Seems to work okay...

Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=40sCGb678sQ

On 1/26/2011 5:16 AM, HeyBub wrote:
Seems to work okay...

Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=40sCGb678sQ



How do you determine which logs are Rednecks? :-)

TDD

On 1/26/2011 6:16 AM, HeyBub wrote:
Seems to work okay...

Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=40sCGb678sQ


Man, there's an accident ready to happen

Frank wrote in news:ihp5u0$759$2
@news.eternal-september.org:

On 1/26/2011 6:16 AM, HeyBub wrote:
Seems to work okay...

Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=40sCGb678sQ


Man, there's an accident ready to happen


Compound wrist break, nahhhhh. And guess Mr Splitter never had a scratched
cornea. Who needs stinkin' safety glasses!

On 1/26/2011 6:16 AM, HeyBub wrote:
Seems to work okay...

Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=40sCGb678sQ


Same page has a link to a larger version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bVAAx3mMKY

and also this "Unicorn":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1HZz...eature=related

I would have not thought of either, which may be a point in my favor!

Jeff

On 2011-01-26, A. Baum wrote:

These are the best:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhmKBDIAXd0

What's with the bark removal drum? These logs going to be burned at a
black and white ball?

nb

Frank wrote the following:
On 1/26/2011 6:16 AM, HeyBub wrote:
Seems to work okay...

Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=40sCGb678sQ


Man, there's an accident ready to happen

Nah, he has gloves on!

--

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On 1/26/2011 11:24 AM, notbob wrote:
On 2011-01-26, A. wrote:

These are the best:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhmKBDIAXd0

What's with the bark removal drum? These logs going to be burned at a
black and white ball?

Dunno:

http://www.palax.fi/en/images/storie...wer100_eng.pdf

The Fins, IMHO, know how to make log splitters.

Jeff

nb

On 1/26/2011 8:00 AM, Frank wrote:
On 1/26/2011 6:16 AM, HeyBub wrote:
Seems to work okay...

Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=40sCGb678sQ


Man, there's an accident ready to happen
Works for me

On 26 Jan 2011 16:24:45 GMT, notbob wrote:

On 2011-01-26, A. Baum wrote:

These are the best:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhmKBDIAXd0

What's with the bark removal drum? These logs going to be burned at a
black and white ball?


I believe that's so the local convenience store in the burbs can sell
the stuff by the bag to folks who want to put the bag in the trunk of
their Audi.

That is quite the machine. If somebody gave me one [and a woodlot of
birch] I might go back to burning wood.

Jim

"HeyBub" wrote in message
...
Seems to work okay...

Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=40sCGb678sQ

I'll stick with my 26 ton hydraulic, thank you very much. I have had logs
go flying, and other incidents that would indicate every log splitter comes
with a gallon of liquid Murphy's law paint.

Steve

"Jim Elbrecht" wrote

I believe that's so the local convenience store in the burbs can sell
the stuff by the bag to folks who want to put the bag in the trunk of
their Audi.
Jim

Now THAT is the business I want. Selling one cubic foot of wood for $5!

Buy it for $100 a cord (or cut it yourself for $10, and bag it up), sell it
for $640 a cord. Hey, I could afford an Audi. Forget that, how about a
Ferrari?

Steve

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On 1/26/2011 3:00 PM, A. Baum wrote:
On Wed, 26 Jan 2011 09:33:53 -0800, Steve B wrote:

"Jim wrote

I believe that's so the local convenience store in the burbs can sell
the stuff by the bag to folks who want to put the bag in the trunk of
their Audi.
Jim

Now THAT is the business I want. Selling one cubic foot of wood for $5!

Buy it for $100 a cord (or cut it yourself for $10, and bag it up), sell
it for $640 a cord. Hey, I could afford an Audi. Forget that, how
about a Ferrari?


75% of my heat in winter is wood. 4 chords usually does it since I use
natural gas for the 8 hours I sleep. I save around 500 a year in fuel
since the wood is purchased from a friend who does landscaping, sells
mulch and seasoned split wood. I get it for 80 a cord.

Rough calculations gives a break even of about $820/4 = $205/chord.

Good deal at $85. It's hard to find cheap wood here, unless you get
it yourself. I've given up on that!

Jeff

A. Baum wrote:
On Wed, 26 Jan 2011 09:33:53 -0800, Steve B wrote:

"Jim wrote

I believe that's so the local convenience store in the burbs can sell
the stuff by the bag to folks who want to put the bag in the trunk of
their Audi.
Jim

Now THAT is the business I want. Selling one cubic foot of wood for $5!

