Big rounds with a big splitter sure do make a big pile of splits fast A huge "Mechanical advantage" , a sweet tool/toy How's the maintenance.
In 2003 I did a complete overhaul, new engine, rebuild of all hydraulics, sand blasted and repainted the frame. Over its life, it has split around 300 cords for Granny, another 120 for ourselves and has been to countless charity woodcuts and also rented it out for 6 years. The fact that the machine is not overly powerful has added to its longevity.
That says a lot for the builder. The only one like it I've seen. Power seems just about right for the work you're putting to it. Good for another 20 years , then due another rebuild
The dogs are only available here on the West Coast. They are a product of the beach combing industry, recovering logs that escape from a log tow. Gasifier and Grizzly Adam now each have two and I'm sort of waiting to hear if they work up to expectations. The dogs are now around $7.00 apiece so two including postage would be somewhere around $25.00 to $30.00 PM mail me your address and I would be happy to get you one or two. It does not happen very often but if these log tows encounter bad weather, the tows will break up. Driving a dog into an individual log is much easier and quicker than trying to choke the log. There can be as many as 50 dogs on a string of poly rope with a dog spliced into the eyes on either end.
Naw, Giz makes that choice for the day… romp in new snow… white for the day (and pictures)… roll in the mud or a dead animal… more like a coffee-chocolate black for the day… and, you're right… Giz always runs the show… We've never enjoyed a dog more than this Eskie I can tell ya.
This reminds me of my Oggie who we lost in November, and now Buddy. They both love to chew up limbs and sticks. Buddy worked for 10 minutes the other day trying to get one through his dog door......Took him a while but he got 'er in! The the agony of defeat......Mom made him take it back outside.
I keep telling my wife that if she put all of the dog toys outside on the lawn… all lined up, and put one good ole rotten stick beside em… she'd tear off with the stick every time!
Years ago our German Shepherd female had a different habit . If left behind when she thought she should have been included ,We would come home come home to find some of Woodwidows underwear taken from the laundry basket and left in the middle of the front lawn !
Years ago, when I'd chase my honey all around the property, I'd blame any underwear found later on the dog too…
I looked on line. No luck They were called "raft dogs", "rafting dogs" but couldn't find a place to order them
Funny I thought that I replied to this one; must have been a dream. Look for a supplier of wire rope (cable) for the logging industry, that's where I find them here! The suppliers have to buy the Dogs by the 5 gallon bucket in volume.
I can't imagine it keeps up? Most stators on those engines are 10-15 amps at most. That winch is drawing easily 20x that.
The max rate is 21 amps. Running the engine at 2/3 throttle,there is no problems keeping up but pulling a log makes the winch work but just lifting rounds to the table the winch sounds like it's just free spooling. The original engine only had a 7 amp system and it struggled to keep up!
I'll bet they work good in softwoods really well. As lightweight as I am, I might be poundin' on one of those in a piece of oak all day. You could prolly push it in with yer thumb…
