gzecc said:Not if you need a $1000 piece of equipment to get it done. Really big rounds are hard to transport and split. I usually turn them down, if I can't roll them up my trailer ramp. Unless they are ash or black locust. Then I'll kill myself to load them.
jerseykat1 said:gzecc said:Not if you need a $1000 piece of equipment to get it done. Really big rounds are hard to transport and split. I usually turn them down, if I can't roll them up my trailer ramp. Unless they are ash or black locust. Then I'll kill myself to load them.
What's so special about black locust? And do you have any pics of black locust? I already know ash is great wood, just not sure I have ever burnt any black locust, yellow locust yes but black locust??
Dittolukem said:jerseykat1 said:gzecc said:Not if you need a $1000 piece of equipment to get it done. Really big rounds are hard to transport and split. I usually turn them down, if I can't roll them up my trailer ramp. Unless they are ash or black locust. Then I'll kill myself to load them.
What's so special about black locust? And do you have any pics of black locust? I already know ash is great wood, just not sure I have ever burnt any black locust, yellow locust yes but black locust??
Black Locust is like oak without the 2-3 year wait for drying.
zzr7ky said:My sons used to load stuff down to 2" diameter or so thinking they were saving effort since it didn't need splitting.
Now they appreciate large rounds. They're a very efficient shape. Lots of wood, little handling until the wood is right next to the wood stack!
I never thought much obout giant rounds being heavy. Breaking down overwieght rounds is easily accomplished. I take a couple steel wedges in my saw kit that goes in the woods with me. I have cut wooden wedges (Gluts) to split scrounged wood.
Google black locust images. There are many. Its very identifiable once you know it.jerseykat1 said:gzecc said:Not if you need a $1000 piece of equipment to get it done. Really big rounds are hard to transport and split. I usually turn them down, if I can't roll them up my trailer ramp. Unless they are ash or black locust. Then I'll kill myself to load them.
What's so special about black locust? And do you have any pics of black locust? I already know ash is great wood, just not sure I have ever burnt any black locust, yellow locust yes but black locust??
jerseykat1 said:gzecc said:Not if you need a $1000 piece of equipment to get it done. Really big rounds are hard to transport and split. I usually turn them down, if I can't roll them up my trailer ramp. Unless they are ash or black locust. Then I'll kill myself to load them.
What's so special about black locust? And do you have any pics of black locust? I already know ash is great wood, just not sure I have ever burnt any black locust, yellow locust yes but black locust??
jerseykat1 said:gzecc said:Not if you need a $1000 piece of equipment to get it done. Really big rounds are hard to transport and split. I usually turn them down, if I can't roll them up my trailer ramp. Unless they are ash or black locust. Then I'll kill myself to load them.
What's so special about black locust? And do you have any pics of black locust? I already know ash is great wood, just not sure I have ever burnt any black locust, yellow locust yes but black locust??
Hiram Maxim said:jerseykat1 said:gzecc said:Not if you need a $1000 piece of equipment to get it done. Really big rounds are hard to transport and split. I usually turn them down, if I can't roll them up my trailer ramp. Unless they are ash or black locust. Then I'll kill myself to load them.
What's so special about black locust? And do you have any pics of black locust? I already know ash is great wood, just not sure I have ever burnt any black locust, yellow locust yes but black locust??
If someone said you can only burn one species of wood for the rest of your life......Black Locust would be my choice! ;-P
Burns hot, burns long, splits like a dream, grows like a weed, reproduces very quickly, and drys pretty darn fast.
Will make your Ash seem very mediocre.
he might mean honey locusts?Wood Duck said:jerseykat1 said:gzecc said:Not if you need a $1000 piece of equipment to get it done. Really big rounds are hard to transport and split. I usually turn them down, if I can't roll them up my trailer ramp. Unless they are ash or black locust. Then I'll kill myself to load them.
What's so special about black locust? And do you have any pics of black locust? I already know ash is great wood, just not sure I have ever burnt any black locust, yellow locust yes but black locust??
There is no tree known as Yellow Locust, but Black Locust has sort of yellow wood, so maybe we're all talking about the same tree. You must have lots of Black Locust near you if you live in NJ.
Hiram Maxim said:he might mean honey locusts?
jerseykat1 said:gzecc said:Not if you need a $1000 piece of equipment to get it done. Really big rounds are hard to transport and split. I usually turn them down, if I can't roll them up my trailer ramp. Unless they are ash or black locust. Then I'll kill myself to load them.
What's so special about black locust? And do you have any pics of black locust? I already know ash is great wood, just not sure I have ever burnt any black locust, yellow locust yes but black locust??
1000 bucks is nothin in the long run. i saved more that on oil this year. and that roudn in the picture i could lift itnto my pickup myself. i deal with stuff 3 times bigger and its still worth it. just bring the splitter or wedge or noodle it soi can lift it.gzecc said:Not if you need a $1000 piece of equipment to get it done. Really big rounds are hard to transport and split. I usually turn them down, if I can't roll them up my trailer ramp. Unless they are ash or black locust. Then I'll kill myself to load them.
ecocavalier02 said:1000 bucks is nothin in the long run. i saved more that on oil this year. and that roudn in the picture i could lift itnto my pickup myself. i deal with stuff 3 times bigger and its still worth it. just bring the splitter or wedge or noodle it soi can lift it.gzecc said:Not if you need a $1000 piece of equipment to get it done. Really big rounds are hard to transport and split. I usually turn them down, if I can't roll them up my trailer ramp. Unless they are ash or black locust. Then I'll kill myself to load them.
ecocavalier02 said:i deal with stuff 3 times bigger and its still worth it. just bring the splitter or wedge or noodle it soi can lift it.