Picked up the first load of red oak from a friend and got to split off the bed of the truck next to the pile.
sure looks like a nice splitter. If the pieces fall of they don't land on the filter or the fill tube. Had a few of those happen when I borrowed my buddy's DHT 22ton.
I only had a close call once but he's right. I fixed that by standing on the filter side. Overall it's pretty nice. It splits wood. Could have some better engineering for the controls. The Subaru engine starts first or second pull and runs smooth
I feel the same way about the DHT splitter I bought. Just need to make it so someone could be using both sides if needed.
Was able to do a double load last night loading up both truck and trailer. Man that red oak is heavy when it's green. Didn't even fill the truck or trailer before they were sagging. Hustled to get the remaining trunk pieces but ended up leaving a couple rounds behind for another day along with - bunch 6" diameter branch pieces. Because of the home owner not wanting me to drive on their lawn I was able to access the backyard via a state forest road that abuts their property which made each trip to the truck about 30yds. I carried what I could but had to use the fiskars maul to split most d them into pieces I could lift and carry. Great workout. Got all my cutting done by 7:30 and then worked hard to split and load the pieces. The homeowner asked me to cut a couple slabs off a the trunk to make a table. Seemed that red oak was really tough- had to stop and sharpen my chain and had sharpened it not that long ago. Did I over heat the chain? I noticed a rust/red oak color residue on my chain afterwards. Or is that just the nature of red oak sawdust and hot bar oil?
I've cut lots of red oak over the years, and have never seen any residue like that on my saws. Sent from my SM-T280 using Tapatalk
You have been putting the saw, and yourself, to work. Yes, I can appreciate how heavy a big red oak round is.
I get the same residue myself. Maybe I got my oil set just a bit too low but I see it come out just fine on the BL I cut up recently. Maybe a good question for the saw threads.
Nice that you were able to use a forest road to get yourself close to the wood! Big Oak like that I usually will quarter, which is still heavy! But it allows me to stack tighter in my Bronco than if I just halve it. Gotta make the most out of that limited space. Usually once I get it halved its just a two more swings to quarter them. God I love how Oak splits!
Made a 3rd trip back today. Mostly smaller rounds but a good load and cleaned out the backyard. Have one, probably 2 more loads to go. Today included some maple and I think a small hickory. Got about 1/3 of a cord split and stacked of some of the big oak pieces and added another roofing panel. Gosh those suckers are heavy solo. Bent one side of my log cradle on my splitter when a split fell on the hole and the ram was pulling back. Oh well. I still can't figure out how to get the front support up for transport. It seems the bracket for the hydraulic hose is in the way. Time to check the manual I guess but it seems simple, pull the pin, rotate, put the pin in a different hole. Today's bonus was the homeowner helped me load the wood! Bonus number 2- I showed him the trick to use a cap off a gear oil bottle for b/c oil to avoid the messy and funnel and he liked that.
Was talking with a buddy at work and showed him the picture and in about 3 seconds he says "can you flip the hose clamp upside down?" Yeah, I can, and now I can get that support folded up where it belongs. So simple haha
Started the day splitting and stacking and then another two trips back to the same place. My truck needs brakes so I had my dads and didn't bring the trailer. Im acquiring wood faster than I'm splitting and stacking it. Can't wait to catch up. I turned up the oiler a notch and it seemed to help. Thanks for that suggestion. Major difference between cutting the red oak (very small chips) and I think white oak - I didn't think white oak would be that much softer. Anybody confirm? A heavy load The days haul in the foreground and the backlog in the back.
Love that oak, regardless of color. I've not noticed any difference in hardness when cutting. Sent from my SM-T280 using Tapatalk
One caveat to turning the oiler up is being careful not to run out of oil before gas. It can happen with my 026 so I just never fill the gas tank to the top. Dunno 'bout white vs red oak, but dead standing can dull a chain quick especially if you start pushing. The chain cutters will get hot quick. The old adage of letting the saw do the work. I find you can push a little bit in pine, oak- not so much.
Guess I was looking for confirmation that was white oak over the cutting experience. It seemed significantly lighter so maybe a little drier?
