I have an out door boiler burn all year long. That's an American splitter pretty nice with log lift will lift a few hundred pounds before it will lift the unit off the ground. It's nice hauling with the tractor and the dump trailer and with the tail gate down just under the work table makes a huge work table. And if anyone wants a capable compact tractor the Kubota l45/47 is the money
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Molalla1
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Does your unit split vertically?
John_Mc
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I would bet the answer is no. The splitter has a stationary wedge and the anvil is on the end of the cylinder. If it were turned vertical, there would be no where for the log to go when pushed through the wedge: the log would hit the ground.
Molalla1
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Was thinking about the bigger round that he had to cut in half . . . we split some very big rounds, but those have to be done vertically.
Skeans1
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Ask the local shovel operator to split them with the grapples or heel rack.Was thinking about the bigger round that he had to cut in half . . . we split some very big rounds, but those have to be done vertically.
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Was thinking about the bigger round that he had to cut in half . . . we split some very big rounds, but those have to be done vertically.
I have a hydraulic lift on my splitter. I've come to the conclusion over the years that anything too big for my lift to handle just isn't worth the effort to turn in to firewood for me (in fact, as I've gotten older, I'm passing on some logs that are within the size/weight limits of my splitter.) I reached a similar conclusion when I had a splitter that would go vertical: beyond a certain size, it just wasn't worth the effort.
I'm sure my decision is influenced by the abundance of good firewood hardwoods available on my property. If I were desperate for firewood, I'd put the work into what I now leave to rot.
Right now, most of my firewood comes from log ends off last year's harvest operations. After slashing hardwood logs, there is an abundance of firewood left around. If they're too big to lift after cutting them stove length, they stay right where they are. I'm letting the wood on my own lot grow for when I retire, and don't have that option.
I forgot my chaps today, so wrestled some big chunks of ash into the truck. For a while afterwards my back hated me for it… next time I will come home empty
I forgot my chaps today, so wrestled some big chunks of ash into the truck. For a while afterwards my back hated me for it… next time I will come home empty
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