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[aries9245]

Hello gents got myself a new furnace but I need pieces around 32" in length how the hell are you guys splitting big stuff like that ? I built a best of a splitter 4 yrs ago but max length is 24" loosing a lot of space in the new unit and it's driving me nuts..

Thanks

[mlappin]

Built mine around a 36" stroke cylinder, a neighbor has a beast of splitter built around a 50" stroke with a six inch cylinder off an excavator. Has a little 4 cylinder diesel running it, also splits six ways, he quit letting anybody borrow it as do something stupid and it will break. Usually rips the wedge right off or bows the i beam.

[jerkash]

My firebox is 30 inches deep.  My splitter splits wood 24 inches.  When I load my wood, I keep it stacked to the very front of the firebox.  Burns better that way.  If I feel I need to fill it all the way up to get to my next filling, I will just throw some behind what I stacked in the front but stack it the opposite way.

[d conover]

I do sort of like jerkash,  I stack mine in and usually have the little chunks and knots that pop off that I always have left over after splitting to fill in the empty spot.

[fireboss]

Try laying the logs down and split long ways I do it on the logs that don't fit and it works most of the times

[ITO]

I don't split, just dry. Don't see the need, lots of people split theirs tho.

[MattyNH]

My boiler can take a 42 in log..I split everything  24 inch..Same burn time and fill time..easier to handle.. I do own a splitter that can split 4 foot wood

[mlappin]

I don't split, just dry. Don't see the need, lots of people split theirs tho.

I've handled stuff I had to cut it from both sides with a 28" bar, if you can pick that up and put it in my boiler your three times the man I am.

Also have a skid steer mounted splitter and a grapple for the skid steer.

[ITO]

I've handled stuff I had to cut it from both sides with a 28" bar, if you can pick that up and put it in my boiler your three times the man I am. Also have a skid steer mounted splitter and a grapple for the skid steer.
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 Well 56" round logs are sure a different story, LOL, I cut firewood and nothing that big, don't own a skid steer, grapple or space station. Was only trying to say for me cutting trees for boiler firewood I would rather not handle them two more times at the splitter. The bigger diameter they are the shorter I cut them, after a while of cutting this way I can look and see what we can handle. Just because the boiler is 4' doesn't mean I need to cut every piece 4', to each his own tho.

[mlappin]

 Well 56" round logs are sure a different story, LOL, I cut firewood and nothing that big, don't own a skid steer, grapple or space station. Was only trying to say for me cutting trees for boiler firewood I would rather not handle them two more times at the splitter. The bigger diameter they are the shorter I cut them, after a while of cutting this way I can look and see what we can handle. Just because the boiler is 4' doesn't mean I need to cut every piece 4', to each his own tho.

Having a farm is a distinct advantage when it comes to cutting firewood. Own not quite 50 acres of woods then have fencerows to keep cleaned on a thousand rented acres.

Buying all the attachments for a skid steer can cost as much as the skid steer. Have a grapple, post hole digger, forks, bale spear, rock bucket, the splitter and a limb hog. Looking into a brush hog for it as well.

Built an upside down splitter when i did it, sit in the seat and push buttons. Decided it was time to always work smarter rather than harder whenever possible. Fathers had a few back surgeries, a artificial hip and knee, decided I wanted to be in better shape when I reached his age.

Limbhog: http://www.limbhog.com

[ITO]

 Well we're talking apples and oranges mlappin, all I have is an old 4 wheeler, chainsaw and an axe. We cut our firewood from dead oak on a wooded 40 acre lot we live on and an adjoining 60. Mostly what we cut is smaller, we have had some of it selectively logged for lumber and I think will do another section next winter, that pays back well and creates a few years of firewood at the same time. In this way I can't really justify splitting for the boiler, we hand split for the hunting shack, sauna and camping. Having a farm requires many pieces of equipment, I would make use of that resource if I were you also.

[mlappin]

Oh no doubt, when we still had a wood furnace in the basement we cut a LOT of tops up. And still had some hand splitting of course. Once I built the outdoor boiler we cut the smaller stuff 3-4 foot long

I always have people giving me wood though as well, stuff that is way too big for them to cut let alone split. Tree services drop it off to them, then after they get a good pile of large stuff I hook the trailer to the 5 yard dump truck, load the skid steer up with the grapple and go get it. Works good for security purposes, I've heard in the past some of the tree services employ a lot of seasonal help and that help has been caught in the past helping themselves to stuff either at where they trimmed/dropped a tree or the place they went and dumped it.

[sceptre74]

Hello gents got myself a new furnace but I need pieces around 32" in length how the hell are you guys splitting big stuff like that ? I built a best of a splitter 4 yrs ago but max length is 24" loosing a lot of space in the new unit and it's driving me nuts..

Thanks

I'm wondering the same thing. I've looked at a bunch of horizontal/vertical models on line and can't seem to find one that splits any bigger than 26 inches. How well do these types peform?

[MattyNH]

Hello gents got myself a new furnace but I need pieces around 32" in length how the hell are you guys splitting big stuff like that ? I built a best of a splitter 4 yrs ago but max length is 24" loosing a lot of space in the new unit and it's driving me nuts..

Thanks

I'm wondering the same thing. I've looked at a bunch of horizontal/vertical models on line and can't seem to find one that splits any bigger than 26 inches. How well do these types peform?

You won't find any at the home depot's stores, lowes etc. that will split bigger than 26 in wood.. Heres the brand I use to splitting wood..Timberwolf and American CSL log splitters..The CSL you can get in 30in, 36 in and 48 in..Timberwolf you can get in 36in

[sceptre74]

Are either of yours an H/V model?