Firewood Processing

mikeinri · Feb 20, 2024

This is THE most efficient thing I've ever seen. I think it beats a bulky stand-alone processor.

I'd love to DIY-build one of these.

Mike

Just Jeff · Feb 20, 2024

mikeinri said:
This is THE most efficient thing I've ever seen. I think it beats a bulky stand-alone processor.

I'd love to DIY-build one of these.

Mike

I've seen quite a few skid mounted buckers/splitters before. They're actually pretty cost effective, but S-L-O-W as all get out. Not the splitter itself, but the whole process of moving around to pick the log up and get it "just right" in the cradle etc...The logs also have to be under a 16" or so diameter to use them.

mikeinri · Feb 20, 2024

Interesting points. Would probably work best on a fixed pile (such as a log truck delivery)?

Mike

Just Jeff · Feb 20, 2024

mikeinri said:
Interesting points. Would probably work best on a fixed pile (such as a log truck delivery)?

Mike

Yes, I'd imagine so. I had considered getting one for a little while, as I do still have a skid, so it would have been relatively economical for me, but the more I thought about it, the more I just thought that it just wouldn't be the best solution for me. I could have been wrong, and maybe I'm missing out on something, but I also didn't want to have to keep the skid here at my house and have to fit that in the barn too. I don't know, I very well may have missed the boat on a good firewood solution.

mdhughes · Feb 21, 2024

c5rulz said:
Grasshopper, you'll learn.

Cut into rounds and take directly to the splitter which is right next to where you will stack/store. Handle once.

Tractor is cool though.

I do take the logs to where I block them up and split where I stack.

subllime68charger · Feb 21, 2024

DId a few hours of wood cutting,

I have a firewood process deck pull up onto the deck with atv then cut log into blocks. Don't have to bend down as far and able to cut threw each block as I go.

Just Jeff · Feb 21, 2024

OH MAN.......................................................did this one make me laugh out loud! I'm perusing marketplace, seeing if anybody is trying to get rid of logs while clearing their property for free. There's stuff available pretty often. This one made me chuckle though. The guy is trading his logs for a case of beer!!!!

turboaudi80 · Feb 21, 2024

C5, my bestie has a pair of 1911’s with sequential serial numbers.

c5rulz · Feb 21, 2024

mdhughes said:
I do take the logs to where I block them up and split where I stack.

What is with the cutting rack then?

Seems there are two processes here:
#1, cut tree into rounds
transport rounds via bucket to splitter, split and stack.

VS

#2, Cut into logs
transport logs to cutting rack
cut into rounds
take off cutting rack
take rounds to splitter

Perhaps I am not grasping this.

BTW, you need to learn to cut logs on the ground and it isn't by just cutting from the top to the bottom to avoid getting bars pinched.

Just Jeff · Feb 21, 2024

After reading @turboaudi80's comment yesterday (?) about moving firewood, I started feeling lazy, so I went out today and moved some from the woodshed to the front porch. Our ground is so wet that I had to use the BX instead of the larger tractor. The BX has R-4 tires and I still messed up my driveway a little bit. That's okay though, I LOVE that little machine, it's saved me a lot of backaches in the last five or six years!

mikeinri · Feb 22, 2024

c5rulz said:
BTW, you need to learn to cut logs on the ground and it isn't by just cutting from the top to the bottom to avoid getting bars pinched.

I cheat and use a Logrite Peavy with a kickstand (not sure if that's the correct term), to raise the logs off the ground. Works great until I get down to the last 1-3 cuts.

What am I doing wrong?

Mike

Just Jeff · Feb 22, 2024

mikeinri said:
I cheat and use a Logrite Peavy with a kickstand (not sure if that's the correct term), to raise the logs off the ground. Works great until I get down to the last 1-3 cuts.

What am I doing wrong?

Mike

Nothing. Do whatever works best for you.

Just Jeff · Feb 22, 2024

Just spoke with the grapple guy. Come to find out he actually IS a dealer. But has several lines of things that he sells, including outdoor wood boilers, so apparently he's pretty busy. In any event, I'm going to get the grapple on Friday afternoon, and I'm very excited to finally have the last piece of my wood processing equipment in place. Well, I guess it's not the last piece, as I still want to replace my splitter with a commercial one at some point, but it's working for now.

mikeinri · Feb 22, 2024

Again... Grapple guy??? THAT'S what's missing in my life, LOL...

