i went out the otherday to get me some logs to split and it reminded me of havin a bad neck and back and noone to help out so i went and got me a craftsman 27 ton log splitter this this is nice i say in about 1 hours time i split all the logs i had witch added up to about a cord maybe a bit under and i was taking my time. i had been lookin at the ones they had at lowes but for 1,300.00 with a 12 ton ram and smaller motor i went to sears and seen in the web sight that they had a much bigger 27 ton splitter with a motor that is double what lowes had and they was asking 1,399.00 so i got it so with shipping and tax i paid 1,500 andsome change. we got over 50 trees down from the last storms and they are all hard wood and live oaks so i think i have a hobby for a while and with wood going for around 250.00 /300.00 a cord the splitter should pay for it's self in one year.i'll get some pictures up of it as soon as the weather is good enough ight now we got rain. so who els out there has a gas powered splitter and how do they like them?</p>
log splitters
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Tommy, good to see you on the forum. I still love my RTV racks you made.</p>
As for the log splitter. I had a 20 ton that finally gave up and purchased a new one from the local farm supply place called Charlies. Can't remember the brand. My old one had a stationary wedge and the ram had a flat surface to push the wood. The new one is reversed. It seems to work a lot better since the stationary flat surface has teeth welded on it to keep the wood from popping out. With the 2 stage pump I have not found anything tough enough to stop it. </p>
I also welded up something we call a splitting table. The concept is to give us a place to put wood without bending over. The splitter is backed into a slot on the table. It adds a little width to the actual splitting area but then gives you a big area to slide pieces of wood to. For example, those giant pices of wood that you need to break into many pieces to handle... the table can hold all the pices till you are ready to split them. It also works well when we have extra help so someone can stage wood for you on the table.The table mounts to the 3 point of the tractor then the splitter is hooked up behind it. Looks sort of crazy!</p>
I also picked up some skid tongs and put a big hook on them so they can be hooked over the edge of the bucket on my Kubota 3710. We lift the big ones and sit them on the splitter with the tractor instead of trying to lift them with our busted up backs. Anything to save the back!</p>
Love the plitter - would not burn wood without one!</p>
Er</p>
As for the log splitter. I had a 20 ton that finally gave up and purchased a new one from the local farm supply place called Charlies. Can't remember the brand. My old one had a stationary wedge and the ram had a flat surface to push the wood. The new one is reversed. It seems to work a lot better since the stationary flat surface has teeth welded on it to keep the wood from popping out. With the 2 stage pump I have not found anything tough enough to stop it. </p>
I also welded up something we call a splitting table. The concept is to give us a place to put wood without bending over. The splitter is backed into a slot on the table. It adds a little width to the actual splitting area but then gives you a big area to slide pieces of wood to. For example, those giant pices of wood that you need to break into many pieces to handle... the table can hold all the pices till you are ready to split them. It also works well when we have extra help so someone can stage wood for you on the table.The table mounts to the 3 point of the tractor then the splitter is hooked up behind it. Looks sort of crazy!</p>
I also picked up some skid tongs and put a big hook on them so they can be hooked over the edge of the bucket on my Kubota 3710. We lift the big ones and sit them on the splitter with the tractor instead of trying to lift them with our busted up backs. Anything to save the back!</p>
Love the plitter - would not burn wood without one!</p>
Er</p>
Kubota Kanook
Member
[quote user="tommy 20/69"] with wood going for around 250.00 /300.00 [/quote]</p>
QUESTION.......What is considered a cord of wood in your locations?</p>
In this part of Canada we have</p>
Face Cord......measures 16"x4'x8'...typically sold to the end user split and delivered</p>
Bush Cord.....measures 4'x4'x8'...straight off the logging truck in 8' lengths</p>
Just curious what measure of wood is selling for 250.00/300.00</p>
QUESTION.......What is considered a cord of wood in your locations?</p>
In this part of Canada we have</p>
Face Cord......measures 16"x4'x8'...typically sold to the end user split and delivered</p>
Bush Cord.....measures 4'x4'x8'...straight off the logging truck in 8' lengths</p>