Buy it for $100 a cord (or cut it yourself for $10, and bag it up), sell
it for $640 a cord. Hey, I could afford an Audi. Forget that, how
about a Ferrari?


75% of my heat in winter is wood. 4 chords usually does it since I use
natural gas for the 8 hours I sleep. I save around 500 a year in fuel
since the wood is purchased from a friend who does landscaping, sells
mulch and seasoned split wood. I get it for 80 a cord.

100% of my heat is wood fired boiler with h/w baseboard. I burn wood
24/7 for 6 months and my house is warm as toast. It don't take much fire
to keep the boiler at 210 degrees. Cellar is warm, floors are warm,
house is warm.
Run around bare footed when it's 20 below and the wind is blowing 40mph.
Takes me 4 cords a year.
But that rotating splitter??? I'd call it a splitter and finger remover.
I have a 20 ton bidirectional 3 point hitch splitter that is fast enough.


--
LSMFT

Those who would give up Essential Liberty
to purchase a little Temporary Safety,
deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.

Jeff Thies wrote:

Rough calculations gives a break even of about $820/4 = $205/chord.

Good deal at $85. It's hard to find cheap wood here, unless you get
it yourself. I've given up on that!


My city has a "yard waste" pickup schedule (it alternates months with "heavy
trash"). Or, the city says, you can take your yard waste to the collection
center.

I haven't checked, but I'll bet the city wouldn't mind if you hauled off a
pickup load of logs...

'Course you'd have to have a home-made splitter like we saw in the video!

In article ,
"Steve B" wrote:

Hey, I could afford an Audi.

Anyone can afford to buy an Audi. Few can afford to keep it on the road.
DAMHIK.

"HeyBub" wrote in message
m...
Jeff Thies wrote:

Rough calculations gives a break even of about $820/4 = $205/chord.

Good deal at $85. It's hard to find cheap wood here, unless you get
it yourself. I've given up on that!


My city has a "yard waste" pickup schedule (it alternates months with
"heavy trash"). Or, the city says, you can take your yard waste to the
collection center.

I haven't checked, but I'll bet the city wouldn't mind if you hauled off a
pickup load of logs...

'Course you'd have to have a home-made splitter like we saw in the video!


You lose. They won't allow any salvage at all. I go to the dump, and see
bicycles and all sorts of things I would like to bag. They won't let you
take anything, and for insurance purposes, you cannot load anything that is
there.

Steve

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Steve B wrote:
"HeyBub" wrote in message
m...
Jeff Thies wrote:

Rough calculations gives a break even of about $820/4 = $205/chord.

Good deal at $85. It's hard to find cheap wood here, unless you
get it yourself. I've given up on that!


My city has a "yard waste" pickup schedule (it alternates months with
"heavy trash"). Or, the city says, you can take your yard waste to
the collection center.

I haven't checked, but I'll bet the city wouldn't mind if you hauled
off a pickup load of logs...

'Course you'd have to have a home-made splitter like we saw in the
video!

You lose. They won't allow any salvage at all. I go to the dump,
and see bicycles and all sorts of things I would like to bag. They
won't let you take anything, and for insurance purposes, you cannot
load anything that is there.


Hmm. Re-use is better than recycle. I see ads every day on Craigslist for
"free" firewood (somebody cut down a dead tree).

Perhaps I could persuade the city to pile up the "logs" in a separate
section for homeowners to carry away. During the winter, it would seem a
couple of cords a day taken for residential fireplaces would make a dent in
the landfill requirements.

On 1/26/2011 11:55 PM, Steve B wrote:
wrote in message
m...
Jeff Thies wrote:

Rough calculations gives a break even of about $820/4 = $205/chord.

Good deal at $85. It's hard to find cheap wood here, unless you get
it yourself. I've given up on that!


My city has a "yard waste" pickup schedule (it alternates months with
"heavy trash"). Or, the city says, you can take your yard waste to the
collection center.

I haven't checked, but I'll bet the city wouldn't mind if you hauled off a
pickup load of logs...

'Course you'd have to have a home-made splitter like we saw in the video!


You lose. They won't allow any salvage at all. I go to the dump, and see
bicycles and all sorts of things I would like to bag. They won't let you
take anything, and for insurance purposes, you cannot load anything that is
there.

My brother lives on the edge of a glacial valley (Cleveland, Oh) and
whatever the Park cuts is left by the roadside. Anyone can take it.

Beautiful, eh? Except the suburb he lives in does allow wood stoves.

