Semi productive weekend

Finally had a weekend to catch up on my splitting! Was able to put the fiskars to rest for a change as my wife's cousin let me borrow his splitter for a while. Got almost everything split that I wanted to. Put in about 5 hours yesterday and another couple hours this afternoon. Now I have to find the time to stack it all before I bring home any more.

Thanks guys! Now I just have to stack it all. Probably start working on that tonight for a couple hours and hopefully have it all done by mid week. I need more pallets!

osagebow said:

Nice pile! Bet I know what the cousin-in-law wants to borrow from you next!

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LOL He heats with wood as well but he works for a large tree company here in CT and has the benefit of getting wood on a daily basis if he wanted to.

Ram 1500 with an axe... said:

Dam great job! Any idea how many cords and how many hours of work on the splitter?
I usually do a few wheel barrows at a time... So that's a crazy looking pile to me...

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This was about 8 or 9 hours on the splitter total and if I had to take a stab at it I would say there is at least 2.5 to 3 cord maybe. Not sure though, could end up being more. The pile is just as wide as it is long.

PapaDave said:

Xikar, that sounds about right.
I can do about 1/3 cord/hour with mine and it's not real fast (neither am I).

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Yeah, the splitter was a northern tool 30 ton and it doesn't have the best cycle time. Great machine though and I am more than grateful to be able to use it! I probably could had squeezed out a bit more but the kids were outside playing and it was constant, yet pleasant, disruptions. LOL.

chazcarr said:

I don't know what to be jealous of first.
1) You have that much split
2) You can borrow a splitter
3) Your cousin works for a tree service
4) You have a bobcat. I really want a bobcat.

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I was very lucky in the last month or so in that I was able to score some serious wood loads from a couple job sites that I am currently working on! As for the splitter, I am very grateful that he let me use it. I do feel bad though as he just bought the thing and I feel as if I am abusing the machine on him. As for the Bobcat, it is very convenient to have around, really helps with moving the wood from point A to point B not to mention fun to run!

I think the smaller the rounds the faster your going to be able to split. I will say that I was up against it with most of the rounds I split were well over 20" in diameter! Once I got into the smaller stuff I was able to keep the splitter in the horizontal position and everything seemed to be going faster. The big ones take some time!

I hear ya, like I said, it may be more but I wont really know until I get it all stacked. I'm hoping it's 3 or better.