WOOD SPLITTING TIME AGAIN

Lou from Wi. · Sep 19, 2012

Well , 2nd attempt to post. Lightning shut me off.Was going to run the splitter today for son, but it rained and rained. He did get some done between the cloud burst. Looked like it's Murphy day for me today. soon as ours is hauled up(split of course) and under the deck, it will be daughters turn. Being 77 years down the path of life, I've seen many of cord pass through stoves and furnace.Just wish I had some energy back from a couple years back, then LOOK OUT!!!!.
Well enough. Picture time. MY only thought is ,DID OSCAR PETERSON START THIS WAY??? LOU
PS. The wood splitter in the pictures is the one we made from pictures,and the extra clearing was done with the oc 46 crawler we still have.Thanks for looking.

Anonymous-0 · Sep 19, 2012

It looks as if it will take a while to split all of that wood.

Russ from MN · Sep 19, 2012

Are you planning on burning that wood this winter? I have found that wood does not dry very thoroughly until after it is split. Last year we had very dry wood and it burned very well and almost nothing when I cleaned the chimney.

Lou from Wi. · Sep 19, 2012

Russ from MN ,
The wood is a year old,and has dried all summer in the heat.LOL We use creosote destroyer in the furnace, and always check the chimney every week while burning, usually clean the chimney every month,and have an extra pipe with damper we change out when cleaning the chimney.Can't be too careful for flue fires.The wood is stacked under the deck and the deck has a roof "under" the joist,so no water gets to it from either rain or snow,so it is dry and ready to burn all winter.Thanks for the reply, Regards, LOU

Greg K · Sep 19, 2012

LOU that is one NICE looking homemade splitter. How well does it split those long logs in the last picture? Just kidding. Looks like a lot of work, but the time of the year is right since summer is over.

Lou from Wi. · Sep 19, 2012

IF the weather cooperates, should take 3 days to split and a couple to load and carry to the top of our hill and stack.Took three days to cut the pile,so not to bad,for one man.Beats what they want to charge for heating oil up here, one tank of oil will buy next years wood,and we would go thru 4 tanks of oil,depending on the severity of the winter,and you can't beat wood heat.Nice and toasty on the floor for me and my wife.Oil is backup anymore,but at 30 -40 below we can still keep it about 80 inside, if need be.Arabs can stick the oil where the sun don't shine LOL.Regards,
LOU

Lou from Wi. · Sep 19, 2012

It takes a while to split those long longs,on the side.LOLAnd it does, always have a couple a tad too long so we split it on the edge,then stand them up in the splitter.We built it from the picture of a 32 ton Splitter years back in Northern Tool catalog,before we had a computer to look up such things.Had a smaller 20 ton Speeco we sold after this one was built, it definately saves the back,arms shoulders, and other parts you didn't know would ache until you finished 20 cord of wood by hand with a maul.LOL Thanks for looking, Regards, LOU

AzPeapicker · Sep 19, 2012

Lou
Looks like from the Pile that you Have you ll be getting 2 heats from the wood 1 when you sp;ilt it , haul & stack & the other from the fire while your setting in the house this winter,

John

Dalet · Sep 19, 2012

I will be right with you Lou, once the crop is out. I have lots of cut to length wood to split from last year, and I will be cutting more before the deep snow hits to sit in the yard until next year.

2 years ago I had most of my chunks in the woods, and when it flooded, they all moved away...

WOOD SPLITTING TIME AGAIN

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