Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[tpence2177]

22-25 ton should split 20" oak rounds unless it's narly crotches. heck some of guys here just use their fiskars.

I split 22”+ rounds no problem with my fiskars.





















I used the knarly pieces for tuning...


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[Jeffkrib]

they be good (but could be better), no doubt about it

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Hey Kiwibro is that for selling or your personal stash?
It looks bluegum to me.

 

[nomad_archer]

@James Miller and i dropped 2 big ones down in the pasture near the old tree stand. might be the spring GTG on the hill wood.

Sounds fun. I will bring some of that bambi jerky.

 

[MustangMike]

My 22 Ton from TS goes through anything made of wood you put between the jaws. I think when they put the cutter in front of the wedge it made them awesome.

Used someone else's higher ton splitter and was very frustrated by how slow it was.

 

[svk]

Spent the last four days at my grandpa’s condo in Miami Beach. Saw some interesting looking locust? trees. Kind of looked like shagbark bark with very small locust leaves. Saw lots of iguanas but no manatees.

This was one of the small ones. My grandpa said they get over 6 feet long with a body as large as a man’s leg. Supposedly they are only plant eaters.

 

[Philbert]

I split 22”+ rounds no problem with my fiskars.

"I once shot a bear in my pajamas;
how he got in my pajamas, I'll never know!"




Philbert

 

[tpence2177]

"I once shot a bear in my pajamas;
how he got in my pajamas, I'll never know!"

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Philbert

Haha!

I did take a few swings at those 3-4 foot rounds with my fiskars just to see. It just bounced off no matter how hard I swung lol.


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[woodchip rookie]

Are the valves on the hydros 3-position valves or 2-position? Is there a neutral so you can stop the ram or is it only forward and back?

 

[farmer steve]

Are the valves on the hydros 3-position valves or 2-position? Is there a neutral so you can stop the ram or is it only forward and back?

most will stop in the forward/splitting postion as soon as you release the handle. push the handle back and it automatically returns with out holding the handle so you can grab another log. is that what you mean?

 

[KiwiBro]

Hey Kiwibro is that for selling or your personal stash?
It looks bluegum to me.

Yeah, blue (saligna and globulus). Was a drop and chop job for a customer. She gets me in nearly every year and sells it once seasoned.
Have convinced her to let me put the larger logs aside (I'm saving for a lucas mill). But often plenty of tension develops in such timber so the logs might become firewood by the time I'm ready to mill something.
Here's another year, this time with a bit more gear thrown at it:

 

[dancan]

It's just going to make me frustrated if I put 20" oak rounds under it and it wont split. The really big stuff is blocked into smaller pieces anyway so a smaller splitter might be ok. So what size cylinder/pump should I be looking for?

DHT seems to look after the members here pretty good , have you looked at them ?

 

[Cowboy254]

Yeah, blue (saligna and globulus). Was a drop and chop job for a customer. She gets me in nearly every year. She sells it once seasoned.
Have convinced her to let me put the larger logs aside (I'm saving for a lucas mill). But often plenty of tension develops in such timber so the logs might become firewood by the time I'm ready to mill something.
Here's another year, this time with a bit more gear thrown at it:
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Either you work cheap or she sells dear if there's any money in selling that wood. Winter 2019?

Ahem. That much cut and split wood is worth 20-25 pics. You going to be posting them soon?

 

[bigfellascott]

happy birthday to fellow scroungers @Bobby Kirbos and @bigfellascott. hope ya get a new saw or at least some free wood.

Thanks for that Steve, much appreciated mate.

 

[KiwiBro]

Either you work cheap or she sells dear if there's any money in selling that wood. Winter 2019?

Ahem. That much cut and split wood is worth 20-25 pics. You going to be posting them soon?

Yeah, cheap. Good people in a tight spot deserve a little help from time to time, so I have never charged her full rates. I treat it as a reasonably close shakedown of new gear and methods at the start of each new firewooding season.

That photo was taken in the year 2 BC (Before Cowboy) and it might have to be next Summer before I get a proper photo essay of the next job.

 

[dancan]

I think I'll go to France for a firewood cutting vacation with these guys

 

[chucker]

looks like a fun time had by all...

 

[woodchip rookie]

most will stop in the forward/splitting postion as soon as you release the handle. push the handle back and it automatically returns with out holding the handle so you can grab another log. is that what you mean?

I wasn't feeling the 395 today so I drove around to some places so I could look at splitters in person instead of just looking at pics/specs online. The ones I looked at have auto-return then the valve pops to neutral when the ram is fully retracted, but if its a 24" ish splitter and I have 18" rounds I wanted to know if there was a neutral so I could stop the retraction to about 19-20". Answer is yes. You can stop it anywhere you want. More on the subject later....I have an interesting little project going on momentarily

 

[woodchip rookie]

Neighbor across the street asks me if I can look at his saw, and he hands me this gem...

 

[dancan]

looks like a fun time had by all...

Yup, something was said about 9 bottles of wine, not sure how much beer and I don't know what was in the shot glass lol
There was maple syrup and that was real nice looking bacon so what's not to like [emoji16]

 

[chucker]

a little maple syrup might go good with the bacon hey ... bacon as thick as salt pork but twice as tasty with a cold wash for sure eh!