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We have been building firewood totes and filling them. We made 11 so far and filled 9, for a total of 4.5 cord css. Only about 50 cord left to go. The totes hold just shy of a half cord. Any bigger and I would have trouble lifting them with my bobcat. Wet honey locust and ash get pretty heavy.

I also put a cheapo depot spray job on the splitter today after putting “new” tires on it. The tires looked a bit too sporty for a rusty splitter, so I used up a bunch of old partial spray cans. The rims were supposed to be black, but the can of grey primer I grabbed was silver paint…. It looked ok so I left it. I used a chunk of cardboard to reduce overspray, but it didn’t work as well as I hoped it would.

My wife says she likes it, and my son said there isn’t a thing wrong with it, so it gets the green light. I’ll paint the front half when I get the new table and split chute made for it.

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Interesting idea to use an electric motor, how many hp and does it run on 120 or 240v?
 
Interesting idea to use an electric motor, how many hp and does it run on 120 or 240v?
It used to be gas powered. I got tired of the noise, vibration, maintenance, and cost of fuel. It’s a 3hp 240v motor. I had to run a pump with a lower gpm high pressure stage, and the shift point is at about 500 psi.
 
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