Ok, Ok, I've been slackin'. I "will' have 5 rows of rounds by this weekend, ready to split next week('cause I really, really need some time off from work.) So how long would it take "YOU", to split 5 rows of wood, each 30' long? Splits are Lodgepole, with some Aspen mixed in. Majority standing dead, so pretty dry to begin with. Round length is dead nuts @ 18"( really 12"-24" ea.)- The BKK will eat it all, so who cares. Oh yeah, I'm not Quads, so I'm using a splitter with a 12-sec. cycle time. Rounds average 9-10" diam. And I'll crack a 10" piece into 3 pieces, so factor two strokes per round. (You're gonna have to be pretty bored to figure this out.) Thanks, JB :-/
30' Rows of rounds, splitting time?
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woodsmaster
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SolarAndWood
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I've been slacking too and have a good 16 hours of splitting to do some time before the snow starts to pile up. I'd take the productivity improvement of only splitting 9-10" rounds in half. No need for smaller in the King. You are also right about the length in the King, it really doesn't matter. Those chunks will keep you warm without too much hassle in more moderate temps. While you are going to prefer NS, the long ones aren't the end of the world either. I don't re-cut anything that fits in my splitter, 24".
Assuming 4' stacks, 10 hours into a heap. Stacking depends on how many little hands are available and how willing they are.
Assuming 4' stacks, 10 hours into a heap. Stacking depends on how many little hands are available and how willing they are.
thewoodlands
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quads
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My question too!zapny said:
If there are five rows, each row is thirty feet long, and they are ten feet high; give me two minutes to split it all for you, probably before you finish gassin' that splitter up, ha! ;-)
Wood Duck
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It would take me at least a month, but I'd do it with a maul in my spare time. I have to imagine it would go faster with a splitter and concerted effort.
PapaDave
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Here's my take on this situation.
I think you're working too much.
I HATE trying to get that much done in just a couple sittings.
To estimate the time, I'll just assume you have about 7 cord there. If you do nothing else all day, it should take about 2 days. Good luck, and have fun. :coolsmile:
I think you're working too much.
I HATE trying to get that much done in just a couple sittings.
To estimate the time, I'll just assume you have about 7 cord there. If you do nothing else all day, it should take about 2 days. Good luck, and have fun. :coolsmile:
Quads, you're on! Forgot, all rows are 5' high. About 8 3/4 cord total. temp. should be low 70's during the day, RH at about 30%. I will probably have a mild hangover after the first day, so efficiency will be reduced. :red:
Adios Pantalones
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I must be a wooss. It would be a lot more than 2 sessions to split that stuff, swingin a maul for the easy stuff and my hydro for the tough stuff (the fastest way for me to split).
PapaDave
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AP, same here. I do a maybe 2/3 cord at a time, then stack the next day. Sometimes I'll stack the same day. Takes me awhile to get my yearly quota done.
Backwoods Savage
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Beetle-Kill said:
JB, it really does not matter how long it might take each guy to split that amount of wood. It only matters how long it will take you. Hey, it would probably take me longer to split using the hydraulic splitter than it may take you swinging an axe! We work at different speeds and it also depends upon how long each splitting session is. I might split for an hour and then take 3 hours off. Yes, I work that way but lots depends upon the body. I do know that I can not split wood as well today as I could when I was 30 or 40 years old, but that's life.
Good luck on your splitting.
Honestly, if I can get through half of it this weekend I'll be happy. The stacking can wait until the wife gets back from Montana, she likes stacking. I'm making another wood run Sunday, and two more next week, should put me around the 15-16 cord mark. I have a bunch already split and stacked out back, just really want to get ahead. After this, just bucking the monster pile at my buddies house, hope to be done with that by next spring.
quads
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Aw shoot, is that all there is? Half the time of my original estimate then...Beetle-Kill said:
Seriously though, I never just split. I leave the house, cut down a tree, process it, load it on the trailer, haul it back to the house, and put the splits in the stack. 1/6th of a real cord in 45 minutes to 1 hour. One real cord of cutting, splitting, hauling, stacking in less than 6 hours from start to finish, with the splitting probably taking the least time. With rounds all set up and ready to go and all I have to do is split? Don't know for sure, but many of the videos I have shot of myself splitting are shorter than 10 seconds per round....
iceman
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This is B.S. I don't believe you........ need to see pics! Then we can accurately guess but before and after pics !........lol
I just like to see big pic of firewood!
If you get a friend and go for it , you can do it in a day- 12 hrs or less assuming you are using has splitter
I just like to see big pic of firewood!
If you get a friend and go for it , you can do it in a day- 12 hrs or less assuming you are using has splitter
I don't care, unless one of the trains was hauling Quads out to an airport to fly to DIA to split all my wood for me in..revised estimate..1 minute? There ya go. 
wendell, if you fly United, if you're gate agent has the same last name as the US Militarys side-arm-M-9 pistol, and if she's a no-nonsense brunette(?) with a sense of humor, she's mine. Say "Hi", and tell her to get to stacking wood. ;-P
Backwoods Savage
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SolarAndWood
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The NY train would have to stop after less than an hour as you can't haul firewood more than 50 miles unless it is kiln dried.
quads
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Ha ha! I'd be glad to help! But travel? Not too sure about that. In over ten years the farthest I have been away from home is 70 miles...Beetle-Kill said:I don't care, unless one of the trains was hauling Quads out to an airport to fly to DIA to split all my wood for me in..revised estimate..1 minute? There ya go.
SolarAndWood
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