WinonaRail's Wood Yard

No worries! I don't plan on burying anyone. Now if they got hit by a bus...just kidding! I'll just let the Lord deal with them. He's up to the task.

 

Amen to that.

 

This sort of thing really gets under my skin. Maybe it’s kids though?
Do have many firewood bundles “grow legs”?

 

It could be. I had some vandalize my mailbox a couple years ago. Other people's places, too. I caught them on camera and they got in trouble.

Oddly people have been really honest. I think some people can't do math but I usually get some money. Most times it's 100%.

 

Got a little surprise after work. Mostly sycamore. First time I've had any in logs but they look pretty straight so I'll get them bucked and stacked tomorrow.

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Have you ever split sycamore before? If not yore in for an unpleasant surprise.

 

X2, way worse than sweet gum.

 

I haven't. I guess we'll see how the 27 ton splitter handles it.

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Would you say it splits better green or dry?

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I only split some when it was green. Never dealt with any after that

 

I only have split...or tried to hand split when green. Not fun. It was a smaller diameter round too.

Im sure the hydro will power through it but it still will have you dropping F bombs. The splits may not be pretty either.

Please post a thread about it if you do. I dont recall seeing one in the time ive been a member here.

 

Do you have sycamore PTSD!

 

Yep. Blue Samson would probably do ok with it, bigger wedge and push through design. It handled some twisted pecan.

 

I imagine pecan splits like most hickories? Straight with some stringiness.

 

Some splits good, some is like this...
https://youtube.com/shorts/NmYI5tytVpU?si=7C3NQpkFULxQCInl

I would definitely sharpen the wedge on the splitter for sycamore

 

It cut like butter. Of course I was running a ported 576XP with a new chain. I may try splitting a couple small rounds today just to see what happens.

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buZZsaw BRAD wanted a thread, which I may do when I get further into the logs. What I can say is that the sycamore split great. I ran 2 rounds through. Reminded me of silver maple. Not stringy at all. A few chips split off. I'd split this all day every day.

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Ill be dammed! T.Jeff Veal are you seeing this?

What was the biggest round you split Gary?

 

Nothing like the big rounds I split long time ago.

 

Good deal, I won't screw around with sycamore after previous attempts. The sycamore I had was like trying to split compacted cardboard, it just shredded. It did split better after 6 months but I'd moved on.