Though Cape Chinak winters are not for the faint at heart. It really is heaven to me. Besides, on days like today. Sitting in the house by the wood stove or tinkering in the wood heated shop. Beats crab fishing on the Bering Sea in January and February!
Done retired from that 5years ago!
Yea , sure feel bad they canceled crab season this year gotta hurt a lot of people depending on it .Though Cape Chinak winters are not for the faint at heart. It really is heaven to me. Besides, On days like today. Sitting in the house by the wood stove or tinkering in the wood heated shop. Beats crab fishing on the Bering Sea in January and February!
I have a five hour weather window tomorrow that will allow me to skiff to town and stock up on two drums of gas and a drum of diesel before fuel prices continue to rise!Windy here today too, but it's not cold, 65 out right now. Other side of lake Michigan/the front that's pushing north(straight west) it's in the low 40s, little further north just into MN it's in the 30s.
Gonna head out and fill the tractors, that way I can get more diesel before the country runs out. May buck some cherry up too, and pull the splitter out.
Edit, where you get the candy corns, used to seeing red heads with white plastic on the front, never seen those wedges.
Most definitely!
That one I sent a pic of on my splitter is a monster where I’m at.I've had these rounds tarped off since May. Stihl bone dry.View attachment 1029860View attachment 1029862View attachment 1029861
The bigger round on the splitter in the picture. Will heat my shop for 36 to 48 hours in the dead of winter, but probably closer to 36 hours. Its around 32"- 36" across and approximately 15" thick. Weights over 150lbs.
A real good guy on here (@Maintenance supervisor) told me a trick, pull cord under the flywheel then hold saw up over bench a tiny bit make sure you have a nut on end of shaft and tap on it. Works everytime on my old saws. Not sure if that would help you out any
I ended up getting it off with my home made puller, but had to use lots of heat and when it finally popped, I was sure I had broke something. The insides of this saw are in very poor shape and everything is rusty.
This is about as close as we get to a 36" round weighing only 150lb lol. It's probably over 200lb, but it's around 40".The bigger round on the splitter in the picture. Will heat my shop for 36 to 48 hours in the dead of winter, but probably closer to 36 hours. Its around 32"- 36" across and approximately 15" thick. Weights over 150lbs.
Cut safe, stay sharp, and be aware!
I filled the two 5 gallon containers yesterday for 5.19 gallon, it's 5.49 around my place, but I was in the big city so I shopped around a bit. Filled the excursion for $98, good thing it wasn't very close to empty, only 25 or 26 gallons. Lots of "cheap" fuel yesterdayI have a five hour weather window tomorrow that will allow me to skiff to town and stock up on two drums of gas and a drum of diesel before fuel prices continue to rise!
Double Taper Wedge Co. They make several different lengths and styles. They are available in smooth fir warmer months, or textured fir frozen wood in the winter. You can check them out or buy them through Madsen's Shop and Supply.
Cut safe, stay sharp, and be aware!
. The way it's looking it's going way higher.
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60 mph gust here, it's blowing like a room full of que....oh yea, we can't use that word anymore!
You have some nice timber on you property!
I have a five hour weather window tomorrow that will allow me to skiff to town and stock up on two drums of gas and a drum of diesel before fuel prices continue to rise!
Double Taper Wedge Co. They make several different lengths and styles. They are available in smooth fir warmer months, or textured fir frozen wood in the winter. You can check them out or buy them through Madsen's Shop and Supply.
Cut safe, stay sharp, and be aware!
My favorite spot up there.
Big fan of the White Mts , hike up there a lot climbed 38 of 4000 footers still a few to go
I've done a few over the years. Nowhere near what you have done. I climbed Washington 4 times after I turned 45. Twice up Tuckermans ravine. I was 61 the last time I climbed Tuckermans.
Roger. Although its not nearly as heavy as hard woods. The Spruce round on the splitter is much closer to 200 I'm sure. If not a little over 200. I know I cant pick one up! To awkward and dangerous.This is about as close as we get to a 36" round weighing only 150lb lol. It's probably over 200lb, but it's around 40".
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I filled the two 5 gallon containers yesterday for 5.19 gallon, it's 5.49 around my place, but I was in the big city so I shopped around a bit. Filled the excursion for $98, good thing it wasn't very close to empty, only 25 or 26 gallons. Lots of "cheap" fuel yesterday
Remember when...I know, it was so long ago, way back in April of 2020.
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Thanks, I'll check into them. I need some new ones, and a new hammer
I squat down just a little and roll them off the stack onto my knee then twist twords the splitter and roll it on to the splitter bunk. Its all leg work and technique. Been doing it this way for many years! Its a good system for knuckle dragging neanderthals with a small brain like I. 
The much smarter homosapiens use tractors with hydraulic lifting power! 
Me not there yet! 
Kubota or Kioti? I couldn't read the name on the other picture.
