skyhightree1
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well i only split a lil more than a cord today... I am feeling it now
Alan":2iuspit4 said::shock: 50 cords a years! I may be your part of the country, but what makes you go though 50 cords a year? What all do you burn it for?shaz":2iuspit4 said:Depends on the volume. I have 3 mauls and a 3pt hitch splitter.
I use about 50 cords a year or more if there's a tornado.
Impressive video, I'll stick to the wood splitter
Alan
Limomike":ybwlmm8p said:used to use a maul many years ago.. still do at times, but the splitter became my friend, and has saved me several backaches, I am sure... :!:
shaz":gvr5jaso said:I light the fire in October and let it burn out in April.
How are you guys getting by with 2-3 cords a year :???:
Alan":3mnn5tou said:shaz":3mnn5tou said:I light the fire in October and let it burn out in April.
How are you guys getting by with 2-3 cords a year :???:
I'm sure there are a bunch of factors as far as how much wood we burn. Here in NW OR we don't really get that cold, Nov. to March we rarely drop below 35 degrees, but we do have spells of in the low teens. This year we had 20 in. of snow but it was gone in a couple of days. My house is well insulated, but many around me are not. Now for the touchy area, you cut that red oak a heck of lot better and easier than I could at my age, but I'm not familiar with red oak. The oak we have seems a heck of a lot harder wood, I'm sure could not have pulled it apart with my hands. With some fir and all oak I have to drive a wedge or two, or three into it with a sledge or maul to get the first split. It's hard wood to split. Because of knots with fir and the hardness with our oak. Maybe not, so is why I stay to fir, alder and maple. Fir has too many knots also so I love the splitter!
Alan
Alan":1veij4zp said:Used a splitter for the first time last year, I'll never do serious work with mauls and wedges again.
The question posted should be are you still young or feeling older?
shaz":3gvodqxr said:I light the fire in October and let it burn out in April.
How are you guys getting by with 2-3 cords a year :???:
Dave":1hmvfbly said:I prefer a maul to a splitter. It seems faster to me. Any pieces too big or knotty I simply lay them on their side and rip them with the chainsaw.