A load of Firewood to Granny`s

[hobbyheater]

Early morning start with yarding some small logs out of a burn pile.



The small rounds have to be split or they will not dry even when stored under well ventilated cover.



A long butt makes for variety in bucking and splitting, a 28" bar just makes it through this round .


Loaded up with half a cord. The highway home is not all that busy so nobody seems to mind that I only go 45 mph!



Taking the ferry to Alert Bay.



The ferry ride takes about 40 minutes.



Driving along the water front in Alert Bay.



Granny`s driveway in Alert Bay.

https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/grannys-splitter-wood-pile.78935/#post-1006946

 

[albert1029]

thanks for sharing the pleasant itinerary and info on your Granny...

 

[velvetfoot]

And a nice setup. Beautiful destination.

 

[oldogy]

Granny has a good guy looking out for her. Nice pictures.

 

[Shane N]

I love your splitter

 

[raybonz]

Great pics and nice thing to do for Granny!

 

[fishingpol]

Always enjoy your posts. Great pictures.

 

[Blue Vomit]

I like Granny's little rock by her driveway.

 

[Lumber-Jack]

Hopefully Granny was doing OK when you got there and there was no wolf dressed up in her clothing. Feel free to give me a call if you ever run into a situation like that.

 

[ChrisNJ]

Thanks for the pics, looks like I found yet another destination for a vacation.

 

[katwillny]

Nice post. Granny is lucky to have you around. Great pics. Love this site for this reason, the people and what they do for others

 

[Gasifier]

Nice work Allan! Love the pics, the splitter, and your ride on the ferry. Very cool. We take a ferry ride about once a year to cross over into Vermont that takes about 20 minutes or so. It is a cool ride. The last time we were getting ready to get on a tractor trailer was pulling onto it before we were. I didn't know if I wanted to get on it still.

 

[clemsonfor]

love that skidder/splitter! and that you can do 4 at the time!!

That must be light wood to fill that toy that full and it not sagg.

 

[hobbyheater]

I like Granny's little rock by her driveway.

Looking up at the rock you liked.



This is another rock at the other corner of her lawn.

 

[hobbyheater]

Thanks for the pics, looks like I found yet another destination for a vacation.

When firewood season is over I will post more pictures of the area for you .

 

[hobbyheater]

love that skidder/splitter! and that you can do 4 at the time!!

That must be light wood to fill that toy that full and it not sagg.

The splitter is around 30 years old. Two brothers got tired of splitting by hand and made 24 of these machines and I count myself lucky to have one.
The wood is second growth Western Hemlock. The smaller logs which are tops, have been down for about a year and are not as heavy as the soggy long butts.
The Toy has a Goodyear air bag suspension inflated to 70 psi and the tires are 700-15 - 8 ply inflated to 60 psi. The wood splitter's only suspension is its tires which are inflated to about 7 psi, so the wood splitter limits your speed to about 45 -50 mph.