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  1. swagler85 Minister of Fire

    joined: Mar 4, 2012
    987 posts
    NE Ohio
    splitter11.jpg pallet1.jpg tractor1.jpg

    I worked the new splitter pretty hard and ended up with 76 splits from one round! Crazy, and they arent really small splits either. Just my normal variety of splits. Ended up taking 2.5 rounds to fill this pallet. First pic is the first round, second pic is the splits of that one round. Third pic is a finished pallet. I bet someone here has gotten more splits than that out of one round. I hace two rounds that are bigger but really knotty so I will end up with a lot of uglies from those.
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  2. infinitymike Minister of Fire

    joined: Aug 23, 2011
    1,263 posts
    Long Island, NY
    Cant open the attachments
  3. TimJ Minister of Fire

    joined: Apr 10, 2012
    1,029 posts
    Southeast Indiana
    That's what I say Swagler............you get a big round and you got some work ahead of you. I'm not getting no 76 splits out of what I am dealing with, but a couple of splits will get you close to a half truck load :)
  4. swagler85 Minister of Fire

    joined: Mar 4, 2012
    987 posts
    NE Ohio
    Ok i think that should have fixed the pic problem.
  5. infinitymike Minister of Fire

    joined: Aug 23, 2011
    1,263 posts
    Long Island, NY
    Now I can it. That's a serious round. Nice job.
  6. Flatbedford Minister of Fire

    I prefer big rounds. Splitting them seems like less work to me. As long as I have gravity on my side.
  7. swagler85 Minister of Fire

    joined: Mar 4, 2012
    987 posts
    NE Ohio
    As long as you can either get the splitter right to it or have hydrolics to move rounds!
  8. etiger2007 Minister of Fire

    joined: Feb 8, 2012
    1,034 posts
    Clio Michigan
    my buddy let me use that same splitter and im sold on it
  9. Flatbedford Minister of Fire

    I roll them to the truck (gravity), and bust them into pieces that I can lift onto the truck with my Fiskars. I split the manageable pieces into split size as they come of the truck. No hydraulics for me....yet.
  10. corey21 Minister of Fire

    joined: Oct 28, 2010
    2,208 posts
    Soutwest VA
    Nice load.
  11. swagler85 Minister of Fire

    joined: Mar 4, 2012
    987 posts
    NE Ohio
    I love it so far
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  12. My Oslo heats my home Minister of Fire

    joined: Sep 20, 2010
    1,086 posts
    South Shore, MA
    How long did the 76 piece round take you to split?
  13. etiger2007 Minister of Fire

    joined: Feb 8, 2012
    1,034 posts
    Clio Michigan
    i will have one in the garage when i have an extra $1,000 laying around
  14. swagler85 Minister of Fire

    joined: Mar 4, 2012
    987 posts
    NE Ohio
    Not exactly sure, I spent about three hours back there and split 5 rounds. They were all close to that size, also stacked those splits filling two of those pallets. I really like having the pallet right next to the splitter for stacking, makes much less work.
  15. Beer Belly Minister of Fire

    joined: Oct 26, 2011
    880 posts
    Connecticut
    oh yeah !!....work that splitter !!!:cool:
  16. bogydave Minister of Fire

    joined: Dec 4, 2009
    7,761 posts
    So Cent ALASKA
    I have same splitter.
    Nice to know it will spilt a round that size.
    Not that I'd ever get one that big here but it would be fun.
    Good job.
  17. swagler85 Minister of Fire

    joined: Mar 4, 2012
    987 posts
    NE Ohio
    It's nice on those big ones the bark just falls off and I can toss it aside
  18. FireBones Member

    joined: Sep 19, 2012
    135 posts
    Norfolk County Ontario
    Swagler if you dump the clutch on that tractor how far can you do a wheelie......;)
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  19. Backwoods Savage Minister of Fire

    joined: Feb 14, 2007
    24,158 posts
    Michigan
    And/or use a cant hook for moving them.
  20. tfdchief Minister of Fire

    joined: Nov 24, 2009
    2,971 posts
    Tuscola, IL
    OK, I know many of you have seen this before, but with the title of this thread, I just couldn't resist;)
    Big Round.jpg
  21. Flatbedford Minister of Fire

    Did you have a midget helper that day? ;) That is one BMF round! How did you move it?
  22. TimJ Minister of Fire

    joined: Apr 10, 2012
    1,029 posts
    Southeast Indiana
    what's a BMF round ::-)
  23. Flatbedford Minister of Fire

    Big Mother F.....g!
  24. Shane N Feeling the Heat

    joined: Oct 16, 2012
    296 posts
    West Central MN
    Cheater. Should have used your monster maul :)
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  25. tfdchief Minister of Fire

    joined: Nov 24, 2009
    2,971 posts
    Tuscola, IL
    Steve, Normally I would cut one like that up with the chain saw. I don't handle anything very big anymore. But this tree was dropped by a tree service in my son's neighbor's back yard. Doug and I cut it up and took the wood in exchange for the neighbor saving some money with the tree service. We noodled most of them down to size, but had to take this picture "for the record" So we just moved the log splitter to it. Had to wiggle it a little but mostly just moved the log splitter. If you look close, you will see that big sucker sitting on a bunch of "noodles";)

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