Just curious what measure of wood is selling for 250.00/300.00</p>
glad them racks are workin out for you.here's a picture of the one i got it's my first one so i'm still in the dummy stage. </p>
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http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_07177640000P?keyword=log+splitter</p>
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http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_07177640000P?keyword=log+splitter</p>
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<div>the cords are 4'wide4'high by 8'long but most people down here buy it by the 1/3 cord size my dad went and bought a 1/3 of a cord for 150.00 the day before i got my splitter. it all depends on the wood to the junk fast burning wood goes for a cheaper price but the hard slow burning wood gets a nice price for it. i have never paid for wood other than getting a little bundle at the store but after seeing my dad pay that much and seeing the prices i'm glad i get mine for almost free . istill have to cut it and haul it and pay for the gas so i guess it's not all free. you sure do feel better after a days work or should i say a half days work and seeing the amount you saved doing it. next i need to reinforce my little trailer that i pull because i don't think she will hld up much longer .</div>
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<div>from what you posted it's a face cord that sells for 150.00 and if you get a whole cord my dad said the guy will sell it to you for 25.00 /300.00 but thats to high for most people so they just buy a 1/3 or face cord. the last time i had checked on a price for a full cord of wood it was selling for around 80.00 but that was a few years ago.</div>
<div>the cords are 4'wide4'high by 8'long but most people down here buy it by the 1/3 cord size my dad went and bought a 1/3 of a cord for 150.00 the day before i got my splitter. it all depends on the wood to the junk fast burning wood goes for a cheaper price but the hard slow burning wood gets a nice price for it. i have never paid for wood other than getting a little bundle at the store but after seeing my dad pay that much and seeing the prices i'm glad i get mine for almost free . istill have to cut it and haul it and pay for the gas so i guess it's not all free. you sure do feel better after a days work or should i say a half days work and seeing the amount you saved doing it. next i need to reinforce my little trailer that i pull because i don't think she will hld up much longer .</div>
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<div>from what you posted it's a face cord that sells for 150.00 and if you get a whole cord my dad said the guy will sell it to you for 25.00 /300.00 but thats to high for most people so they just buy a 1/3 or face cord. the last time i had checked on a price for a full cord of wood it was selling for around 80.00 but that was a few years ago.</div>
I have one. They're a real life-saver.</p>
Let's see pics (or at least a link) for the one you bought.</p>
EDIT TO ADD: Is this the one you got?</p>
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_07177641000P</p>
If so, the first thing I'd propose you do is remove the fender(s). I can't tell if yours are plastic or metal. The metal ones are really hard on your shins.</p>
Let's see pics (or at least a link) for the one you bought.</p>
EDIT TO ADD: Is this the one you got?</p>
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_07177641000P</p>
If so, the first thing I'd propose you do is remove the fender(s). I can't tell if yours are plastic or metal. The metal ones are really hard on your shins.</p>
thats the one i got and i hear ya on dem fendersthey are plasctic but yesterday i bumped my shin on them a few times the best part was they are plastic and real plyable so it didn't hurt dat bad . but i could imagine getting bumped by it for a few hours or if they was metal that would be a problem. i have a feeling the way the wood falls of it they won't be on there for too long.</p>
Uncle Doug
Member
They have been on every corner around here selling firewood out of the back of trucks and trailers. Every redneck has been full time trying to keep up with the firewood demand around here. Most are selling on the side of the road for $10-20 a stack with maybe 15-20 pieces.</p>
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Last year after the hurricane I could not give wood away. Tommy if you run out of wood after your 50 trees I still have about that many more down out back.</p>
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Last year after the hurricane I could not give wood away. Tommy if you run out of wood after your 50 trees I still have about that many more down out back.</p>
muleman RIP
Gone But Not Forgotten
