If I look hard, I can almost see Michigan from here.You must live up north...
If I look hard, I can almost see Michigan from here.
We are pretty sandy, but what isn't sand is muck.
Triple word score right there.Our ground drys out faster, probably because of the karst.
I have the trailer. I NEED the tractor. We've decided to build a barn (think fancy machinery shed) before I get a tractor. The OG doesn't want it sitting out in the weather.Great video as always. You guys need a trailer that can carry 9 foot sections of logs like that. Amish pallet mills are around in different places in the GSF and they pay cash for logs like that.
A tractor would make it easier to load of course.
I have the trailer. I NEED the tractor. We've decided to build a barn (think fancy machinery shed) before I get a tractor. The OG doesn't want it sitting out in the weather.
I don't even bother splitting 12"ers.I would rather deal with 4 12" diameter logs then 1 24" diameter log any day
You need a splitter like mine.. has an engine hoist on it.. sorry no picture right now.. I took the motor off and changing the mount and trying to figure out what is causing an stalling issue. I think it’s in the lower control valve. It won’t move the ram some times. The engine hoist part works fine.. so me thinks it’s time to replace the lower valve. Might ask for some help here on a replacement valveCut Saturday, split Sunday. About a cord. Should be enough to keep a fire in the boiler until the end of April.
I already went through all the Goldilocks stuff the tree service dumped so it was all big s**t, 24"+ diameter.
Running the splitter vertical and wrestling those big rounds is murder on my back. Wife always asks if I want help. 9 outta 10 times I say, no. Sunday when she came out and asked I said, yes. I could tell that wasn't the answer she wanted to hear.
I split, she loaded the trailer, hauled it up to the boiler and stacked it for me.
I even managed to NOT criticize her stacking technique.
This is what the OG sees in her dreams.You need a splitter like mine.. has an engine hoist on it.. sorry no picture right now.. I took the motor off and changing the mount and trying to figure out what is causing an stalling issue. I think it’s in the lower control valve. It won’t move the ram some times. The engine hoist part works fine.. so me thinks it’s time to replace the lower valve. Might ask for some help here on a replacement valve
What are you using that firewood for? The length of those pieces is impressive!We got out a few weekends ago while it was quite comfortable to work hard. Had some 28”+ maple & sassafras that without flipping the splitter vertical, not sure what we’d have done.
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LOL, yeah they are long but will be used as firepit wood at our camp. We have plenty more shorter and will separate out for the barrel stove intended for the soon to be cabin.What are you using that firewood for? The length of those pieces is impressive!
I met an old guy years ago at an auction that was complaining about how low of a price he was getting for his pristine load of perfectly split, seasoned, 16" long cherry.What are you using that firewood for? The length of those pieces is impressive!
Cut Saturday, split Sunday. About a cord. Should be enough to keep a fire in the boiler until the end of April.
I already went through all the Goldilocks stuff the tree service dumped so it was all big s**t, 24"+ diameter.
Running the splitter vertical and wrestling those big rounds is murder on my back. Wife always asks if I want help. 9 outta 10 times I say, no. Sunday when she came out and asked I said, yes. I could tell that wasn't the answer she wanted to hear.
I split, she loaded the trailer, hauled it up to the boiler and stacked it for me.
I even managed to NOT criticize her stacking technique.