ready to split logs.

[spandit]

What fuel or hire cost????? A guy with a decent axe will do 1m3 per hour without any hassle on normal firewood i.e. 10-14in rings. A little less on small fiddly stuff.

 

Cheers

mac

 

Ah, some of the stuff we were splitting was 2' across and some of it was really knotty. The 20 tonne splitter didn't have a problem with it but you wouldn't have dealt with it efficiently using an axe.

[muldonach]

Ah, some of the stuff we were splitting was 2' across and some of it was really knotty. The 20 tonne splitter didn't have a problem with it but you wouldn't have dealt with it efficiently using an axe.

 

I kind of guessed that something like that would apply - again the OP is thinking of selling logs ready to split so would not endear himself to his customers with the knotty stuff - nor will his back like handling the 2' diameter stuff mor than he has to.

 

We find that the amount of stuff we actually need a splitter for is pretty limited and do 90% of our splitting by hand - irrespective of diameter, but we do not waste time and effort with stuff that obviously will not split by hand.

 

Cheers

mac