Never again

[kenmbz]

Moved the splitter last night so it can go vertical.
Now need to move some tree parts around so I can get to the bigger rounds and bring them to the splitter.

 

[Fields_mj]

I could have those noodled in 1/4s with my 500i or 372xp in 1 or 2 minutes each. Thats a heck of a lot faster and easier than pounding wedges.

Yeah, for big rounds you really need a big saw. 75-78cc is marginal. I use an 066 with a 28" bar and 404 chain to noodle. Way easier than driving wedges.

 

[arrow]

Yeah, for big rounds you really need a big saw. 75-78cc is marginal. I use an 066 with a 28" bar and 404 chain to noodle. Way easier than driving wedges.

I was gonna get one of those cheap Chinese knock offs of the Husky 288. Then I decided against it as the efficacy of these things seem to be hit or miss.
If I fry my 257 cutting up the rest of this stem, I’ll just buy a Husky, Stihl or Echo 60 cc.
Double the price I know but at least I’ll have a saw I can depend on.

 

[sixdogs]

As a boy, I lived a while on "Elm Street".
Dutch Elm came through, and all those trees had to come out. Some of it went to fireplaces, BUT NOT MUCH!
We strapping young boys learned quickly. ;-)

But it does burn forever and really throw the heat.

 

[arrow]

So I timed the difference between noodling and splitting. Now keep in mind. This is with a saw That was just under 60 cc and a 20 inch bar.
When I noodled the 3 foot hunk, it took four minutes or two minutes per cut. I’m sure with a bigger chainsaw, It may have taken half that but what I didn’t like about noodling where the noodles were jamming up into the sprocket area of the saw, which would heat things up.
I then took to splitting the hunks.
That took three minutes to quarter the rounds.
Because of my equipment, my preferred method was the splitting. Saved gas on the chainsaw and the wear and tear on it.
What was nice Was that the quarters split with one whack of the maul most of the time and that saved a ton of time.

 

[CliffordK]

It might be fun to try hitting some of those larger rounds with a splitting mall. What I have found is that rather than trying to split across the center, start peeling them like an onion.

I.E. Go for a 4" slab or so off the side. I've done it with oak... that if one isn't careful, the maul will just bounce back.

 

[Quaffer]

Yes it produces a lot of wood but it’s way too much work so, I won’t be doing that again.

In addition to being a PIA I know someone who developed a hernia when on the ground pushing/pulling a huge round. Never again!

 

[arrow]

It might be fun to try hitting some of those larger rounds with a splitting mall. What I have found is that rather than trying to split across the center, start peeling them like an onion.

I.E. Go for a 4" slab or so off the side. I've done it with oak... that if one isn't careful, the maul will just bounce back.

They were really easy to split as long as the whack was on the edge.
I just needed them small enough to carry to the splitter and let that tool make the smaller wood.

 

[dodge man]

When noodling it helps to pull the saw out and let it clean itself out once in a while. Once in a while I’d have to shut the saw down and clean out noodles. I haven’t noodled since I got a splitter that went vertical.

 

[BackRoad]

Us boys who have lived in Oklahoma don't think "noodling" means the same as y'all...!!!