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Putting the labour in Labour Day (video)

Discussion in 'The Wood Pile' started by Jim Barry, Sep 2, 2019.

  1. Jim Barry

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    Spent the morning splitting some small, medium and large firewood.


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  2. TurboDiesel

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    Looked like fun. I'm ready to do some splitting!:yes:
     
  3. GrJfer

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    I'd say you had a productive day Jim Barry. Those are some nice looking stacks of future BTU's.
     
  4. jo191145

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    Nice machine. Log lift is on the wrong side for me LOL. If I’ve got it I’m gonna use it.
    I’d also be welding more pieces on that wedge. Most likely totally mess things up doing it too. :)
     
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    :BrianK:Just goes to show you that even with good equipment farwoodin' is hard work and a labor of love.
     
  6. B.Brown

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    If it burns like it splits, you've got some long burning wood, lol. Nice wood yard, who makes the splitter, it looks like a good one!!! thanks for the video. what kind of wood is that, you just showed you split?
     
  7. MikeInMa

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    Nice setup. Thanks for sharing.

    Need to get a different way of getting rounds to the lift. Rolling those big rounds would get old.
     
  8. bigfrank

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    You need a pickeroon to move rounds around!
     
  9. Backwoods Savage

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    Wow. Made me tired just watching the video. Too much work there for splitting firewood. My hat is off to you .
     
  10. metalcuttr

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    Quite the operation you have going there. Nice machine. May I ask what species of tree you are splitting?
     
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    Nice work Jim:yes:
    Brand of splitter?

    Looked up Eaton made splitter??
    Wood looks like sugar maple to me
     
  12. Jim Barry

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    That's an EastonMade 12/22.

    I was dropping the logs on the other side of the machine so it was handy to the lift table. A recent yard cleanup changed things around. Its not often I get big logs like that, so rolling them around is no big deal. If I was smart, I'd drop the log on that side. That log was maple I think. We cut and split a mix of red maple, sugar maple, white ash, and yellow and white birch.

    We started with this in February of this year.

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    That front row is pretty much all done now. Summer was mostly a right off, too hot to do much of anything. Just another 80 or so cords to do .

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  13. Jim Barry

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    If I was swinging an axe I'd agree with that statement. Splitting with a machine like the EastonMade makes it something to look forward too. If anything, its the small wood that makes for more work.
     
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    Jim Barry that is one impressive stack of future BTU's.
     
  15. Jim Barry

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    GrJfer 110 cords. Guessing 50% maple, 30% birch and 20% ash. How many BTU's? :)
     
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    Did you notice his splitter is in the wrong orientation?:whistle:
     
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    I enjoyed watching the video. Being a hand splitter I have seen very little of a hydro being used. Looks like it could crank out some serious splits!
     
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    Sweet! Love to see logs stacked like that and it is the best when you put them there yourself!
     
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    Easy to pick out!
     
  20. Farmchuck

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    Can you tell us more about the construction/ size of those racks? Approximately how much does each on hold? Thank you. That splitter looks like it means business!!!!
     
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