Splitter

Can anyone tell me on average, how much does 1m3 of split and dried wood weighs?

I bought a new 372xp a few weeks back. I can't fault it on the size of timber i'm cutting, mostly around 10 to 20 inch dia. It's quick cutting, light and has little vibes through the handles.

Are they expensive?

Nets over here sell from £3.50 to £5 (25kg net size)

I think this is a good way of selling logs, but it is a boring job bagging them. Also the net bags quickly deteriorate in daylight / direct sun if you store them outside for any length of time.

Tom, do you find your logs are going mouldy in the builders bags? I have kept a bit of air between mine which seems to be helping.

I think you might be better off buying a good 13hp or so honda engine, and a 2 stage pump to speed things up a bit.

You can pick both up on ebay.

I got around 70 of these bags for free from a dairy farmer i know, he was more than glad to get rid of them. There bigger than the standard builders bags, and have a handy flap that you can tie to keep the logs dry.

I took a few pics while running the 372xp in. They show my dad at 65+ yrs old with his trusty old husky 61 enjoying a sharp chain. PPE not on the essentials list for these old fellas lol.

Whooosh,, well impresed with my new 372xp. Nearly too good to be just used for fire wood !!

Very impressed with the lack of vibration, very smooth, and it has a real bite in the last 1/4 of the throttle. It also seemed very quick to rev, feels like it would take a bar bigger than 20'' with ease. Should be a good saw when its run in.

Thanks all, i know you all rated the stihl 460 very highly. But my dads been using huskys without any problems for years and has talked me into buying a 372xp. Cost me £600 all in. I'm looking forward to collecting it tomorrow and seeing how it performs.

The price i have been quoted localy for the 460 is £635+vat, is this about right?

An ms441 will weigh about the same as your 61, I have used both, but not side by side. I was very impressed with the 441, just be careful with it as I know of a couple of cases where rough handling has crqacked the casting where the front handle joins the bottom of the saw, this casting is half the crank case and is a very expensive repair. Other than that I think they're a good saw.

Thanks tom, i can be as rough as you like, so that would concern me.

The idea of an ms880 tickles my fancy, but they look well out of my price range, might be worth saving a little extra though.. Where would be the best place to buy this saw? Is there a particular chain/saw setup hould be looking for?

I'm looking to purchase a new saw for cutting firewood only.

I only need an 18-20 inch bar, but i want a saw that's lightening fast and powerfull.

I have a husky 61 and a echo 5501 which are both good enough saws, but i would like something more commercial with a lot more grunt, that can run all day without labouring.

I have upto £700 to spend

How much will you charge this winter for your logs? Will the c crunch and oil prices dictate the price?

Nets, b bags etc

When i remove top soil from a customers property it's waste, but when i sell it on..has to be similar to trees etc

there 800mm by 500mm

There the 25kg ones.

Are you using a processor? I guess if your buying it in the margins are going to be smaller hence probably the need for one to get it cut and sold in bulk?

I am doing something similar. I buy mine green from a few tree surgeons at £20 per ton and collect it straight off the job, and what i don't burn i sell. It gives me a small income over the winter when my groundworks business is slack.

Hi Splitter.

 

Nice to see you here.

 

Justme

that is excellent mate, i would buy one of them if you fancy making me one

lol, i wouldn't like to guess what the carriage would be from northern ireland !!

Mate, it only took about an hour and a half to knock together. I made it from some off cuts from a set of gates i'm making.

If you know someone who does a bit of welding, take a net bag to him and a copy of the pic to give him an idea. It shouldn't cost much to make.

Saying that it's still painfully slow to bag logs. The splitter works twice as fast as the bagging tray. It took me an hour to split and bag 20 off them with this tray, probably get quicker with a bit more practice, but i could have split and stacked 2 builders bags in the same time.

I thought i would have a go at making a bagging tray, i know you can buy them but they seem to be suited for uniformed logs that come out of a processor, so probably wouldn't suit my odd size stuff.

Anyway, here's my first attempt ! It needs a bit of tinkering and a bracket to join it to the splitter but in the rough it seems to work.

It has a petrol engine that powers 2 heavy fly wheels, fine for straight stuff, but nothing like the power of a hydraulic splitter imo.

davetaz, they have a secondhand one on there site for sale there asking £2,125 it might be worth a look?

Here you go, it's show and tell. The wife thinks i'm a sad git making videos of wood splitters..lol

It cost about £220 for the new parts (cylinder pipes quick connectors) + my time (pricless lol)

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71l9W_TBoVo]YouTube - homemade log splitter[/ame]

Sorry, just a bit of tongue in cheek, my maths have never been good..lol