Free is free with a price

[awicherr]

My buddies dad called and said i hear you want free wood .i said well yes what is it and how much do you have. I have 4 trailers worth of red oak. Awesome ill take it! He said its a little big but i would be able to manage it to a splitter myself. Awesome i will fill your tank and buy you a can of deff for the 4 loads. I forgot he is 60 plus retired from the oilfield and cuts trees for side money‍♂️

 

[xterra]

Get your co-pay ready for the hernia operation!

 

[clancey]

I know a person who has a large tow truck if this will help--gosh be careful--heavy stuff..lol clancey

 

[PaulOinMA]

Wow!

My tree guy is younger than me and built like a linebacker. I was getting trees he was cutting in my neighbor's yard. He cut the trees to 14 - 16-inch rounds.

He motioned towards the trees and asked if I wanted him to split the lower rounds in two. I said it wasn't necessary. I should be able to move them.

Really should have walked up to the rounds and not make that decision from over a hundred feet away.

 

[awicherr]

Sledge and wedge then to manageable pieces i have a loader on my tractor if i need to flip them . No hernias needed here im not 25 any more i know my limits. Second load was smaller hoping loads 3 and 4 are more manageable

 

[Jags]

I dont see a problem.

 

[awicherr]

I dont see a problem.

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I have some old decrepid running gear i was going to cut and scrap now i may refurb it...afterseeing this

 

[mcdougy]

Looks like some of the best stuff available. That will be pure heat when needed.

 

[fbelec]

best advise i got was from a old timer about 40 years ago he said (don't try to be superman you only get hurt) then i slipped a disk

 

[wishlist]

I have a splitter with a hydraulic log lift . Still don’t like those big rounds when I get them . Even with the 4 way wedge it’s work handing and re-splitting . Funny , I never turn those size rounds down tho .

 

[fvhowler]

Well, it looks cut to length, so you're ahead of the game. What's the problem?

 

[BigJ273]

The smell of fresh cut red oak….

 

[hedge wood]

The hard part is done the bucking. Now its time to fire up the splitter with the log lift and have fun. Its going to make some real nice firewood.

 

[EbS-P]

I get out my saw and start to quarter it up maybe only cut 3” deep. Then just smash it with my maul. Or x27. I did a couple close to that size. If it’s straight it pretty fast just to start splitting pieces off the sides.

May the splitting force be with you.

 

[firefighterjake]

Challenging . . . I go vertical (which I am sure would make Backwoods Savage proud if he only knew I was doing so) . . . and then split them down into smaller pieces which I can later hoist when I go back to splitting horizontally.

 

[WiscWoody]

Can you bring your splitter there and split them into quarters so you can safely hoist them into you truck or trailer? A skid or tractor would be handy for you too.

 

[awicherr]

Can you bring your splitter there and split them into quarters so you can safely hoist them into you truck or trailer? A skid or tractor would be handy for you too.

These got dumped right by my garage just have to hook the splitter to the tractor and drag it over there

Challenging . . . I go vertical (which I am sure would make Backwoods Savage proud if he only knew I was doing so) . . . and then split them down into smaller pieces which I can later hoist when I go back to splitting horizontally.

Will most definitely split them with the splitter vertical

 

[WiscWoody]

These got dumped right by my garage just have to hook the splitter to the tractor and drag it over there


Will most definitely split them with the splitter vertical

Ahh, gotcha. Nice!

 

[Isaac Carlson]

I tip em up on edge and noodle them into chunks. Works great and it gives me a TON of fire starting material.

 

[rottiman]

The smell of fresh cut red oak….

and the smell of fresh burnt skin from his nuts dragging on the ground...............................LOL