Tractors and wood! Show your pics

[4570Man]

You saying you cut through the entire round with a chainsaw or say the first 4" and then split em?

I cut through the whole piece except the 2" on the bottom I can't cut. Then I split them with an axe.

 

[PhysAssist]

I have a neighbor that cuts his firewood out of what I pull out for him on my landing. He noodles every piece, some times down to stove size. I swear he leaves half his wood in spaghetti on the landing. And he needs a 5 gallon gas can. For me this is the fastest and easiest way.
gg

Hi Gordon,

I hate tilting up my splitter, so unless I can't lift 'em, up they go- that's prolly why my chiropractor has such a nice car/house, etc... :laughing:

PA

 

[PhysAssist]

I rip a bigger round from time to time,

If you have enough chainsaw and a sharp chain,

It doesn't take long at all,

Those long shavings, dried a little, make one heck of a fire starter too!

SR

Hi SR,

If the wood is one that's good for smoking meat, they make good smoke too, given a short soaking to limit the bursting into flame problem...

PA.

 

[dsgsr]

Did you take them with an iPhone with the button to the left? Just curious.

No, Samsung G-7. The pic's are right side up on my computer. Something between here and there

David

 

[arrow]

I cut through the whole piece except the 2" on the bottom I can't cut. Then I split them with an axe.

I tried your method. I think there's a difference with my 20" tall 2' wide rounds. As I no longer have my 372, my 257 took about 30 seconds to cut in 6" depth in the red oak log. I put two wedges and split the log with the wedges. I guess six and a half dozen however I'm using less fuel with the top wedge groove method as the 257 is working too hard. A buried 20" bar is maxing it out .
If anything, I suppose it's good exercise. This stem when whole was picking up the front end as I carried it to the splitter with the carry-all. No where near as big as the brute in your pic however as my tractor would not even come close to lifting that one.

 

[MossRoad]

No, Samsung G-7. The pic's are right side up on my computer. Something between here and there

David

I find that if I take them on my iPhone in portrait mode (up and down), I never have a problem. If I take them in landscape mode by turning the camera top down, to the left, I also never have rotation problems. But if I take them in landscape mode by turning the camera top down, to the right, they'll show up fine on the camera, fine on the PC when I transfer them there, but when I upload those pictures to TBN, they display upside down in the thumbnail, but correctly when opened.

Anywho, its something that I can live with. Just some info in the picture data regarding orientation. :confused3:

 

[4570Man]

INo where near as big as the brute in your pic however as my tractor would not even come close to lifting that one.

Neither will mine. They loaded it for me at the sawmill. I stuck the forks under it and I could sorta push it where I wanted it go. Then I rolled it on the blocks. I guess if I had a smaller saw cutting them all the way though would be a less appealing option. But then I probably wouldn't be dealing with 30" logs either.

 

[LouieJunior]

I do not get the noodling instead of splitting. I just noodle if I can not lift it into the truck/trailer. Then split as normal.

Do you use a ripping chain? What about kickback cutting with the grain?

 

[goeduck]

Do you use a ripping chain? What about kickback cutting with the grain?

I use regular yellow chain. No problem with kickback, knock on wood. Maybe just my technique?

 

[4570Man]

Kickback while cutting with the grain is pretty much nonexistent. I guess you could accidentally hit the tip into another round but besides that I'm not sure how it could happen.