Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[WoodAbuser]

I can't remember who made them, but they are another re-badge/ regurgitated splitter with a lot in common with every other generic brand. Parts are pretty easy to get. May have a specific thing or two to make that brand stand out, but valves, pumps, cylinder, and hoses can all be sourced pretty easy.

They are a well-built unit and all the parts are off the shelf. They are very comparable to the northern tool and other 22 ton

It's a shame they went belly up. Customer service beyond reproach. There was a commercial firewood guy on here that kept bad mouthing them. He bragged how many hundreds of cord of wood he split with his processor. Then said he bought the DHT "Just" to split big gnarly knots he couldn't put through his processor. Their warrantee was specific, no commercial use. He argued he only split a few cord with the DHT, so it was a "home owner unit". He showed pics of wedges bent and stuck in giant knots. DHT was a member of this forum and gave us fantastic discounts. They gave him wedges, cylinders, and I think a new beam he twisted. He just kept bad mouthing them, so they started posting receipts of stuff they gave him, right up to a brand new, next size bigger machine.

The reviews we got back then were always good. I had just bought a TSC 35 or 37 ton machine and was happy with it. So, when Lowes started carrying them I looked them over. They looked like they were all common over the counter parts. A friend just rebuilt my old Huskee/TSC 22 ton cylinder for $25, plus the $11 kit. He said the seal kits have every thing for any cylinder of that size. It didn't have to be a Speeko kit, who built the Huskee's. I wouldn't worry about parts. Actually, I've started looking for Box Store splitters with bad cylinders at auctions.

Too bad they went belly up. Sounds like they really cared about their customers.

 

[svk]

Too bad they went belly up. Sounds like they really cared about their customers.

Indeed.

Don’t quote me on this, but if I recall, they started have a lot of issues getting quality parts for their units as the overseas quality control was not very good.

 

[WoodAbuser]

@svk do you have any cast iron sauce pots. 1 or 2 quart?

 

[svk]

@svk do you have any cast iron sauce pots. 1 or 2 quart?

Yes I do, restored one a few months back. I don’t believe I’ve used it yet.

 

[svk]

I’ll try to find pics in a minute

 

[bob kern]

Oh that’s just a joke for backyard lumberjack. When he gets hopped up on whatever he does, he comes in a posts 30 posts in a row.

It’s probably not as big of a deal if you have fast Internet, but for a guy up in the middle of nowhere, it takes forever to load 30 posts that could’ve been one or two. He posts every thought separately so he gets more likes, because that some sort of status symbol to him. I’m not making that up that-he actually brags about it.

Well I hate to think how wrongly I do all of this. It's not intentional, just a tech challenged fella trying to get in on some of the fun!

 

[svk]

Well I hate to think how wrongly I do all of this. It's not intentional, just a tech challenged fella trying to get in on some of the fun!

You aren’t doing anything wrong though!

Everybody responds without multi quote occasionally. But when you come in and it’s 2 1/2 pages of one dude talking to himself nonstop-that’s when it becomes a problem!

I don’t know how he can say he gets cabin fever living in south Texas… It’s literally summer there even in the winter!!!

 

[WoodAbuser]

You aren’t doing anything wrong though!

Everybody responds without multi quote occasionally. But when you come in and it’s 2 1/2 pages of one dude talking to himself nonstop that’s when it becomes a problem!

I don’t know how he can say he gets cabin fever living in south Texas… It’s literally summer there even in the winter!!!

Think he was referring to the 12+ inches of rain they were getting. That's about enough rain.

 

[svk]

Here’s the saucepan. It appears to be an Asian cast off of an older American design. Casting is a little rough, but certainly functional.

 

[svk]

Think he was referring to the 12+ inches of rain they were getting. That's about enough rain.

He quoted my post so I took it as a response to me?

 

[WoodAbuser]

Here’s the saucepan. It appears to be an Asian cast off of an older American design. Casting is a little rough, but certainly functional.

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Hard to tell size from a pic. Is it 1 quart?

 

[svk]

Hard to tell size from a pic. Is it 1 quart

Not sure. I should’ve checked to see if there’s any stamping on it.

 

[JimR]

Whiskey barrels… Definitely sounds highly valuable to me.

I don’t think anybody on here has ever discussed the fact that their trees may turn into whiskey barrels.

The hell with the barrel. It's what's inside that counts.

 

[JimR]

Those 200 pieces of cast iron are really holding the heat.

Hanging by the stove makes them heat exchangers.

 

[JimR]

i always wondered where GM got idea for El Camino....

The El Camino came out in 1959.

 

[WoodAbuser]

Hanging by the stove makes them heat exchangers.

So if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen in Northern Minnesota?

 

[svk]

Since we're on the topic, I am teaching a cast iron pizza class tonight. Always an enjoyable time and fun to see how other people top their pizzas.

 

[WoodAbuser]

Since we're on the topic, I am teaching a cast iron pizza class tonight. Always an enjoyable time and fun to see how other people top their pizzas.

Will you be posting pix of the creations?

 

[svk]

Will you be posting pix of the creations?

Absolutely if I remember to get pics lol

 

[djg james]

Since we're on the topic, I am teaching a cast iron pizza class tonight. Always an enjoyable time and fun to see how other people top their pizzas.

Can you make pizza sauce in cast iron? Or is it one of those no-nos like rice?