Getting ahead!

[Ram 1500 with an axe...]

Well, i wanted to revive this thread as we are now starting to emerge from the snow. Today was the first day I had to start splitting this stuff. I put my new splitter to work.

My wife and I cut, split and stacked a quarter of a cord this morning. It took us about 3 hours. I'm not sure if that's fast or slow but having never done this, I was satisfied. Plus we had our 2 year old to keep an eye on.

So, a quarter cord in and I barely made a dent. Feeling good about hitting the 2 cord mark.

The good thing about having a splitter is you can work at your own pace whenever you want......
I was gonna rent one last year but I was better off buying for sure.....

 

[CTYank]

To get the big rounds onto the splitter, you might "noodle" them, that is, make a lengthwise rip cut through the bark, a bar's width in. Then hit that kerf with wedges or a maul..

Noodling cuts are easy on the saw, but some are much better than others at spittling the "noodles" out of the clutch cover.

 

[newburner]

I've been working on this tree every Saturday. Here's what I got so far.

 

[Jay106n]

Have fun splitting that trunk

 

[Ram 1500 with an axe...]

Looks good. Nice and organized....

 

[newburner]

Update:

Here's what I've split and what I have left. So far I have 180 cu/ft css.
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