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Been running some alder through the 8 way on the Transaw, set to 550 long, it is making great mini billets that stack well, set up like this it eats huge volumes of timber, takes longer to stack it than process it !

if you can go for the pro, bigger timber diameter, greater output, however they are both real quality machines and either would be a great choice, support from Fuelwood really is good, payback time is minimal and residual value is great.

Has anyone tried using a concentrated blast of air from a fan to blow the small bits, dirt and slivers away ? could work well on the end of the conveyor, i need a cleaner which i can run the bags through once dried as i find lots of bits

Been processing a few bags of this oak, it splits superbly. Think it's american red oak

i had a new lad start and we needed some nice straight grained ash logs splitting, gave him the axe told him to be careful and sent him off to the log store for the house, went to check on him about 30 mins later found him sweating, red faced, knackerd and sat down, i said where have you put the logs ? he said what logs ? the split logs... then i saw what remotely looked like an un split round which was hacked to death looked like he was about half way chopping through, i put the log on end and split it with one handed axe swing, he was chopping the the wrong way, he still is with me and i remind him every now and then !

There is more crooks with pens than there is with guns ! but when eventually it gets inside a courtroom someone sensible is looking at it, also it's worth remembering that the judge has to decide and sometimes you could get the result you want if he sides 51% with you and 49% with the other, this is what the judge said to us prior to the proceedings, we had two cases last year, self represented and were successful in both, i was a bit daunted at first but now i know what's coming at you i would not hesitate, that is providing you have genuinely operated with integrity and been fair and reasonable

Hi Paul, where abouts in solihull ? cheers

Iam running a Transaw, the build quality is superb, it is built tough, it's running the latest spec and with the 8/4/2 knife i find that the stoppage time in any given period is minimal, it's producing great product at a high rate, the fact i don't have to swap knives or sharpen chains means it's relentless, feeding it with 12 inch timber is great, with the deck set up like i have it i cannot see many areas to improve on, although i do need a cleaner and some saw dust extraction, this week i have had a customer trial a whole load of different logs from different suppliers, they have said nothing even comes close to what i supplied them and that was just straight off the transaw and dried, nice to hear and in fairness i suspect some were from arb arising so poss not a fair comparison, but i know one guy uses a processor but judging by the inconsistent sizes i think he got fed up swapping knives, no machine is perfect and they all have there pros and cons, and it's how we work around those to get optimum efficiency and output, have fun and keep chopping !

It looks cheap at first, but like gdh said there is not much wood there, i have some builders bags which are 80/80/80 they are small, but if you give someone a choice they mostly go for the cheaper one, but if his bags are 0.5 mcube then that's 120 a cube and it's not even dry also fresh cut = wet, kiln dry price is ok if you think a pick up load for 140 and i bet either the bags or truck if used would not be heaped, and i bet the wood is his lowest grade, i would also think he would have more expensive stuff available but chooses not to advertise as it shows the cheap stuff to be cheap, i might be doing the guy down it could be good stuff or it could be like it is round here, i now ask the customers how much they want to spend and fit the product to the price, where i can of course [emoji106]

Just had this load delivered in, looking forward to processing

I like the idea of sawdust extraction, did you just use a standard unit or the tajfun one ? good job gdh will save some cleaning up, have u found an outlet for the sawdust yet ?

Yes i saw gdh's log deck and it looks good i like the three powered rollers, i had the same issue having to keep pushing logs, you know i bet if you moved your furthest from processor powered roller upto the middle position of the deck it would transform it, moving that roller so it's about 1/2- 2/3 down the log means it drives it right into the processor, as it is the back roller leaves most the work to the front roller, i messed around and set my now single powered roller up like this and it's made a huge difference, i took the passive rollers off as i found they stopped the log contacting the driven ones, at the end of the day as long as the driven roller has about 2/3 of the length in front ( processor side) it won't tip back, and with no passive rollers it has no choice but to be engaged, i did a whole load without having to push one log, my old deck set up i would have been pushing what seemed like every third one, hope this helps and let us know how u get on?

Spot on that, like the drawing

I like the log deck, is there anything stopping the two logs from sliding down past the log lifter at the same time ? if not you could look at mounting some log stops on pivots on the inner side of the rails which could be engaged / raised as the lift is lowered ? sort of like to hold the other back, i like the way you have it set up, what do you load the deck with ? and what size do you go 12 way or 8 way would be interested to know, cheers

When i did mine i drained down the ram and cut the end off wiped any oil away, ground the end of the cylinder and the end cap then welded round you prob want a pretty grunty welder, i used a 3 phase mig but you could use something else, reminds me i must get it painted at some point, good splitter though especially like the two speed, have you ever found anything to stop it ?

Think mine is the wl20 with lifting table

yes had the same happen, had to weld it back on, been fine since

Bang on Robby [emoji106] well done, cannot believe you got that in one !

Slightly different but thought i bet there is some great views where people are ! and can anyone recognise ?

Yes i can see very little down side to having a few smaller bits, this 8 way as shown is splitting 14 inch but as you get down to 9 inch or if you don't centre it u get some great morning sticks [emoji106]

You should take a look at a splitta 400 or the older 360, unstoppable machine and if you can prep the timber on site then feeding it through is straightforward, does kindling too

Well i have run about 10 tons through the new 8/4/2 and overall iam very pleased it gives a greater range of sizes, so some smaller bits and i find i only get a handful of bits which are too big ( usually if it ring centres more to left or right due to a knobbly bit) i do have to be careful not to over stretch the 4 way but find i can goto 8 way from 9 inch this gives 4 great size and 4 smaller splits, and as you get upto 10-14 inch it just seems to produce lots of logs quick, i was concerned about the ram having enough push, however i have had no refusals splitting oak, time will tell but atm iam really liking this knife, it's possible if i was doing it again to get the lowest part welded off the bottom of the sides, this would give about an inch more on the 4 way and also the lower part of the 8, i may have another mod in the future but atm iam pleased, i like not having to keep swapping the knives though

I like the photo Did you have to put the truck in reverse to get the camera to activate ?

I bought a new one the other week, was about £200 +vat it came with the alligator clips installed and a wire to thread through, length was about the same as yours, you maybe able to rejoin it or get it repaired, the belt itself looks good

I have to agree i have been a member for a few years now and must say the firewood forum has a great general attitude, and some real useful posts and constructive and justified views, feels like we have a basic respect for each other, my timber guy says it's honest work, happen i think he is right, think firewood focused folks have a clear defined goal and a great deal of graft and forethought needs to be exercised before you see a return let alone a profit ;-) not that that's not the case in other areas, however i feel everyone has a great deal in common on the firewood forum - Cheers Dan