Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[MustangMike]

Forgot to mention I'm 6'-0". Don't know if that would make a difference.

I'm 6'1", My grandnephew who first showed me an X-27 (and he loved it) is 6', and Matt is a little shorter. We all have high respect for the X-27.

 

[Someclown]

Ours lifted a few weeks ago, but I’m still waiting for it to get wetter before I burn the piles.

I like to wait it out until it's worth the burn. Usually second week of November when the grounds damp.
This one burned/smoldered for a week straight

 

[JustJeff]

Good times , lol

KK is a legend!

 

[djg james]

KK is a legend!

THANKFULLY, he wasn't wearing his chaps like the gal in the video posted earlier:

 

[WoodAbuser]

THANKFULLY, he wasn't wearing his chaps like his squaw in the video posted earlier:

There fixed it.

 

[MechanicMatt]

Forgot to mention I'm 6'-0". Don't know if that would make a difference.

I’m 5’10” and prefer the x27. I actually owned the one smaller than that 25 (it grew legs). I used it for kindling

The x27 is the way to go I’m my opinion

 

[MechanicMatt]

That little sucker was great for kindling

Wish it didn’t walk out the back of my truck….

 

[MechanicMatt]

(I meant to quote the CTYank quote)

I'll never forget the time he got too close to Matt splitting wood at a GTG. A piece hit him right in the leg, and he was complaining like a little girl trying to blame it on Matt.

Knowing how much he always admonished folks about not wearing proper safety equipment, I said to him: "You mean you went too close to a guy splitting wood w/o wearing proper safety equipment?" Boy did that shut him up. I don't think he ever spoke to me again (which was a good thing)!

What was that high end axe he always had to have (Granfors Bruks)??? He could not admit that a X-27 (at a fraction of the cost) could out split it!

He was an absolute legend….

In his own mind

 

[Sawdust Man]

I am 5-11 and prefer the x25

I'm 5-11 and I threw my x25 away quick when I found an x27.....

It's a personal preference thing, imo.

 

[JimR]

It's been awhile since I've been on here, hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving. The only firewood worthy thing I've done is revamp my DIY splitter.

The old puny 1.5" ram started leaking, and I was never happy with it's power anyway, so upgraded that. The new ram has a 5" bore with a 3.5" rod, meant for a 37 ton splitter. It took quite a bit of modification to fit it, but it's a beast now. Even plowing through some knotty oak with the 4 way.
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Nice upgrade

 

[JimR]

I saw this on FB Marketplace. LOL $150 for 24 cubic feet.

 

[djg james]

Thanks everyone for your input. I just ordered an early Christmas present for myself. I decided on the X27 for a couple of reasons. I tried swinging my ax at a choked up at the length of the X25 and it didn't feel right. And my Brother may be using it and he would like the longer handle. I was undecided about buying one at all because I rarely split by hand. I have arthritis in my shoulders and swinging a maul is sometimes difficult. Good days and bad days. Cold weather as now makes for some bad days. Not complaining though. I've been very fortunate health wise.

 

[MustangMike]

I believe you will like it and find it much easier to use than a maul!

 

[GrizG]

I believe you will like it and find it much easier to use than a maul!

Hopefully it isn't one you'd find at Home Depot... especially that one by you off 84.

I was in there Saturday looking for 3/8" X 3" galvanized carriage bolts to use in rebuilding a mail box set up (multiple boxes with the base mounted on a threaded pipe with a flange set in concrete. The bins marked for that size bolt were full of miscellaneous bolts of all descriptions. I dumped the full bins on the counter and managed to find 3 bolts... had to settle for one at 2 1/2" but that was fine as the pipe was significantly out of plumb and I had to shim the top of the flange to level the base. The washer and nut bins were a mixed bag also. Had the same problem on the tool isle with the wrong tools hung up under price tags. Then the cashier couldn't figure out how to get the prices on the fasteners and had to recruit two others for help... Is that store always like that? I've run into mixed up inventory at other locations but that one was by far the worst! Can you suggest a better place to shop around there?

P.S. I still haven't gotten out deer (or any other) hunting this season... too much going on.

 

[MustangMike]

Hopefully it isn't one you'd find at Home Depot... especially that one by you off 84.

I was in there Saturday looking for 3/8" X 3" galvanized carriage bolts to use in rebuilding a mail box set up (multiple boxes with the base mounted on a threaded pipe with a flange set in concrete. The bins marked for that size bolt were full of miscellaneous bolts of all descriptions. I dumped the full bins on the counter and managed to find 3 bolts... had to settle for one at 2 1/2" but that was fine as the pipe was significantly out of plumb and I had to shim the top of the flange to level the base. The washer and nut bins were a mixed bag also. Had the same problem on the tool isle with the wrong tools hung up under price tags. Then the cashier couldn't figure out how to get the prices on the fasteners and had to recruit two others for help... Is that store always like that? I've run into mixed up inventory at other locations but that one was by far the worst! Can you suggest a better place to shop around there?

P.S. I still haven't gotten out deer (or any other) hunting this season... too much going on.

It's HD ... some of the people are good ... others not so much. Most times, they are OK there ... but not always.

It is very close to me, so I use it a lot. If you don't need lumber, Palmer Hardware (on Rte 22 just south of Rte 312) is VG. If I don't need lumber, or something after normal business hours, I go there.

 

[mountainguyed67]

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Does the quill feed work?

 

[mountainguyed67]

Did anybody see this coming? I didn’t, the flesh colored blur surprised me.

 

[Cowboy254]

Forgot to mention I'm 6'-0". Don't know if that would make a difference.

Same height as me. I like the X27. I imagine you'd get used to either and both should do a good job for you.

 

[H-Ranch]

The bins marked for that size bolt were full of miscellaneous bolts of all descriptions.

The struggle is real. My dad owned an honest to goodness hardware store when I was growing up, and that was one of my earliest jobs - sorting bolt bins. I have to be careful even today when I buy bolts as I can spend lots of time fixing the locations. I don't understand why people can't put bolts back in their proper place.

It does work for me sometimes though. Last month I looked through the wrench bins to find a matching one to complete a set of wrenches I picked up cheap. Probably 25% of them were in the wrong spot. Also found the last spool of rope I wanted recently by searching the nearby boxes.

Note: I hate people.

 

[farmer steve]

Forgot to mention I'm 6'-0". Don't know if that would make a difference.

I am 5-11 and prefer the x25

I'm 6'1", My grandnephew who first showed me an X-27 (and he loved it) is 6', and Matt is a little shorter. We all have high respect for the X-27.

I’m 5’10” and prefer the x27. I actually owned the one smaller than that 25 (it grew legs). I used it for kindling

The x27 is the way to go I’m my opinion

I'm 5-11 and I threw my x25 away quick when I found an x27.....

It's a personal preference thing, imo.

I'm 6' and prefer the 25.
Ton that is.