Good oak goes for $40 a face cord around here. The Amish at half the farms around have it stacked and ready to sell. I buy a dump truck loaded to the max with oak and cherry or maple slabs cut to 2 ft. for $30. My splitter that i have had for 18 years is a 20 ton with a stationary wedge powered by a 7 horse Briggs. It has served me well and I processed about 14 cord through it this fall. I mix slab and hardwood and it makes for a good hot fire. I melt snow and heat my hot water plus have all the heat I want.</p>
D&D Farm
Gold Site Supporter
As I sit here with my stove going strong, and no heat pump running for the second year on a row I cannot help but be thankful as to how blessed I am. I use a 35 ton splitter from Tractor Supply that in the 2 years that I have had it is flawless. For years, I split by hand and this thing makes all the difference in the world. </p>
This year we have been burning every day since the middle of September and I anticipate if like past years until the middle of March. Splitting by hand often found me rationing during the cold as I would maybe get 3 REAL cords ready to go. This year we have 5 ready to go with 2 more seasoning. I am burning and heating this place like it is soooo nice..........Been in the low teens every night for a couple of weeks now and NO problem.......Yes, when I get up in the mornings the house is down to maybe 65 but within an hour it's just fine.........</p>
Tommy.........if you can split a cord in an hour......YOU need to seriously go into business........YOU are one productive son of a gun........A cord takes this ol boy LOTS longer than that...............</p>
I use the RTV to pull the splitter down to the logs in the woods and do my work there. I am able to lower the tailgate of the RTV and back up next to the splitter, perhaps an inch away and use the tailgate as my table. Then when the splits fall off they go right up into the bed which is like right there.........Then I haul a load, perhaps half way up the window of the RTV, stacked using split pieces for side rails, up to the wood pile, use the dump, and stack the wood..............</p>
NEVER a problem with the RTV in the woods, up steep hills, and across hardwood forest terrain..........IT JUST GOES.............anyway.......I gotta thank God for blessing me with 27 acres of Oak and Hickory with just enough dieing every year to keep me in heat............I NEVER CUT A GREEN GROWING TREE.............</p>
So thankful for this life HE has given me..........Dennis</p>
This year we have been burning every day since the middle of September and I anticipate if like past years until the middle of March. Splitting by hand often found me rationing during the cold as I would maybe get 3 REAL cords ready to go. This year we have 5 ready to go with 2 more seasoning. I am burning and heating this place like it is soooo nice..........Been in the low teens every night for a couple of weeks now and NO problem.......Yes, when I get up in the mornings the house is down to maybe 65 but within an hour it's just fine.........</p>
Tommy.........if you can split a cord in an hour......YOU need to seriously go into business........YOU are one productive son of a gun........A cord takes this ol boy LOTS longer than that...............</p>
I use the RTV to pull the splitter down to the logs in the woods and do my work there. I am able to lower the tailgate of the RTV and back up next to the splitter, perhaps an inch away and use the tailgate as my table. Then when the splits fall off they go right up into the bed which is like right there.........Then I haul a load, perhaps half way up the window of the RTV, stacked using split pieces for side rails, up to the wood pile, use the dump, and stack the wood..............</p>
NEVER a problem with the RTV in the woods, up steep hills, and across hardwood forest terrain..........IT JUST GOES.............anyway.......I gotta thank God for blessing me with 27 acres of Oak and Hickory with just enough dieing every year to keep me in heat............I NEVER CUT A GREEN GROWING TREE.............</p>
So thankful for this life HE has given me..........Dennis</p>
Kubota Kanook
Member
[quote user="muleman"]Good oak goes for $40 a face cord around here.[/quote]</p>
Eight bush cords delivered straight from the bush is now running about $1200 and up in this area and a face cord cut to 16", split and dry would run you $100-$120 here. Personally, I burn wood pellets in a pellet stove. For those of you unfamiliar wood pellets are made from sawmill waste (compressed sawdust mostly). Hardwood pellets run around $5.00 per 40lb bag and in my case will give about 30 hours burn time. Unless a cheap source of wood is available, in my case its cheaper to burn pellets. an added advantage is less labour and easier storage. Disadvantage is the auger feed and blower in the pellet stove require electricity (about 150 watts) so power outages require a generator or battery-inverter set-up.</p>
