Work Done In 2026

[Turbo89]

We have been building firewood totes and filling them. We made 11 so far and filled 9, for a total of 4.5 cord css. Only about 50 cord left to go. The totes hold just shy of a half cord. Any bigger and I would have trouble lifting them with my bobcat. Wet honey locust and ash get pretty heavy.

I also put a cheapo depot spray job on the splitter today after putting “new” tires on it. The tires looked a bit too sporty for a rusty splitter, so I used up a bunch of old partial spray cans. The rims were supposed to be black, but the can of grey primer I grabbed was silver paint…. It looked ok so I left it. I used a chunk of cardboard to reduce overspray, but it didn’t work as well as I hoped it would.

My wife says she likes it, and my son said there isn’t a thing wrong with it, so it gets the green light. I’ll paint the front half when I get the new table and split chute made for it.

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Interesting idea to use an electric motor, how many hp and does it run on 120 or 240v?

 

[Isaac Carlson]

Interesting idea to use an electric motor, how many hp and does it run on 120 or 240v?

It used to be gas powered. I got tired of the noise, vibration, maintenance, and cost of fuel. It’s a 3hp 240v motor. I had to run a pump with a lower gpm high pressure stage, and the shift point is at about 500 psi.

 

[Isaac Carlson]

I just came in from splitting another half cord. Took about a half hour and I was running out of light as I finished. I now have 12 totes full of wood.

I figured I would need about 150 totes for the wood I have to split, but after filling 12 of them I am second guessing that number. It’s going to be WAY higher. At 12 totes I should be close to 10% of the way through my wood piles, but I have barely made a dent in the first one, and it doesn’t even compare to my big pile. This may take a LOT longer than I expected.

 

[Slimdusty]

I just came in from splitting another half cord. Took about a half hour and I was running out of light as I finished. I now have 12 totes full of wood.

I figured I would need about 150 totes for the wood I have to split, but after filling 12 of them I am second guessing that number. It’s going to be WAY higher. At 12 totes I should be close to 10% of the way through my wood piles, but I have barely made a dent in the first one, and it doesn’t even compare to my big pile. This may take a LOT longer than I expected.

That is a lot of wood! Do you sell or is it all for personal use?

 

[Isaac Carlson]

That is a lot of wood! Do you sell or is it all for personal use?

I am trying to get a long term supply built up. I might sell some, but the goal is to have a 20 year supply on hand.

I used to tell my wife that I wanted to have 100 cord. We figured it would take a long time, but I may have done it in about 2 years!

 

[MRD1985]

Busy up in Maine this weekend. White oak and lots of pine. The oak died from the caterpillars. Shame, it was a really nice tree. Beautiful heartwood with no sapwood, all straight grain. Hand splits like a dream. Wish I could find it at home..

 

[Isaac Carlson]

I just got home from leveling a friend’s sawmill. It was far from being flat. It looked like a rainbow. I took my transit and we got it almost perfect over 30+ ft. He was very happy. Now I have to run my mill and cut up some more 2x4’s and panel boards.

 

[Isaac Carlson]

Well, that was a total freak show. We got some boards milled, but we ended up doing some welding on the dog stops, broke a screw off inside a log, broke and fixed the recoil starter, developed a gas leak at the sediment bowl, and broke a blade that ended up with about 20 cracks in it. It was very old so no problem there. We got a small pile milled, but nowhere near what I wanted to get done.