Oversized timber processing

[muldonach]

Hi

 

bought about 10ton oversized timber from someone on arbtalk who needed to clear their yard so was selling it cheap(ish)......

 

long story short, massively over-estimated my ability to process this into firewood so need someone to come in and process it for me

 

largest pieces are about 30-40 inch diameter and 2-3 meter long........does anyone have the equipment & capacity to do this for me in the next few weeks?

 

i'm based in central Wakefield and can supply 3 people to help if needed

 

ta

 

All you need is a saw that will run a 20" bar and a good axe

 

cheers

mac

[cessna]

Gigant 40 2,5 metre

 

 

That looks to be a rare beast as I can't see it on Binderberger website.

I have an ordinary Gigant 40 but I find the strengthening bar along the top gets in the way when trying load large diameter butts. So much so I hired in a large Lasco splitter on 13tonne 360 to split a lot of 3ft/4ft + diameter butts I had accumulated over the last 4yrs.

[R5log]

That looks to be a rare beast as I can't see it on Binderberger website.

 

I have an ordinary Gigant 40 but I find the strengthening bar along the top gets in the way when trying load large diameter butts. So much so I hired in a large Lasco splitter on 13tonne 360 to split a lot of 3ft/4ft + diameter butts I had accumulated over the last 4yrs.

 

 

It's on Marshalls website

You have the same machine then?

Strengthening bars a pain, may lower them as sometimes want to tip big bits in with loader

[cornish wood burner]

All you need is a saw that will run a 20" bar and a good axe

 

cheers

mac

Or even a smaller bar and split off segments with wedges then go along the length again. I have lengths of 45 to 60 inch diameter I do this way.

[AMFirewood]

we just get local tree surgeon friend with his big chainsaw in to ring them up then split the rings with the splitter

[Logged On]

And would I be picking them up off the floor onto the vertical splitter??

 

Hell NO!!!

 

Luckily we got a 'thumb' on our mini digger, load it onto a 'roller table' and it just wheels along to under the splitter...

 

No broken backs here....

 

Had a photo of our set up somewhere on here ages ago to show....

[cessna]

How many of you guys are 65 yrs old and still breaking down 3ft /4ft + plus butts with wedges and axe 5days a week. If any of you are ,good luck to you(the saying "being a busy fool ,comes to my mind if you are") ,because I do not have the will or the patience at 65 !!!

[muldonach]

How many of you guys are 65 yrs old and still breaking down 3ft /4ft + plus butts with wedges and axe 5days a week. If any of you are ,good luck to you(the saying "being a busy fool ,comes to my mind if you are") ,because I do not have the will or the patience at 65 !!!

 

No need to break down 3-4 ft butts with wedges and axe - sthil 084 with 36" bar will take careof that!

 

A mere stripling at 58

 

Cheers

mac

[AMFirewood]

we have the young lad next door to put the rings through the splitter

[Chilledbud]

To be fair the OP isn't in the log business, and it doesn't read that he needs a biomass boiler amount processes day in day out.

 

I buy in around 10 tonnes or cordwood about now every year. Slowly and safely I cut them into rounds with a 20" bar and then split them on a 7 tonne vertical. All done by hand, but not in a day or two but over say 10 different days depending on weather.

 

I don't do it because I have to, I do it because I love doing it.