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The OP doesn't want to run his tractor all day to split wood. But at the end of the day, you get out what you put in, right? Bigger power plant, more flow, faster stroke, more wood split per hour. Still takes the same amount of energy to split a cord of wood, just a question of how fast one wants to get through it. If time is money, then the faster the better, provided you can physically keep up your end of the operation. The nice thing about electric is it's quite, so I can listen to my tunes or whatever. Also can work indoors without gasing myself. If working at a client's property, they pay the electric bill, not me. It's a hidden cost to them that doesn't appear on the bill, whereas if it was a petrol splitter, I'd have to factor in the fuel cost (not that it would be much though)... Reliable, maintenance free. Cheap to replace the motor if it ever blows up. Cheaper initial cost. Those are the advantages. There are downsides too ..

Nice setup. I'd like to get more stroke speed out of my splitter. Was thinking about downgrading to a smaller diameter ram. Trade power for speed.

Doubtful. My wee electric splitter is 3kw, 240 domestic at 13 amps. It came with a 15 amp plug, and I was told I'd have to install a 15 amp socket. My electrician friend looked at it and metered it and said no, it will run from a regular 13 amp plug, and the breakers at the fusebord are 20 amp, but it's close to maxing out the plug fuse. At 3kw mine is equivalent to 4 HP.... Think about it.... Domestic is limited to about 10kw I think. That's like 12hp. What HP does your tractor produce?

Heed Mick. He knows what he's talking about.

Thinking outside the box here: a Transporter or similar, medium sized van, with a tracked mini dumper in the back. Configure the dumper to hold all your gear and keep it all on the dumper. If the track is undrivable, back the dumper out and go the last bit with it. Can go into the trees as well, less walking. Couple of planks for crossing deep trenches etc. Save energy by not carrying your gear, take your gear to the work in one trip instead of two or three. Dumper can even pull trees around, within reason. Plus, you have a mobile base for your stuff, so it doesn't get scattered around the woods and lost.

Not me, one of my clients. I can supply ladies too. My cut is 20%. Full STD clearance certs provided etc. Don't know about trailer licenses, I'll check. PM if interested.

Studies were done on this. Sadly, wrapping doesn't do much. Gloves neither, unless they're so thick as to compromise grip. I've tried pipe lagging, half inch thick. Did help a little, but not worth the loss of ergonomics.

Hot strong chamomile tea. The chamomile stops or neutralizes the scalding, protects the skin, allowing hotter water to be used than normal. Trick from a nurse.

I'd love to buy or build a scalpel with an adjustable depth gauge. Something spring loaded would be nice. Set the depth of cut, place over splinter, close eyes and exhale, press button.

There's a local legend where I live, about a lady who got Weals from a blackthorn prick and died... I've found the swelling usually goes away after a week. If the tip isn't too deep they surface eventually.

As predicted by the tin foil hatters, you will need a booster to retain your vax pass. And a year ago this man was saying NO vax passes in the UK "That's not how we do things here" etc etc. Wakey wakey.

Been there, done that. The tips break off and cause swelling. There's some kind of poison in them. Personally I would not have gone with the antibiotics - the overall impact on gut health and immune system is not worth it for a swollen finger, IMO. Thorn is a legitimately dangerous tree. I punctured a band new van tyre driving over a blackthorn twig once. Will not touch thorn with he hands these days, polesaw and long handled tools only, bent pikes etc. And full face protection.

There's a relationship with bar length and cc, but it kind of amounts to the same thing as log diameter, especially with milling. Could also go 8 tooth sprocket and skip chain

I lived off grid for 8 years. Very basic set up though, so not of much interest I suppose. 100 watts of PV and 120 amp hours in dump salvaged gel-cell Panasonics. Was ok for charging a phone, running a car CD player and a couple of car bulb lights (before the days of LED). Still have the panels but the batteries are long perished. Same system would be more useful nowadays actually, as I have more rechargeable gadgets and the latest led tech is just wow....the problem isn't entertainment comms and lighting, it's heating (kettles, cooking, water heaters, washing machine, dishwasher, toaster). Heating with electricity requires enormous currant. Workshop machines is another problem, but that can be worked around with a generator...

True. Back in the day they actually worked though. Scythes and spades etc. And from an early age too, mind. Modern farmers mostly tootle around on the quad or tractor. I've milked a cow. Bloody hard work, forearms aching after, and dangerous. And that's just one animal, twice a day for a couple o days... The lassies in 1900 got through I dunno how many cows a day. Christ they must have had some grip, I'd be embarrassed to compare myself to one o them. So basically, yes, farmers today work long hours but it's all really work, as such.

They be using work lights in winter. Up at three in the morning for lambing/calving, working through the night at baling time, always dicking about with machines or sommat after dark in winter, in the rain... Long hours, but more "lifestyle" than "work".... Maybe I have a romanticized notion of what's involved.

Fascinating. Back in the day, more people were farmers. I believe I read in 1900, 90% of Americans were farming. Less in Europe, as we industrialized earlier. Farmers work dawn to dusk, but it's not all flat out graft like working a factory assembly line.

Soak the whole thing in a bucket of warm water with dissolved baking soda for a few hours, then rince.

I got a couple of Van Beest green pin snatch blocks made in Netherlands. They were cheap, €150 each some years ago, 6 or 7 maybe. Rated 4 tonne, but that's for lifting, x5 safety factor, so fail at 20 tonne. They came with built in shackles rated for 6 tonne. Two grease nipples, one of the shackle swivel and one for the bronze bushing. 10-12 mm groove. Each unit weighs 16kg... Massively heavy and strong things, for very reasonable money.

Ah. Hadn't thought that far ahead....

In Ireland as well. Waining sunlight but warm temps, the leaves just fell off green or stayed on and turned brown... personally it doesn't bother me, I'll take brown leaves over freezing temps any time. I do feel sorry for the fashion catalog photographers though.

Did it several times this afternoon (get your mind outta the gutter). Trees on a roadside wall, phone wire on roadside, fell into a field. Holly, elm. Big gob, two chaps pushing with a ladder, made the back cuts with a polesaw. Well sketchy, county style.

The prize should be the elm slab.

150 kg without tongs. (Edited, just re-read the specs, 48" thought it was 24") My kitchen worktop is elm about the same size.