How to chop wood without messing around

[GilpinGuy]

For those of us that still swing an axe.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vThcK-idm0

[Great-Kazoo]

How often you get that perfect split?

[Irving]

Better than doing it inside a tire I suppose.

[Great-Kazoo]

personally it looks like the slow way to do it. and I never want my wood in such small pieces. It burns way to quick.

if you want to do it right, you do it like this.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=knZkc_vzGUE

Place up 287 in N. Ft fun has a set up like that.

[StagLefty]

Place up 287 in N. Ft fun has a set up like that.

I was going to get one until I realized it wouldn't fit in the living room by the fireplace [Sarcasm2]

[Musashi]

I wish I had one of those when I was a kid splitting wood in the summer. Would have save a lot of the "building character" episodes.
[Wink]

[rondog]

personally it looks like the slow way to do it. and I never want my wood in such small pieces. It burns way to quick.

if you want to do it right, you do it like this.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=knZkc_vzGUE

That's just cooler than shit!

[jerrymrc]

Not bad little home built for smaller logs.
http://youtu.be/5YDOM6Bu1hc

[beast556]

here are some scary ones. we did a thread on these years ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bVAAx3mMKY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40sCGb678sQ

Looks dangerous, loose your concentration for a second and off goes the hand.

[Jamnanc]

Also helpful for getting the bodies to fit in the suitcase

[Ah Pook]

I swung a chainsaw today. Swinging a hydraulic log splitter next Friday.

[gnihcraes]

My father chopped up wood on this setup - John Deere Model B with buzz saw.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFSm3js3-Vk

[kidicarus13]

If you're looking for mulch and not fire wood... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYKg0gbRFns

[ZERO THEORY]

Presumably you've got to leave the wood out so that the sub-freezing temps can make it more brittle, no?

[Hummer]

Neat splitting technique but you won't find a native Colorado tree that will split like that.

Drooling over that log cutter-splitter attachment for the skid loader. I could use one of those.

[Ah Pook]

I could probably get access to something similar to this...for $150 an hour. [Eek2]


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XItdFdLjCHU

[GilpinGuy]

Neat splitting technique but you won't find a native Colorado tree that will split like that.

Drooling over that log cutter-splitter attachment for the skid loader. I could use one of those.

My seasoned lodgepoles pop just like that, but it has to be very dry. "Kinda dry" takes a few swings.

But in general, even if it takes a few swings, not having to bend over repeatedly (insert joke here), is great. Then not having to gather all the chunks and stack each individually...awesome. my 9 year old would love that part. I may try this on logs over maybe 12" diameter. Smaller than that it's not worth it.

[rondog]

I could probably get access to something similar to this...for $150 an hour. [Eek2]


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XItdFdLjCHU
Even cooler than the Bobcat model! Wonder how they're dealing with the finished pieces to keep them from piling up?

[Irving]

Even cooler than the Bobcat model! Wonder how they're dealing with the finished pieces to keep them from piling up?

The machine is powered by a wood gasifier, so that wood goes straight to the fuel tank.

[RonMexico]

I swung a chainsaw today. Swinging a hydraulic log splitter next Friday.
I have 8 cords of wood to spit, does anyone where I can rent a log splitter cheapest.

[mcantar18c]

I have 8 cords of wood to spit, does anyone where I can rent a log splitter cheapest.
You can generally find them sitting outside home depot.

[buffalobo]

I have 8 cords of wood to spit, does anyone where I can rent a log splitter cheapest.
I would just buy a 22 ton splitter. Can be had new for around $1000. In the spring you can find a few in the $750 range.