Work Done 2024

[all night moe]

Day 3: Involved keeping the rental for an additional day. After running around this morning, I gassed up the splitter and ran her at an idle while getting some rounds staged. Had some biggies with no desire to lift. Gathered them around and flipped the splitter into vertical operation. Grabbed the wheelbarrow and filled with rounds. Worked mostly solo. Kid came out for about 2 1/2hrs. I took a couple of short breaks only due to my lower back screaming at me. Added about 3 cord or better to the growing pile. There's still some left to split and some smaller stuff needs to be bucked up. Any additional splitting will be done by hand. The 3 day run is over. The horseshoe driveway is impassable on the one side.

Splitter Fest 2024

 

[all night moe]

I busted my distal bicep tendon in my dominant arm. Hows that for doing work? Declined surgery because recovery time is at least 6 months and 4 months in a immobilizing brace and nothing over 2 lbs can be lifted. So recovery time and work needing to be done did not match up. Bicep looks like Popeye and cramps easy but hopefully the cramping goes away. Processed 36 cornish cross chickens in the last few days so chicken season 2024 is over and freezers are stuffed with chickens and two lambs.

I tore mine too. This time last year, during Splitter Fest 2023 .... a 2 day event. I felt it tear and winced with pain. I ignored it and continued through day 1. I rented the splitter for 2 days and wasn't letting anything stop me. I read up on the injury afterwards. noted the same things you did. Additional info I found is the only repair is cosmetic.
Sooo, here I am today at one year later.

Ahhgagagaggot. Popeye arm included.

 

[Gearhead660]

Split and stacked the hickory from Sunday. Confidently over 4 years CSS now.

 

[Stelcom66]

I tore mine too. This time last year, during Splitter Fest 2023 ....

Sorry to hear about the injuries - especially when work must be done! Tough when you can't put it off for a day or two. Great that at least you've got a huge amount of wood split.

 

[Stelcom66]

Split and stacked the hickory from Sunday. Confidently over 4 years CSS now.

Reminds me to get the tire out of my garage and use that when splitting.

 

[ozarkoak]

I tore mine too. This time last year, during Splitter Fest 2023 .... a 2 day event. I felt it tear and winced with pain. I ignored it and continued through day 1. I rented the splitter for 2 days and wasn't letting anything stop me. I read up on the injury afterwards. noted the same things you did. Additional info I found is the only repair is cosmetic.
Sooo, here I am today at one year later.

Ahhgagagaggot. Popeye arm included.

From what I have read, a good deal of supination strength will be lost. Which is palm up to palm down. I have to start working smarter anyway, not getting any younger.

 

[xshmoox]

Day 3: Involved keeping the rental for an additional day. After running around this morning, I gassed up the splitter and ran her at an idle while getting some rounds staged. Had some biggies with no desire to lift. Gathered them around and flipped the splitter into vertical operation. Grabbed the wheelbarrow and filled with rounds. Worked mostly solo. Kid came out for about 2 1/2hrs. I took a couple of short breaks only due to my lower back screaming at me. Added about 3 cord or better to the growing pile. There's still some left to split and some smaller stuff needs to be bucked up. Any additional splitting will be done by hand. The 3 day run is over. The horseshoe driveway is impassable on the one side.

Splitter Fest 2024

What no pictures?!

 

[all night moe]

What no pictures?!

Yea my phone and laptop don't get along. LOL

 

[all night moe]

a good deal of supination strength will be lost. Which is palm up to palm down.

For me it's lifting something over the side of the pickup. I feel a little bit of pain with anything more then about 10lbs.

Work done today: Removed 12 Scotch pine, which I believe to be in the red pine family. Have some logs on the ground to haul out tomorrow and a little clean up. 3 of us and the crane operator. I rode the ball. They were all of 85-90' tall. Little soar from a day's worth of saddle time. Feels good though.... I earned it.

