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Working with the big boys today

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  1. jrider

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    FC0AF154-6075-4AAF-A094-0543B88EE3F9.jpeg 2FD27D80-0A4E-4A18-BA6D-8358AC87DF4B.jpeg 14155746-66FF-4D2E-A47E-95359A97791B.jpeg C00D11CE-F335-4571-A75B-480EFAEBDC88.jpeg I have a bunch of large diameter oak to deal with this year. Today I had some time so I worked on logs that I cut on a local blueberry/cranberry farm 5 minutes from home. I had one 17 yo helper and my 7 yo son who is firewood obsessed. In 3.5 hours we got done about 2.5 cords. Very few pieces didn’t require the log lift on my tw6. The split pile free of snow is new today. My boy had enough by the end. Going to finish up these rounds tomorrow.
     
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    That's a lotta work. You guys deserve pizza. :thumbs:
     
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    Pizza is good but this makes the body feel better. 5D71CA6B-0788-4BF0-9F9E-56A797D19458.jpeg
     
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    You my friend are a lucky man:yes:
    That's a mean splitter!
     
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    Nice! I just got done play with big wood too... Got to take advantage of the nice weather. That Oatmeal Stout thats like a great sipping beer...:coldone:
     
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    It really is. My problem is I struggle to sip. Haha
     
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    And my helper rocks!
     
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    Good days work!!


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    Good day and great pics!
     
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    You really do get a lot of bang for the buck outta those big suckers. Little more work on the front end, but a lotta splits out of a round. Nice work jrider !
     
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    Nice job. Looks like that splitter bouts out the wood.
     
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    Great looking pile of future BTU's. Awesome splitter, and awesome help you got there
     
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    Does the added wedges cause "drag" on the splitter? I have considered adding a horizontal bar on my wedge but didn't know what it did as far as increasing the pressure to the splitter.
     
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    Doesn’t look like you were wasting time. Lots of production. Good looking wood and equipment.


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    thats a good lot of wood keep you going for a bit, well done on the young lad for helping.
     
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    That looks like one heck of a productive day, nice work!! Great choice of beer as well, Foley Bros makes some great stuff:thumbs:
     
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    Nice splitter......Northern Tool?
     
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    The nice thing about the big logs is you can pile up splits a lot faster.
     
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    It just chugs right through them
     
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