I've had this beautiful Doug Fir leaning over my house ever since I bought it 20 years ago. It's a little over 25" DBH, plenty tall and within 5'...
Still running my now 15 y/o Homelite 5-ton electric. The rounded corners of the top of the beam have worn to sharp edges, but it continues to...
'Nother load from the mother lode. Caltrans maintenance put down a large, dead Doug Fir right where our road hits the highway last week. Had to...
I just got a 3-pack of 20", 78 DL for my Redmax G5300. Paid $44 delivered to my door. The first one has cut about 1-1/2 cord of Doug Fir and...
This is my fourth load this season. I'm finally getting to the point where I don't feel like someone beat me when I get back. The power-line tree...
Very nice arrangement. How did you manage the one-handed control? I split a piece of ABS drain pipe that snaps over the ram for a stroke limiter....
Resurrecting this thread to say I am STILL using my 5-ton Homelite. In the 13+ years I've had to replace the plastic wear pad under the pusher...
Still love my electric splitter. Going strong after 13 years. Wouldn't have anything else.
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That fir bark is some impressive stuff! I save what I get for barbeque fuel. Hotter than briquettes.
14° F. this morning, still over a foot of snow on the ground. This is the heaviest winter we've had, ever. My wood shed holds 3.5 cord of softwood...
Bicycle mated to lever action hydraulic splitter. [ATTACH] If you build it they will laugh (pedal powered wood splitter) - The Home...
Pedal powered hydraulic hybrid splitter [ATTACH] If you build it they will laugh (pedal powered wood splitter) - The Home Shop...
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Our well is 210' deep with 60' column of water and 3/4 hp 3 wire pump. Before I got our 9000 watt Rigid, we had a 5000 watt Generac. It was one...
West coast division: Black Oak (q. kelloggii) Doug Fir Ponderosa Pine White Fir Incense Cedar
I have purchased parts for my Homelite electric splitter from Parts Tree https://www.partstree.com Because of the welded cross-bar on the end of...
Actually it's just the opposite, and it pizzes me off. It seems that every other manufacturer in the world designates their saw's displacement in...
On a somewhat related note, I recently bought an old McKissic chipper/shredder that has a Lifan (HF) 6.5 hp motor. It is a copy of a Honda, and...
I agree with the OP, drive it 'til it drops. Still waiting..... [ATTACH]