 

[NickW]

Honey locust in the trailer, ash & mulberry in the truck - from the tree service pasture 30 minutes south of me. The 2 big rounds in the back of the trailer probably should have stayed there. I had to roll them over and tip them in with everything my legs could give...

 

[all night moe]

I had to roll them over and tip them in with everything my legs could give...

A short plank with a wheeled package conveyor on top.
Your legs will thank me.

 

[NickW]

A short plank with a wheeled package conveyor on top.
Your legs will thank me.

Or just be smarter with the round selection...

 

[all night moe]

Or just be smarter with the round selection...

I'm stupid enough not to pass em up.
Mmmm honey locust. Big rounds equal lots of splitts.

 

[clancey]

ANM.. Great idea about the plank and conveyor belt idea...Might use that one myself....Good suggestion..thanks...clancey

 

[Wisco Shepherd]

I'm stupid enough not to pass em up.
Mmmm honey locust. Big rounds equal lots of splitts.

Yeah those rounds would likely get me a week or two with our setup.

 

[Jonathco]

Picked up another load of maple and mulberry last night. Probably still another two trailer loads to get yet!

 

[mpaul]

Honey locust in the trailer, ash & mulberry in the truck - from the tree service pasture 30 minutes south of me. The 2 big rounds in the back of the trailer probably should have stayed there. I had to roll them over and tip them in with everything my legs could give...
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Or just hit them with an axe splitting them into quarters. Always a good idea to keep the fiskars in the back of the truck!

 

[stoveliker]

Yes, I think every truck should have an axe rack at the back window

 

[NickW]

Or just hit them with an axe splitting them into quarters. Always a good idea to keep the fiskars in the back of the truck!

Yeah, I'm considering that as there are some big rounds still there. I don't have a fiskars, but I do have an old splitting wedge and sledge. I pretty much only use the 22 ton splitter. Some of those rounds are so big I might not even be able to move them at all. The 2 big ones in the trailer are 25"x41" & 27"x29" and so heavy I could barely stand them up to roll.

It was an odd trip. I saw the honey locust right away, but I was really looking for a bunch of mid grade fast seasoning hardwood...ash, cherry, walnut. Over 2 acres of mostly box elder, pine, silver maple, etc. and a little mid grade and the pile of honey locust with those huge rounds... Guess my premium stack is going to expand.

 

[MRD1985]

Any time I go scrounging for wood I bring my saw/fuel/oil, my x27, my 8 lb splitting maul and my Wilton 8 lb sledge with me

 

[weee123]

Skidding dead oak logs out with the ol 8n ford

 

[Investment Camper]

Moving day from the farm stash to under my deck. Nice and seasoned !

 

[Kamiobi]

I want to get 4 or 5 more stacks like this done before the snow flies. This will be for 2026 and 27. It’s al birch so it should be ready earlier.

 

[all night moe]

Catching up on the thread, Wens was spent cleaning up the red pine job site. A good half day's worth of work. Cutting logs to length for loading into the dump trailer, flush cutting stumps, and some light raking. Nice thing about using a crane is, the majority of the mess is made at the chipper. Where all the processing takes place. This area is always a small footprint compared to the rest of the yard. It's also cleaned up by machine with a mechanical broom/rake.

I'm debating the course of today's work. I feel I could take the day to myself for some needed R&R but, if I do stay home, I got a long do list here. I have some small jobs I need to wrap up. Have 2 ash trees to pull over in a backyard.....little windy now and haven't looked at the forecast. 4 roof repairs.... again the wind. Not sure what I'm gonna do. The ash trees will score me a nice pickup load of dead limbs. It's just a drop and leave job but the dead tops will keep me from touching my main stash of wood.

Right now, i'm going to get a second cup of coffee and ponder.

 

[NickW]

Is there such a thing as a retroactive hernia...?😜

I unloaded and split the 2 big rounds into manageable chunks and figured they weighed between 200 & 300lbs each. Weighed the chunks and one was 389 and the other 406...🤪😳

Definitely taking the splitting wedge and sledge next trip...