great for 10 to 20" after that it's too heavy to swing up onto the splitter

I prefer to lift or drag a round with each hand using my fiskars picaroons

 

My friend came back and split another truckload, he managed to get the rest of the pile I cut for him in two more loads, he'll split them at home

 

Looks like you have been really busy. I see you are using a couple boards at the splitter foot to help slide the big ones around. We do too. I've seen those bugs before, if you flip one on itsi back, it will snap it's front part and flip back over.

 

Looks like you are well on the way to cleaning out that yard. That much wood all at once can be too much of a good thing, I'm glad your friend is taking some off your hands. I pass up the "must take all" scrounges, out of my league!

 

since my splitter struggles with the big stuff, it's much faster to halve or quarter them, lots of noodles!
Attacking one big log, ruined a chain on some hidden metal

First load of the Tuesday stacked

Went back and split a second trailer load by the light of my LED hat

This brings it to one cord stacked directly from this yard.

Currently have 10 cords stacked!
Only 8 more to go to have 18!

Of course I'm also burning wood right now,

But as long as winter keeps pretending snow can't happen, I'll have 18 complete

 

Keeping all that snow south, I'm loving it too! I think you will make it to 18!

 

I just discovered the boards trick, luckily the tree service guys left stacks of boards from their crane outriggers.
I actually grabbed them first because the ground was muddy, to kneel on.

 

Keep on keeping on. Nice job there.

 

Used to watch him at work but couldn't anymore after the switch to digital.

I'm hating the snow drought...

 

Hate it after you're all split and stacked!

 

In a previous thread about inventions, I posted a pic of our metal grate that we use for the big stuff.