I usually use a Timberwolf horizontal but fixed up a Huskee vertical/horizontal 35 ton last month to help with the big rounds. I use my tractor usually to hoss those up on the beam. Anyway. I did enjoy sitting on a block to split some and wondered how some of you efficiently process. I was rolling/dragging chunks in a loose area around me to my right within pulling distances of a pickaroon and roll one in and flip it on the foot, split pieces off and chunk them on a pile to my left. That stack to the left seems to grow and be in the way pretty quick that way though. Maybe I oughta leave the splitter hooked to the tractor and roll forward ever so often? Or split the big chunks and then flip to horizontal to split? That seems like I’m picking the pieces up again. So looking for your long term user tips on using a vertical splitter a full tank of gas at a time. About 3-4hours at a time I say. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I split 100% in vertical. I set up near the pile and role 4-5 rounds over to the splitter. I kneel down and roll them to the splitter where I stand them and start splitting. I then throw each split from my kneeling position in front of the splitter as far as I can to start a pile. When it gets as high as it can, the pile will then start creeping towards me. I always have the splitter hooked to my atv so when I run out of room, I just move over a bit. I do this repeatedly working my way around the wood pile. Sometimes, I'll pull the splitter around to the opposite end of the log pile and start from there too. I do the same and usually go a full tank which is about 5 hours on my splitter.
I split vertically and after an hr or 2 stop and stack the splits. My log piles are spread out across my property so I’m also moving the splitter around. At the splitter I sit on a swivel stool on the left side so I’m tossing splits in front of me and behind that way the front is always open to roll rounds in.
I sold my vertical splitter a few years ago & went with a log lift on the new one. That being said, I used a plate by the foot to keep the big rounds in place & threw them as far as I could to make a pile. Tractor stayed hooked up to move the splitter.
I plan on putting a log lift together. The Timberwolf, I put a crane on put don’t care for it. The huskee I’m still working out how to incorporate a lift but not lose the vertical function when needed. Keep the ideas coming. I like the idea of working my way around a wood pile that’s mentioned. My wife says I’m usually going in circles anyway! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I have a tsc 25ton, rarely use in vertical for reasons above. Maybe if I had a helper to move rounds and splits. When I do use it vertically, it is to quarter or half large rounds and then I switch to horizontal. I split in the woods, and always try to split right into my trailer, less handling the better. Might be different if I was splitting at home or stacking, but I have issues with constantly having to get up and down to get more rounds staged and clear the splits.
I do not like horizontal splitting at all so have always split vertically and I always sit while splitting. Our normal method of putting up wood is to cut in winter and stack the logs (place the logs where you intend to stack the split wood so you don't have to load up and move to a different spot.). The stack doesn't have to be pretty and it takes only a very little extra time to stack it as to just throwing it in a pile. Then in the end you actually find you both save time and make your work much easier. Most times I'll have a log row of from 10' to 15' long and several rows together. I usually do the splitting in late March or early April, depending on weather and snow. By doing it like this I also save work by getting the splitter out just once per year. One other thing is that the logs are on my left and I throw the splits on the right. This way while I control the lever with right hand I can also be using my left hand getting the next log. It also works that most times when I throw the last split my hand then simply stops the wedge as I bring the hand back because I see no good reason to let the wedge go all the way up; another time saver. You can visualize the process in the pictures. This next picture shows after I made some kindling.
Backwoods Savage, Thank you for sharing the detailed process you use. I’m going to try this next. I especially like the fact of efficiently catching the lever to stop the wedge during the operation. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
90% horizontal I bring the rounds to the splitter with the bucket roll out of bucket on to beam split to size and stack. The table on each side of splitter really helps.
Ya. That’s the way I do on the Timberwolf which is horizontal only. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I've got a horizontal only, and a h/v splitter. I prefer horizontal splitting. My horizontal splitter is slow, and has no lift. A faster horizontal with a log lift at waist height would be perfect for me.
