cobalt chain??

[skyhuck]

is winching it out an option? winch to a place where you can get a hiab on it

 

[Czlowiek Drzewo]

how wides the access? can you get a digger in?

 

right in back garden. no heavy machinery will get in. the ditch has 3 ft walls around it so no chance of winching it. just need something good for cutting

[Dionysus]

what about the old ancient egyptian technique, make a slit in the log with an axe, drive in a dry wooden wedge, then pour water over to make it expand, hey presto split log?

[Czlowiek Drzewo]

what about the old ancient egyptian technique, make a slit in the log with an axe, drive in a dry wooden wedge, then pour water over to make it expand, hey presto split log?

 

yeah that would do...but realistic what other ideas?

 

[garth mc garth]

stihl saw and a mask, grind slots into it as deep as u can then knock in wedges til it breaks apart. may be slow and stink of burning wood but it will be cheaper than trashing chains

[Dionysus]

what about just whacking a load of high lift wedges into the mutha? hehe im stumped other that that haha

[Ian Leach]

yeah that would do...but realistic what other ideas?

 

 

If you used metal wedges and tried it it would work , if you could find a fault or split in the top of the wood it would be easier. We still use the old fashioned way of doing this to split logs in half.

[josharb87]

hi lift jack . . bore out two blocks tor the feet to go in, and split it apart, should be left with a clean edge on each half or where-ever it decides to split to cut normally. . .depending how big the stump is of course

 

sounds like blood sweat and tears tbh. . jonsie is/was doing a good deal on files too . . .

[Czlowiek Drzewo]

I am thinking about getting the emergency service chain. Tungsten carbide and cobalt.

 

Anyone here with any experience using these chains?

[Mark Bolam]

If Josh's jack idea doesn't work, simply erect a set of dipping bars above it, tie it round your waist and lift it out. I thought you were strong, man?

 

500kg? Pah!