Now to reload the lean too. Whats left over from last year is 90% ash, and the rest white oak. This is the last of my ash, what will be going in is hickory, red and white oak, beech and ironwood.
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How do you like the hitch? And did you make the stabilizers or did they come with the splitter?
panolo
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Like the hitch except I am going to hing it so I can swing it under the table when splitting. I like to split into a bobcat bucket if I am stacking at the same time. The stabilizers came with it. I have pins for them so I can throw the bolts away. Make for easier adjusting.
I really want to mount a second axle on mine and tow it from the rear. I do believe another member here has that setup already.
panolo
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That would work as well. I have a good welder who does a bunch of work for us and he'd fix me up for cheap I just have to pull it and get it to him. I'm gonna put a break away on much like you see on the boat trailers.
Getting there. 4 trailer loads brought up today. About 4 more and we are ready for winter.
sent from a field
sent from a field
Just about got this pile finished. Soon time to start another.....
Here's a reminder to for you guys working your woodpile .
https://www.arboristsite.com/commun...ol-review-thread.266834/page-103#post-6665629
https://www.arboristsite.com/commun...ol-review-thread.266834/page-103#post-6665629
He's lucky it didn't hit him in the plums
.Had a scrounge, ran a load and ended up at my woodpile-splitting area today. Last November I had run out of space in the woodshed and stacked some manna gum scrounge out in front.
Now that winter made some space in the shed I have stacked that manna gum inside and with some other stuff have about 7 cubes (~2 cord) stacked in the back. The pile in the background is also going into the left bay of the shed along with some other stuff from the other shed. Can never have too many sheds. I stacked a couple of cubes of English oak in front now to help it dry out. Might use it as shoulder wood for next year.
Prolly stack today's scrounge in front of the retaining wall there, up on bricks or something to keep it off the dirt.
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He's lucky it didn't hit him in the plums
Had a scrounge, ran a load and ended up at my woodpile-splitting area today. Last November I had run out of space in the woodshed and stacked some manna gum scrounge out in front.
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Now that winter made some space in the shed I have stacked that manna gum inside and with some other stuff have about 7 cubes (~2 cord) stacked in the back. The pile in the background is also going into the left bay of the shed along with some other stuff from the other shed. Can never have too many sheds. I stacked a couple of cubes of English oak in front now to help it dry out. Might use it as shoulder wood for next year.
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Prolly stack today's scrounge in front of the retaining wall there, up on bricks or something to keep it off the dirt.
In addition to Landcruiser trucks, you Aussies have some really neat trailers. I understand why we don't have the trucks, but don't understand why we don't have similar trailers available here. Ron
beginning the chop up for next years pile 24 to 34 inches dia logs with 20ich bars but nice is eucalyptus nicholii as easy to saw and hand split while still burns hot and clean i stripe the bark as thick and messy
damn guys, when I see your pics I am too ashamed to post my rinky dink setup I have
high kudos to you
Any pic is a good pic , post away !
damn guys, when I see your pics I am too ashamed to post my rinky dink setup I have
high kudos to you
It don't matter how you get it done, as long as you get it done. Most of started with little. Take pics
Multifaceted
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Getting there. 4 trailer loads brought up today. About 4 more and we are ready for winter.
sent from a field
I really like that idea of a cradle with the concrete block and fence lumber! Seems simple and effective.
They're sturdy but they're small. Mine is 7 x 4.5 ft and that is the largest you can get with a single axle. Without getting silly loading it up, you can get 1/3 cord in there or a shade better. The most common trailer here would be 6x4, you just don't see the big trailers you have in the US over here. I'd love to get a bigger trailer than I have but then I'd need to get a better vehicle to tow it with and we've got big expenses coming up with a home renovation so now is probably not the time. I'll just have to make more trips with the little trailer.
damn guys, when I see your pics I am too ashamed to post my rinky dink setup I have
high kudos to you
I'll give you rinky dink. For the first 7 years my wife and I were together, I cut our firewood with a bow saw and had it in a single row the width of the house. Not overly time effective but it did work, until the kids arrived and the wood requirement doubled. That's when I bought the trailer and my first saw (MS310) on the same day.
So don't be shy, post those pics. You'll learn heaps of cool and useful stuff here too.
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Finished up yesterday, hopefully working on wood for 20-21. 16 cords cut split and stacked.