Mike

mikeinri · Feb 22, 2024

Just Jeff said:
Nothing. Do whatever works best for you.

Since pics aren't working, this is what I was talking about...

6" universal log stand

The 6" universal log stand attaches to LogRite's Standard, Xtreme Duty and Fiberglass Cant Hook or Peavey handles. It adds log jack functionality to our tools. Great for cutting up firewood.DOWNLOAD OWNERS MANUAL

logrite.com

If you follow the link, there's a pic showing it in use.

I'm NEVER offended or opposed to learning something new / safer / better for my saw, BTW. As I've mentioned numerous times, I learned everything that I know from my FIL, but he's been gone for 5+ years now, and was very ill for several years before that. He did teach me to avoid contacting rocks or soil with a saw chain at all costs, though.

Mike

Just Jeff · Feb 22, 2024

Yup, I would imagine all of us on here are familiar with the Peavy (or whatever anybody else calls them. A lot of us call them by their brand name) that have the log lifts on them. I used one for a little while, but I get tired of only being able to cut two or three rounds off of one before having to fiddle with it and lift another log up.

Just Jeff · Feb 22, 2024

mikeinri said:
Again... Grapple guy??? THAT'S what's missing in my life, LOL...

Mike

The "grapple guy" is the dealer that I'm getting the grapple from. It's designed more for moving numerous logs at a time than it is root rakes or other style grapples out there.

mopar65pa · Feb 22, 2024

mikeinri said:
This is THE most efficient thing I've ever seen. I think it beats a bulky stand-alone processor.

I'd love to DIY-build one of these.

Mike

I haven't been getting notifications on this thread again.
I have seen many of them. BUT the skid-loader I'm buying is pretty old and will not have the provisions for the hydraulics for one of those.

BTW @mikeinri Did you get your chimney fixed yet?

Looks like I need to bring the tractor back from the shop so we can split the last 1/2 cord of locus I have out back. We have gone through 4.5 cord since mid Oct. There is 2 weeks worth still split out of the 3.5 cord I bought, and we have 2 weeks in the house now. That leaves us short by 2-4 weeks on the wood. (Remember we heat totally with wood unless the house gets below 65 then use the HVAC for an hr) So I'm hoping that with the locus split it will be enough for my wife to stay warm and not use the HVAC that she hates to do. BUT she is the chilly willie.

Just Jeff · Feb 22, 2024

mopar65pa said:
I haven't been getting notifications on this thread again.
I have seen many of them. BUT the skid-loader I'm buying is pretty old and will not have the provisions for the hydraulics for one of those.

BTW @mikeinri Did you get your chimney fixed yet?

Looks like I need to bring the tractor back from the shop so we can split the last 1/2 cord of locus I have out back. We have gone through 4.5 cord since mid Oct. There is 2 weeks worth still split out of the 3.5 cord I bought, and we have 2 weeks in the house now. That leaves us short by 2-4 weeks on the wood. (Remember we heat totally with wood unless the house gets below 65 then use the HVAC for an hr) So I'm hoping that with the locus split it will be enough for my wife to stay warm and not use the HVAC that she hates to do. BUT she is the chilly willie.

Sometimes I don't get alerts for threads that I'm subscribed to either. No rhyme or reason for it as far as I can tell. I didn't know that you were getting a skid. What brand/HP? Why wouldn't a skid attached splitter work on it? Does it not have hydraulic quick connects? That's the only reason that I could see as to why the splitter wouldn't work on it.

mopar65pa · Feb 22, 2024

Just Jeff said:
I didn't know that you were getting a skid. What brand/HP? Why wouldn't a skid attached splitter work on it? Does it not have hydraulic quick connects? That's the only reason that I could see as to why the splitter wouldn't work on it.

It is an OLD Bobcat 720 with a Briggs engine swap. It needs the brand new engine put in and a fan wired in for the Hydro cooler. Comes with 3 different quick-attach buckets. So it doesn't have the extra controls and couplers for one of those.

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