Yep, that's a big SOB. I guess I never figured the weight on my big ones. Loader lifts it it's 2K or under LOL. I'm gonna count splits outta the 4' blocks I've got laying around just for fun. Thanks jrider !
Sometimes I count just out of curiosity but I really wanted to know the weight so as not to destroy my machine.
I think I shared these pics before, had 8 20" thick rounds on the trailer. Didn't count the splits, do remember they averaged 955# each. Definitely bused the tractor to get on the splitter...
Holy hernias, BIG logs! I split some 28"red oak rounds last moth and those yielded about about 36 splits each. Didnt try to figure the weight, but 9-10 split up was a lot of weight in my F150
738 lbs!? Wow! What kind of Oak is this exactly? So syphering this out a lil, if you use 36" diameter and 16" long, that's ~9.39 CF of wood. At 738 # that's ~78.6 #/CF. Water is ~62.4 #/CF. The heaviest wood I could find (green) is a 3 way tie between Hickory, Osage Orange, and Post Oak, all at 64#/CF. Wood Species - Moisture Content and Weight So this stuff is 14.6 #/CF heavier than the big 3 heavy hitters? Does that sound right? Just trying to wrap my mind around this. Wood floats, so it's less dense than water, but this wood is heavier per CF than water? Did I mess up my math? Feel free to double check it...
Not positive but pretty sure it's Pin Oak. Couple things to remember: It's not perfectly round - probably 35" up and down and 42" across. Also, I didn't take every single split and put on the scale. I took 20 random splits but I did try to grab some of each size. It may not be exact but it's close. I can tell you this for sure though, I had a helluva time just trying to roll it across the rain soaked ground and I sure as heck wouldn't put it on my 500lb rated log lift whole.
