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"Not dead yet" I took the advice of building enough storage to accommodate a current burn season and a seasoning quantity. I now have a platform to season enough wood for a winter plus a little. Not as much fun building that, but yes, necessary. A few weeks ago we had our last snow/wind storm...

Stomper Yes, I would be very interested in seeing your build. Did you start your fab with an idea and a cocktail napkin (rough sketch)[not sure if "cocktail napkin" is a regional thing or "jargon"] or were you able to draft it or use CAD for your layout? I am still getting over the pairing down...

With the manually adjusted splitter head, what kind of verticals loads are seen, that the mechanism needs to react?

So what I am hearing is that as much as I wanted to learn hydraulics by doing an elaborate processor, practically, it isn't worth it. Doesn't sound as fun. New setup; .325 chain driven by a belt from a ? jackshaft? (the 6K unit looks nice) Manual bar advance Hydraulic log clamp (still don't...

I see that the Blacks Creek uses a .325 pitch chain while most others use .404 with I am gussing a deeper cut. Are there significant differences between them? Given my small lot I have gotten away with only having a 16" bar on my .325 chain. Is the .404 more robust?

Thank you ericm979, I have seen them around but never knew their name. I have seen them for collecting maple sap in these parts. Not toxic at all, kinda tastes like lead.

Thunder Chicken, Thanks for the info! I have been looking at the Wallenstien WP835 (and their other lines) but I have not seen Blacks Creek. Blacks Creek has a couple neat features to simplify the machine. I like the manual height adjuster for the 4-way, I have a lot of variation in log...

Everhard, you make a good point regarding the ample space to stack multiple years worth of wood, I should look into expanding my platform. The challenge there is finding enough sunlight. Over the years I have been working on efficiency, started with a rope over my shoulder to drag the logs...

Some processor designs have the splitter right under the log feed/cutter and some devert to the side for splitting. Any prctical reason one is better than another?

Rustyiron, Thanks, I have been lurking at the forestry forum also. Yes, a large knowledge hole for me is the plumbing side. There seems to be a lot of valve configurations and considerations.

Ruffdog, where do the processor designs fail with crooked logs? I was going to use a Wallenstein WP835 as a starting point.

Oosik, thanks. Is there really such a thing as overkill? ;) Fair point but it seems like I spend a lot of time on firewood and last week the first fire was with wood that was greener than I would have liked. Part of that was due to the splitter being down waiting for the 4-way to be re-welded...

Being new to hydraulics, I was hoping to get some constructive criticism on a project that I am stating to layout. The goal is to design/fab a firewood processor for home use. I burn anywhere from 4 to 6 cords a year, here in the northeast USA and the labor force (kids) will be leaving the...