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Lifting your rounds with the loader reminder me of splitting 30" maple rounds last summer. The tractor was running the splitter so I had to do it by hand. Of course I lowered the splitter first and built a ramp of split wood. I am not a strong person so it was my limit.

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I find that quartering stuff like this with wedges and maul first while these rounds are on the ground, much easier than what you're doing.

 

[Agvg]

May I ask how you "Clean those up a bit?" Are you talking about trimming the trees back, or just mowing? That looks to be a pretty rigorous undertaking.

Just take some by the road and below.

 

[Loaderman22]

Lifting your rounds with the loader reminder me of splitting 30" maple rounds last summer. The tractor was running the splitter so I had to do it by hand. Of course I lowered the splitter first and built a ramp of split wood. I am not a strong person so it was my limit.

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That is how I usually do it with most rounds, either build a ramp or use smaller lighter rounds as stairs to "walk" up the pieces, less strain on the back. These were a little too big for that, they were in the 36"-40" range, but not very thick so I could get the tongs to grip. I left the tongs attached and just lowered the bucket and moved the pieces around until quartered or smaller.

I have also tried a different method where I left the round on the forks standing upright, and brought it to the splitter from the end, not the side like usual, the lowered it in front of the wedge, forks straddling the wedge, then used the ram to split. The advantage was the ram pushed the splits back into the bucket, and the pieces still rested on the forks, so I could easily slide them back towards the ram for the next pass.

In the photo, the red forks are holding up the round, straddling the beam, this way I picked up less pieces again to resplit smaller, most went into the bucket.

 

[Jstpssng]

That is how I usually do it with most rounds, either build a ramp or use smaller lighter rounds as stairs to "walk" up the pieces, less strain on the back. These were a little too big for that, they were in the 36"-40" range, but not very thick so I could get the tongs to grip. I left the tongs attached and just lowered the bucket and moved the pieces around until quartered or smaller.

I have also tried a different method where I left the round on the forks standing upright, and brought it to the splitter from the end, not the side like usual, the lowered it in front of the wedge, forks straddling the wedge, then used the ram to split. The advantage was the ram pushed the splits back into the bucket, and the pieces still rested on the forks, so I could easily slide them back towards the ram for the next pass.

In the photo, the red forks are holding up the round, straddling the beam, this way I picked up less pieces again to resplit smaller, most went into the bucket.

That looks like a slick idea!

 

[Reb954]

I had hopes Muhammed would weigh in on the signature line controversy. Maybe he has, no response is a response.

While I am not a church going person, I do have deep convictions. In that respect I agree with Oldpath, if God/Jesus are not welcome here then neither am I.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Just stage your big blocks on a trailer or wagon with your loader, and then roll the blocks right on the splitter. I've been doing that for years, it works perfectly

Work smarter, not harder!

SR

 

[Rustyiron]

Call me lazy, but I'd just find smaller wood, wrestling with the big ones is just not worth the results. But I'm working alone and have learned to listen to my body, it's telling me that "we've done this chit before, that's why we sound like snap, crackle and pop in the morning".

 

[deezler]

Call me lazy, but I'd just find smaller wood, wrestling with the big ones is just not worth the results. But I'm working alone and have learned to listen to my body, it's telling me that "we've done this chit before, that's why we sound like snap, crackle and pop in the morning".

This! My personal preference is for 10-12" logs/rounds that I can quickly split into 4 pieces. Split once, rotate 90°, split both halves again at the same time. Easy to handle a 12" round. Sometimes you don't get to choose what size wood you have for firewood production, but if you're going into the woods looking for it....

 

[Rustyiron]

I have a ton of thinning to do on my land, it's amazing how many small 5-10" trees it takes to make a cord, but I estimate that seeing I don't split anything under about 7-8" and that's 1/3rd of the process so probably a fair trade off, at least that's what I tell myself
This property was cut pretty hard about 18 years ago and there simply is no big wood (hardwood) available anyway, 90% of my thinning is Beech, very respectable in the BTU department.

 

[mred2]

I had hopes Muhammed would weigh in on the signature line controversy. Maybe he has, no response is a response.

While I am not a church going person, I do have deep convictions. In that respect I agree with Oldpath, if God/Jesus are not welcome here then neither am I.

You may be right, I may just find other things to read. I may not want to be here. Speaking on the real news, politics, tax and things that affect our lives and farms.