Splittin the tough stuff weekend

[Wilhelm911]

Well to me, this was the tough stuff. I split everything by hand, so if I can't get through it easily I throw it aside. Borrowed my friends Troy Built 27 ton splitter this weekend to take care of it all. I had a ton of hickory that was so stringy it would have taken weeks with the maul. Ended up with around 2 cord of hickory and maybe a half cord of red oak. Of course now the pictures.....

 

[My Oslo heats my home]

oh yeah, the stringy gnarly stuff. Looks like you got a good workout in. Your stacks of the newly split wood looks good. I like your setup, lots of room to move around and work and good spots for your stacks and drying....

 

[jatoxico]

Some of that does look pretty nasty. Nice setup

 

[Hills Hoard]

that looks messy!, but great stack at the end!....

 

[Beer Belly]

I think it was some Hickory that made me look at the Wife and say..."Hun, I think we better think about getting a splitter"....that stuff can kill ya

 

[Ralphie Boy]

That's some mean lookin' stuff ya got there, kinda' reminds me of pictures off American Elm I've seen posted here in years past. All that hickory is gonna' make ya happy in a few years! Nice work!

 

[Sinngetreu]

Yeah, your not getting through that with a maul!

 

[Jags]

...kinda' reminds me of pictures off American Elm I've seen posted here in years past.

Hehehe:

 

[bigbarf48]

Wow that was some stringy stuff! Nice setup

I wish I'd have had a hydro splitter for that cord of Sweet gum i busted up with the 14# maul

 

[Snotrocket]

Wow that's horrible. I wonder if it would be easier to split when it's freezing cold out and the wood is nice and hard.

On a side note, that splitter looks like it leaves the pump and engine exposed to falling wood.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Well to me, this was the tough stuff. I split everything by hand, so if I can't get through it easily I throw it aside. Borrowed my friends Troy Built 27 ton splitter this weekend to take care of it all. I had a ton of hickory that was so stringy it would have taken weeks with the maul. Ended up with around 2 cord of hickory and maybe a half cord of red oak.

Love your wood stacks. Nice work.

To make it even easier splitting, stand that thing up and split vertically. Not much chance of harming engine that way either but the best part is that the work load is lessened a lot by splitting vertically.

 

[osagebow]

Nice stacks! Hydros definitely grow on you.

 

[Applesister]

Well to me, this was the tough stuff. I split everything by hand, so if I can't get through it easily I throw it aside. Borrowed my friends Troy Built 27 ton splitter this weekend to take care of it all. I had a ton of hickory that was so stringy it would have taken weeks with the maul. Ended up with around 2 cord of hickory and maybe a half cord of red oak. Of course now the pictures.....View attachment 119240View attachment 119241View attachment 119242View attachment 119243View attachment 119244

Was the hickory stringy because it sat for a while? or was it fresh cut?

 

[Applesister]

I just cut up a pignut and a shagbark earlier and they both popped apart easier than oak usually does. I thought the shagbark came apart easy cause it was punky near the stump. The pignut was clean, but boy is this wood heavy.
If I let it sit will it be harder to split?

 

[Paulywalnut]

Nice stacks Wilhelm. You won't regret getting your own splitter. You can split at your own pace.
Hold your wrist or rub your forearm and just shake your head. Your wife says whats the matter with your arm? New splitter here we come.

 

[Wilhelm911]

Dennis - I tried splitting vertical and I just didnt care for it. Except for the big stuff of course. Anything I could lift without strain I could process much faster horizontal. However as pointed out the pump and motor are pretty exposed to falling pieces. Thats why I stood the round next to the motor as a table. If it was my splitter I would be welding up some tables and protective sheilds.

Applesister those rounds were reletively fresh cut, about 4 weeks ago.

I've gotta say, after a day using the splitter, I cant wait to go buy my own! Hopefully next year!

 

[Soundchasm]

What kind of hickory is so stringy? I split some bitternut this summer and it was a dream to make table leg after table leg. I split some pignut years ago and don't recall having any issues.

@Applesister, the bitternut I split was from 5/10, and wringing wet. All I had to do was keep going back every few weeks and getting stuff that was dry enough to split. But still, it was very satisfying.

 

[BIGDADDY]

Nice pics. Good use of the splitter. You could have done a YouTube review on that.
Notice you got stacks of pallets there in the one picture. Don't you think you have enough wood already? ;-)

 

[Jags]

What kind of hickory is so stringy?

Shagbark can be stringy. It usually pops apart easy enough, but there are always a couple of splinters that want to hold on.