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11-18-2011, 12:56 PM
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BuzzLuck
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Brockton
Posts: 6,414
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Got my wood pile, too. I gave up hand splitting 5+ years back and went with a hydraulic splitter mostly since I didn't have time to hand split.
Splitter doesn't get a whole lot of use (sits idle much of the time), so I do lend out....
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11-18-2011, 01:04 PM
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Retired Surfer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Sunset Grill
Posts: 9,511
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wood stoves
Thats what I am doing yesterday and today. Throwing wood into the back of my truck, taking it across the yard and stacking it much closer to the the house. Just five cords though. Have another five cords to cut and split this winter. Nothing like the heat. Nothing like the smell outside. I especially like the smell when I toss in some apple tree into the fire. I do that early and purposely, so I can take the dog for a walk and smell it all the way down the street and back.
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11-18-2011, 01:18 PM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 10,900
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I did 8 cords. Cut down during last winter. Hauled out in the Spring and split all summer. I have a Quadra-Fire and a Vermont casting. last winter I burned 200 gallons of oil and that was for hot water. I burned all 8 cords but the house was never cold. Oh yeah, I split using a 208 splitter.
For those who don't know a 208 is 2 arms and an 8 pound splitting maul.  |
No boat, back in the suds.  
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11-18-2011, 01:22 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Easton, MA
Posts: 5,737
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Quote:
Originally Posted by piemma
Oh yeah, I split using a 208 splitter.
For those who don't know a 208 is 2 arms and an 8 pound splitting maul. |
I have the same splitter as you, but mine is probably in worse shape than yours.  |
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11-18-2011, 02:37 PM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 10,900
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Funny how much you can do if you put your mind to it. I'm 64 had a quad bypass in 03 and am currently battling bladder cancer. Yet, I split the 8 cords all summer in 80 and 90 degree heat and it gave me an emmense sense of satisfaction.
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No boat, back in the suds.
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11-18-2011, 03:17 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: somewhere on a rock
Posts: 1,603
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i hear ya paul
don't get me wrong..when i started.....couldn't wiped my own ass my arms hurt so much
plus...the calus build up on your hands..shaking peoples hands after splitting all summer...they look at you kind of funny
i agree with the satisfaction..many times I catch myself at 9:00 at night as i am splitting saying to myself.....you have time to split a couple more rounds...then you look at the pile that you split and just smile
208 if funny stuff
I use the maul for the bigs.....but picked up the fiskar pro axe (2 lbs) for the 16" stuff...it helps a lot
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11-18-2011, 05:47 PM
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Shorts and Sandals
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: southeastern mass
Posts: 597
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Ive been burning wood since 78 built a woodsplitter in 92 because i have arthritis big time. the best part about the woodstove is no heating bill.
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