what logs have you been chopping today!

[Billhook]

Wonderful Woodchuck log roller behind!

[Mr. Ed]

Finally getting round to Ash dieback casualties. Lots of work for modest return! My break through was to use the ratchet strap to hold the bundle together - it stops them chasing me around and means I can saw it like it’s one big piece. 
 

[Doug Tait]

Had great weather today out splitting and processing on contract. Split with wee valtra, logged with big valtra, having the two cranes came in very handy for covering an area without moving the set up along.

 

 

 

 

 

[Mr. Ed]

Talk about a difference in scale! 
 

this was a days production for me! 

 

 

my processor and my conveyor. 

 

[sandspider]

How do you find the vertical splitter? I use a Forest Master horizontal job, and it works well. But it needs a fair bit of bending down. Having said that, I use it close to the ground (not on the stand) as I don't have a table / racking to raise my logs up anyway, so a vertical splitter would probably need more bending and lifting to get to the splitting table!

[Dan Maynard]

3 hours ago, sandspider said:

How do you find the vertical splitter? I use a Forest Master horizontal job, and it works well. But it needs a fair bit of bending down. Having said that, I use it close to the ground (not on the stand) as I don't have a table / racking to raise my logs up anyway, so a vertical splitter would probably need more bending and lifting to get to the splitting table!

I've got a Posch vertical splitter, which has a plug-in table each side you can pop pieces on when splitting down a ring. This means you essentially never need to bend down once you've got a ring on the table, which I really like.

 

The other thing is there's no trap when it goes up, so return stroke can safely happen while you let go of the handles to move logs.

[Mr. Ed]

4 hours ago, sandspider said:

How do you find the vertical splitter? I use a Forest Master horizontal job, and it works well. But it needs a fair bit of bending down. Having said that, I use it close to the ground (not on the stand) as I don't have a table / racking to raise my logs up anyway, so a vertical splitter would probably need more bending and lifting to get to the splitting table!

I’ve got nothing to compare the splitter with beyond an axe. It’s easier on your back than an axe. There? I’ve said it. I play a bit of keepy-uppy where the goal is to keep the wood off the floor - from saw horse to barrow, from barrow to table to splitter, back to barrow again then on the pile. I’d like to say my back is fine but the barrow and the splitter are just a few inches too low for comfort. And I’m aware that the process involves handling the wood many times before it even gets on the pile. I’m sure there’s a better way: maybe I’ll invent a machine with chainsaws and conveyor belts and maybe even a splitter as well, ah it would

never catch on….

[Mr. Ed]

51 minutes ago, Dan Maynard said:

I've got a Posch vertical splitter, which has a plug-in table each side you can pop pieces on when splitting down a ring. This means you essentially never need to bend down once you've got a ring on the table, which I really like.

 

The other thing is there's no trap when it goes up, so return stroke can safely happen while you let go of the handles to move logs.

 

Mine’s not at all posh but it doesn’t have a return trap either. Which is good now you point it out. 

[HICARDO]

Been felling, cross cutting and splitting Sweet Chestnut today in the February sunshine here in southern England 😀

[Just_me]

How it started, well it started in a field as the wagon driver refused to go through a 17’ driveway. So it was dropped off at a mates and the trailer was used to get it where it is. 
The bags are slowly getting filled. Didn’t buy it to sell but life changes. I may have far far too much now and no real option but to sell. If I do and it sells ok, I may invest in some serious kit. If not I’ll stick splitting by hand or very slowly with the forest master.