How do you cover your splitter?

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velvetfoot

velvetfoot

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I'm thinking this year of leaving my splitter out near the road so I don't have to drag it in and out of the garage, while working on the log pile that'll be out there. With my miscellaneous ailments, I never know which log pile will be my last, lol.

I usually split vertically, but I figure a tarp on that would have to be big, and make the splitter more obvious. I'm figuring, put it in horizontal and place a brown tarp on it. Even though the beam is heavy, will still save work and time.

What do you think?
 
Get yourself some sort of like helmet bag water proof or something similar and cover up the engine the rest probly won't get hurt by the rain. And like Sean says stash it so it's not seen
 
Garages exist for a reason. The biggest thing they protect equipment from, isn't precipitation, it is drastic temperature changes that form condensation inside the engine and gas tank.

As an engineer, I hate surface rust. It makes me nuts..but condensation and big temperature swings do hurt equipment.

Remember the old advice to keep your car gas tank over half full during the winter? This is why.
 
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I was only going to start later in spring.
Not sure if I can get to the side (in my case) of the pile, but that would be ideal.
 
i use a tarp, a few bungees, and a few pieces of logs on it. i also used a trailer hitch lock. Sure someone could still take it, but they won't be able to tow it!
 
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Mine is in the horizontal position when I keep it under the tarp. To avoid surface rust I wipe used oil on the beam before & after use. Its been outside for 5 years without any issues.
 
velvetfoot said:
I'm thinking this year of leaving my splitter out near the road so I don't have to drag it in and out of the garage, while working on the log pile that'll be out there. With my miscellaneous ailments, I never know which log pile will be my last, lol.

I usually split vertically, but I figure a tarp on that would have to be big, and make the splitter more obvious. I'm figuring, put it in horizontal and place a brown tarp on it. Even though the beam is heavy, will still save work and time.

What do you think?
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Sir,your log splitter will not last long in the location you've mentioned. No matter where you live thieves abound. Thieves don't like going more than 50 yards off the road when they do their stealing. I would chain it near my house where it could be seen. Eighteen years in law enforcement i've seen plenty.Get a hitch for your car ,garden tractor atv if you can ,be better off in the long run.
 
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ohlongarm said:
Sir,your log splitter will not last long in the location you've mentioned. No matter where you live thieves abound. Thieves don't like going more than 50 yards off the road when they do their stealing. I would chain it near my house where it could be seen. Eighteen years in law enforcement i've seen plenty.Get a hitch for your car ,garden tractor atv if you can ,be better off in the long run.
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Yeah, sad but true. Junkies are a factor around here.
 
Low crime area here ... but the splitter always gets stored inside the locked shed ... I figure why tempt fate ... or would be thieves.
 
The chances of me leaving my splitter out in the weather ranges from fat chance to NFW. If I was near the road the chances are a lot less than that.
 
Like this...;)

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[Come on...you all knew someone would do it eventually.]
 
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My log guy delivers the log parallel to the road at the end of the 400' driveway. There's not that much maneuverability around it. So, I block up the rounds until I can't walk safely anymore. Then I drag the splitter out of the garage to the vicinity of the pile with the lawn tractor, and wrestle it into its operating position with a a hand dolly. Then I lift the beam up to vertical-it's old school and heavy. Then I start splitting the rounds, which I've staged. In an effort to avoid double handling I toss the spilts into the trailer hauled by the lawn tractor and, again, in an attempt to avoid multiple handling, drive to the stack location and stack it right out of the trailer. I split all those rounds I had cut up, and then the cycle begins again. Now, depending on what's going on, I might not have all the time or will to split all those rounds, so I have to break it down and drag it back into the garage.

Thanks for all the cutesy shed pics.
 
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