two_bit_score
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- John Deere 110 TLB, Diamond C 19LPX GN trailer
Wide openWOT ?
Wide openWOT ?
Efficent system!Working alone, I can do a cord in 3 hours or less.
Very!!Efficent system!
Shooterdon, I have no doubts at all, but I'd sure like to see how that 250 bed looks as it's up to dump. It looks in the picture as a regular truck bed looks - not as an dump insert. Curious as to how it dumps?Very!!
I have under $13k into the system. It sounds expensive but a high end splitter with a log lift is not cheap.
I sell a bit of firewood so the unit will be "free" in a short time. It works for me but is not for everyone.
First, I can work relatively safely alone.
Second, I do not need to handle/wrestle wood very much. I use a grapple to load logs onto the live deck. Split wood falls into the bag. The bags are on pallets, and I have forks on the 3PH to move bags/pallets to the seasoning area. For personal use, I move the bags/pallets into the garage and use a pallet jack to stage them close to the entrance to the house.
Third, storing splits loose stacked in vented bags increases drying by about 50%. There is air flow around each side and up through the bottom of the bag.
Fourth, I know I am not shorting a customer when I make a delivery because the bags hold 1/3 of cord loose filled. I have a custom attachment to load bags into the F250 for delivery. The F250 carries two bags and has a dump bed so unloading is easy. See below:
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That's sure a nice set-up! Did you create this on your own or was it able to be pieced together by buying the separate components? That roller shoot is sure impressive!I have such a contraption. I do not touch wood until I carry it from the garage to the house. Working alone, I can do a cord in 3 hours or less.
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The processor comes with both a small infeed conveyor and the outfeed conveyor. It is the Red Runner 27T Deluxe linked below:That's sure a nice set-up! Did you create this on your own or was it able to be pieced together by buying the separate components? That roller shoot is sure impressive!
Not fair Shooter.I have such a contraption. I do not touch wood until I carry it from the garage to the house. Working alone, I can do a cord in 3 hours or less.
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Hey arrow,Not fair Shooter.
I'm talking a machine that can make "rows" but I feel if your wood can actually dry being all bundled up like that, it is the way to go.
Split it and don't touch it again till you grab it to burn is the benchmark in my mind.