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March 2, 2014 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Missouri
Posts: 407
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For those of you who split wood by hand
The other day I was splitting and I got tierd of bending over and picking up the wood after splitting it. Sometimes it would fly off in different directions. After taking a beer break and thinking about it I came up with this
I took the biggest log I had and and first just tried screwing the 2x4 s to it but they wouldn't stay on. and there just wasn't enough room. And after another beer break I came up with that. Screwed the 2x4s to some pieces of 6x6s and then strapped them to the jog. That worked OK. But the pieces would sometimes fly between the 2x4s. Hmmm... Beer break. Then I came up with the plywood Idea.Not only did it stop the pieces from fling everywhere it helped hold the 2x4s in place. One thing I am going to add to it is another upright. I was out of 2x4s. I was able to get a lot of wood split that day. About 4hours worth! slept good that night.
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March 2, 2014 | #2 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: MA
Posts: 903
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Very creative. I'm sure the beer breaks must have helped.
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March 2, 2014 | #3 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Den of Drunken Fools
Posts: 38,539
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Do you use a splitting maul or an axe?
I always used the maul to snatch the wood and pull it back upright for the next split. Are you sure that with all of that beer you aren't seeing more wood than there really is. Worth |
March 2, 2014 | #4 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Western Ky
Posts: 282
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I have set the wood pieces inside an old four wheeler tire and then split it.
12-12x24 riding mower tires work really well for most pieces of wood. Ken |
March 2, 2014 | #5 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Missouri
Posts: 407
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I use to use an ax but A 8 lb Maul makes quick work of it. I still use an ax to spit it into smaller pieces when necessary. My pieces of wood are usually pretty big and an ax just wouldn't "cut" it.
A picture of my wood shed. 8'wide 5'deep with 3 courses of wood in it Gotta "split now" See ya later...
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March 2, 2014 | #6 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Midway B.C. Canada
Posts: 311
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For those of you who think best after a few beers :]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGGH4XKNULU
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March 2, 2014 | #7 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Back in da U.P.
Posts: 1,847
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i have split wood using an eight and six pound maul. talk about warming you twice.
now i use a wood splitter i bought for $200.00 my neighbors brother died, recently, and her son called, and asked if i wanted his uncles wood splitter. i thought it over for maybe 2 seconds, and said sure do!! keith |
March 2, 2014 | #8 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Den of Drunken Fools
Posts: 38,539
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Mind you guys I was raised in the Mo Ozarks and south eastern Oklahoma where it gets cold. We had a huge wood furnace in Mo. Worth |
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March 2, 2014 | #9 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Durhamville,NY
Posts: 2,706
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Some good oak for instance. I've tried splitting some some popular and willow that you couldn't split with a wood splitter. I ended up chain sawing it into pieces. Last edited by Doug9345; March 3, 2014 at 09:16 AM. |
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March 2, 2014 | #10 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Den of Drunken Fools
Posts: 38,539
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Turn him loose on some live oak. Worth |
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March 2, 2014 | #11 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Pilot Hill, Ca.
Posts: 307
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All I can say is you have a lot more energy than I have. After felling the limbs and trees and then cutting them up and hauling them up to the shed, I have to unload them into a nice pile. Later I have to split them with my gas-powered jobbie and move them into the wood shed and stack them again. When I need to use them, they get loaded again into a cart and brought to the back deck. I'm thankful that Eli Whitney invented the log splitter.
They say that firewood heats twice. Not always so. For me it heats half a dozen times. It is one reason that I can keep my weight down to 220lbs.
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March 2, 2014 | #12 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Den of Drunken Fools
Posts: 38,539
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It helps keep me in shape. But I am so happy I bought a dump trailer for may lawn tractor. Hauling dirt in a bucket was getting ridiculous. Worth |
March 3, 2014 | #13 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2013
Location: New Mexico
Posts: 2,052
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Gee whiz Dennis,
Are you letting your wife off of taking care of these tasks? You are getting soft, buddy. Charley Quote:
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March 3, 2014 | #14 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Pilot Hill, Ca.
Posts: 307
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Also, since our kid moved out 15 years ago, I decided it was time for her to have a new baby. That's a little work (but not much). Oh wait, that looks like our grandchild...
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March 2, 2014 | #15 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Missouri
Posts: 407
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I could quote each of you but I will just reply..
Ken Yeah a tire is the same principle. and you can awing all the way around with out worrying about your handle.. nice tip! Henry, yeah that would never work with oak and hickory. but kinda neat! Keith... Wow! you got a hell of a deal with that. hope you at least sent flowers to the the funeral... Tom.. firewood heats you a lot more then twice, you cut, you load, you unload, you split, you pickup and stack, you carry to fire, then it keeps you warm. and nice wood shed, good thing mine ain't that big. I would get carried away with cutting wood. A full shed is A happy shed.. Worth, I just have a little wood stove in garage that's why I split mine up. I got it off my Grandpas farm before the place was sold. As far as anyone can remember it is over 60 years old. Never had any work done to to But yeah some people do split it up to small. 3 of my brothers have the outside furnaces and heat water. they only split it down far enough to where it fits in the door. Doug...Been there done that with some elm.. aint no splitting that!
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