Post pictures of your woodpile/splitting area

[ri chevy]

Old stock that I had. Lol
Very old.

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[ropensaddle]

I'll stick with 500 rounds for 9 smackers for rodent control

 

[jrider]

1 pile down. 80 feet of oak and a really cool sky to work under today.

 

[stihl023/5]

View attachment 510799 1 pile down. 80 feet of oak and a really cool sky to work under today.

Ok I'm not posting no more[emoji21]

 

[stratton]

J rider, what kind of splitters. Super split? How many man hrs go into that pile. Very impressive. Luke

 

[ArthurB]

bit of splitting today as the darn gum was so hard it just bounced my maul,, gonna be good burning tho

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Hardwood like that you need to split like a 50c piece - not like a pie

Doing it that way you'll find it just divides easily with the grain

I prefer to split hardwoods than the softer stuff - and you can do it more quickly manually with a blockbuster (per your pic) than with a mechanical splitter - I demonstrated this at an ag field day, much to the annoyance of the blokes selling the mechanical splitters

 

[jrider]

J rider, what kind of splitters. Super split? How many man hrs go into that pile. Very impressive. Luke

I have an iron and oak with a 4 way on it. Hard to say how many man hours in that pile because I worked on it off and on since early January. I did make one roughly that size in about 3 weeks last summer though, with some help on the splitter. I do all of the cutting though since that's the fun part.

 

[stratton]

j rider, good deal .... keep the pics coming.

 

[briantutt]

View attachment 510799 1 pile down. 80 feet of oak and a really cool sky to work under today.

that is approaching tomtrees awesome...

Brian

 

[derwoodii]

Hardwood like that you need to split like a 50c piece - not like a pie

Doing it that way you'll find it just divides easily with the grain

I prefer to split hardwoods than the softer stuff - and you can do it more quickly manually with a blockbuster (per your pic) than with a mechanical splitter - I demonstrated this at an ag field day, much to the annoyance of the blokes selling the mechanical splitters

ta bloke yer right, work it around the edge use the grain to your advantage tho my picture was just example of a full hit penetration and yes agree again some hard woods split easy,, it the short grain stuff like sugar gum that will put up a fight i more often dont need mechanical axe happy with my maul just this stuff saw me knackered after a short while with little to show for ma sweat.. welcome to AS pop over here if u wanna yak with the mob
http://www.arboristsite.com/community/threads/the-all-aussie-dribble-thread.175005/

 

[ArthurB]

ta bloke yer right, work it around the edge use the grain to your advantage tho my picture was just example of a full hit penetration and yes agree again some hard woods split easy,, it the short grain stuff like sugar gum that will put up a fight i more often dont need mechanical axe happy with my maul just this stuff saw me knackered after a short while with little to show for ma sweat.. welcome to AS pop over here if u wanna yak with the mob
http://www.arboristsite.com/community/threads/the-all-aussie-dribble-thread.175005/

Thanks mate - and sorry, it was only after posting that I noticed your post count and realised that you probably have a reasonable idea of how to split hardwood ...

 

[gdavis24]

The finished cord is split apple I keep for smoker and pizza oven operators. Took out some old stockade fence this summer and works well to keep stacks off the ground.

 

[jrider]

This is the next pile I'm working on. Also started in the winter. Just over 40' long at the moment but it's wider and taller than the previous one. Also a shot of my splitter with umbrella.

 

[briantutt]

View attachment 511150 View attachment 511148 View attachment 511150 View attachment 511148 This is the next pile I'm working on. Also started in the winter. Just over 40' long at the moment but it's wider and taller than the previous one. Also a shot of my splitter with umbrella.

amazing

Brian

 

[Sandhill Crane]

jrider: Is that a stock or custom four-way wedge on your splitter?

 

[jrider]

jrider: Is that a stock or custom four-way wedge on your splitter?

Stock. Very impressed with it too.

 

[jrider]

I am up to 45' long on the last pile I posted but am now close to the older logs so I moved to another pile I started in the winter. I hate to jump around but I had so many logs delivered in the winter, I couldn't keep them as orderly as I like. This new pile I'm working on was 35' long at the end of today. That puts me up to 160' of piles. Last pic was my reward once I got home from my moms farm.

 

[Sandhill Crane]

Leave your neighbors alone and get back to cutting. July is quickly slipping by. Besides, they don't want wood chips in their pool...

 

[ghosta]

My main woodpile. I'm lucky enough to be several years in front, so the wood is well seasoned. I have a few potential axe and other tool handles seasoning on top of the wood, all sheoak.

 

[95custmz]

That is a very neatly stacked pile. Kudos