Sugar Maple?
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That's a nice score of Sugar Maple no doubt and heavy I bet.....good burning stuff.
I had to noodle some rounds last year like that by the side of the road (just to get in the back of the truck.)
WoodButcher
I had to noodle some rounds last year like that by the side of the road (just to get in the back of the truck.)
WoodButcher
Grabbing a cord of bucked sugar maple off the side of the road after work is one thing, splitting in this hot sticky nonsense is another. The rounds were plenty heavy but nothing like the 30" rounds I rolled down the hill to the trailer last week.
SolarAndWood said:
Two years ago I had a good size branch off a maple tree come down, made the 24 ton growl but she popped. I still have 3 face cord that will be burned this heating season.
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smokinjay said:
Smokin have you seen his splitter? Solar if he says no please post a picture of the BEAST!
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I just suck it up and get them up there. I figure anything that I need to get on that beam I lifted into the trailer already anyway.
I haven't ever noodled and don't own a long enough bar for those big rounds anyway. The tree guys make it small enough so that their guys can move it.
SolarAndWood said:
THATS A Good sawsmen. I will put the splitter within inchs of the rounds but still have to noodle the very heavy ones.
I've been a bum, this weather has been too hot for me to pay attention. Today we had some nasty storms with big winds come through and knocked a bunch of tree's down a few miles from here. I didn't even bother to stop and ask, I just kept on driving.
Maybe I'll stop tomorrow if they're still around, nah just kidding. :lol:
Maybe I'll stop tomorrow if they're still around, nah just kidding. :lol:
It is never too hot to take advantage of such opportunities. The splitting, however, can wait. The splitter has a 16 gpm pump on it. A 5hp motor off a rotted compressor works well. I have had maybe a half dozen occasions where the motor overheated and started tripping the breaker.
smokinjay said:
These guys do nice work. Nothing gets split on site, these guys do a nice job of making everything movable. The guy this load came from uses a 4 wheeler and a trailer with balloon tires to get everything to the street. Pretty slick.
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