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8 hours ago, openspaceman said:

I do want to try one of those, but not just for kindling, the B&S engine puts me off.

 

I don't think I'd bother with splitting stuff but I imagine I would need twice the log storage volume.

I started with the B&S version but it was stolen thank goodness so bought a pto version for my Little Grey Fergie which was more powerful and cheaper.  If there was a difficult branch with a big knot it would break the shear pin, which was tedious but I now run the petrol Fergie on idle so it stalls before the pin shears.

They do an amazing amount of loggings in a very short time and my advice would be to grade a stack of branches, hire a machine for a day and someone to assist.  The amount of "Kindling" you create will last a long time

 

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25 minutes ago, Stere said:

Seem like it would be ideal  for making firewood from coppice.

 

 

Hazel branch Loggings would be good for stuff like wood fire pizza ovens.

 

 

 

 

My thoughts too, I think of all the out of rotation coppice I heaped onto bonfires in the past.

Hazel is a good firewood but simply doesn't seem to dry much when left as cord. I have some 6" and down stuff felled last February and 35%to off the scale on my moisture meter (though it still burns cleanly in a hot stove). In fact any wood is best processed into final sizes asap but of course this leads to handling problems and increase in volume.

 

Chunked to 4-6" with the accompanying micro splitting and it must dry fast.

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