Eight bush cords delivered straight from the bush is now running about $1200 and up in this area and a face cord cut to 16", split and dry would run you $100-$120 here. Personally, I burn wood pellets in a pellet stove. For those of you unfamiliar wood pellets are made from sawmill waste (compressed sawdust mostly). Hardwood pellets run around $5.00 per 40lb bag and in my case will give about 30 hours burn time. Unless a cheap source of wood is available, in my case its cheaper to burn pellets. an added advantage is less labour and easier storage. Disadvantage is the auger feed and blower in the pellet stove require electricity (about 150 watts) so power outages require a generator or battery-inverter set-up.</p>
i think the way me and my old man was set up oing it we probably could do a cord an hour. my old man had another log ready to drop in just as fsat as the old one was fallin out. i think he was enjoying himself a bit to much although i did notice that if i was gonna do some log splitting where i would be runnin it for a while i wanna modify the handle a bit that way when i'm on my little stool the lever would reach all the way out to me. i'm gonna have to get a few logs setup and ready to go and time it to see how long it takes to split a cord but i'm guessing a two man crew could do it in an hour but a one man crew it might be longer because of the stopping to move the pile over . but having a person to just work the lever and one to set up and stack the wood i think it could really be a productive machine. this is the time i wish i had my old hpx back that rhino just can't handle the hauling around of the wood. i'm gonna make another log run tomorrow and time it i should have enough for a cord kinda got me wondering zackly how long it would take.</p>
[quote user="D&D Farm"] As I sit here with my stove going strong, and no heat pump running for the second year on a row [/quote]</p>
Dennis. Why did you shut off your heat pump? My primary is the wood but at night when the stove goes out or when the temps get real cold, the heat pump keeps things going until I get the stove going again.</p>
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Dennis. Why did you shut off your heat pump? My primary is the wood but at night when the stove goes out or when the temps get real cold, the heat pump keeps things going until I get the stove going again.</p>
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man it be cold out dare today.my temp says 25 degrees. i wanna try to go get dem other logs today so i can play wit dat new toy but man it's cold out dare. i know what you upstate guys are sayin25!!! MAN WE GO SWIMMIN IN DAT TEMP!! 25 is probably the temps in the summer where old onfoot lives.</p>
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is the heat pump something like a heater??</p>
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Yep. You know those air conditioner units everyone has outside, beside their house? A heat pump is like that but it can be reversed so it can generate heat instead of cold. They don't have a real high efficiency when it gets real cold but it's still cheaper than turning on the heat strips inside the air handler.</p>
25 degrees... It hasn't gotten that warm here in quite some time. Schools are closed today due to all the snow we're getting. As soon as I get back from the doctor, we're going to go play in it.</p>
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is the heat pump something like a heater??</p>
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Yep. You know those air conditioner units everyone has outside, beside their house? A heat pump is like that but it can be reversed so it can generate heat instead of cold. They don't have a real high efficiency when it gets real cold but it's still cheaper than turning on the heat strips inside the air handler.</p>
25 degrees... It hasn't gotten that warm here in quite some time. Schools are closed today due to all the snow we're getting. As soon as I get back from the doctor, we're going to go play in it.</p>
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thanks for the quik info and man i feel for you guys up there.oh and i was thinkin about you yesterday zoom . i went to the yamaha dealer to get a new belt and a mudders clutch kit and the guy had a caston his arm well to make a long story short he's in his mid 40's and likes to act like a kid on the kid toys and he wiped out and broke some bones. he was telling us how he didn't think it was that bad of a wreck but being he has a few years on him bones seem to break faster and easier. and he reminded me orf you when you get to playin wit dem toys . be safe zoom you and i ain't no kids anymore our jobs are to sit back and laugh at them when they wreck.lol</p>