So free wood, already cut, just behind the house, but you can't burn it!

As far as the splitter, it's ingenious and mimics the way people
split wood. By impact, rather than forcing the splitter through. And it
has the same hazards.

Jeff


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On Jan 27, 7:25*am, "HeyBub" wrote:
Steve B wrote:
"HeyBub" wrote in message
om...
Jeff Thies wrote:

Rough calculations gives a break even of about $820/4 = $205/chord.

* Good deal at $85. It's hard to find cheap wood here, unless you
get it yourself. I've given up on that!

My city has a "yard waste" pickup schedule (it alternates months with
"heavy trash"). Or, the city says, you can take your yard waste to
the collection center.

I haven't checked, but I'll bet the city wouldn't mind if you hauled
off a pickup load of logs...

'Course you'd have to have a home-made splitter like we saw in the
video!

You lose. *They won't allow any salvage at all. *I go to the dump,
and see bicycles and all sorts of things I would like to bag. *They
won't let you take anything, and for insurance purposes, you cannot
load anything that is there.

Hmm. Re-use is better than recycle. I see ads every day on Craigslist for
"free" firewood (somebody cut down a dead tree).

Perhaps I could persuade the city to pile up the "logs" in a separate
section for homeowners to carry away. During the winter, it would seem a
couple of cords a day taken for residential fireplaces would make a dent in
the landfill requirements.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

around here yard waste is run thru a chipper and available for free,
but you have to load and haul....

so yrd waste doesnt end up in landfill.

every now and then there a brick mixed in, to the in pile, they damage
the chipper

?
"Steve B" wrote ..
I haven't checked, but I'll bet the city wouldn't mind if you hauled off
a pickup load of logs...

'Course you'd have to have a home-made splitter like we saw in the video!


You lose. They won't allow any salvage at all. I go to the dump, and see
bicycles and all sorts of things I would like to bag. They won't let you
take anything, and for insurance purposes, you cannot load anything that
is there.

Steve

Our town used to have a section at the dump to put re-usable items that
others could pick. It was eliminated about 10 years ago. as for logs, the
town sells wood every fall to the highest bidder.

"HeyBub" wrote:

-0snip-

Perhaps I could persuade the city to pile up the "logs" in a separate
section for homeowners to carry away. During the winter, it would seem a
couple of cords a day taken for residential fireplaces would make a dent in
the landfill requirements.


My town has a pile like that. And the town uses it to heat their
highway dept garage.

Jim

willshak wrote in
m:

Frank wrote the following:
On 1/26/2011 6:16 AM, HeyBub wrote:
Seems to work okay...

Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=40sCGb678sQ


Man, there's an accident ready to happen

Nah, he has gloves on!


But those are As Seen on TV Mighty Gloves.

If the Mighty Gloves sense a sudden jerk the molecular composition
immediately solidifies to steel rigidity and strength.

"HeyBub" wrote

Hmm. Re-use is better than recycle. I see ads every day on Craigslist for
"free" firewood (somebody cut down a dead tree).


I would make a caveat here, having done that once. Make sure the wood you
are picking up is 1. a species that burns well, 2, it is not rotten, 3, it
is not full of termites or other undesirable characters, 4. isn't moldy.

Lots of people want to get rid of wood, but a lot of it is not of the
quality that is worth the trouble. Not all, but a lot, I'd say.

But, then occasionally, there are nice rounds of a tree that was felled, and
they just don't have the means to take it away, a splitter, or maybe even a
fireplace.

Steve

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"Jeff Thies" wrote in message
...
On 1/26/2011 11:55 PM, Steve B wrote:
wrote in message
m...
Jeff Thies wrote:

Rough calculations gives a break even of about $820/4 = $205/chord.

Good deal at $85. It's hard to find cheap wood here, unless you get
it yourself. I've given up on that!


My city has a "yard waste" pickup schedule (it alternates months with
"heavy trash"). Or, the city says, you can take your yard waste to the
collection center.

I haven't checked, but I'll bet the city wouldn't mind if you hauled off
a
pickup load of logs...

'Course you'd have to have a home-made splitter like we saw in the
video!


You lose. They won't allow any salvage at all. I go to the dump, and
see
bicycles and all sorts of things I would like to bag. They won't let you
take anything, and for insurance purposes, you cannot load anything that
is
there.

My brother lives on the edge of a glacial valley (Cleveland, Oh) and
whatever the Park cuts is left by the roadside. Anyone can take it.

Beautiful, eh? Except the suburb he lives in does allow wood stoves.

So free wood, already cut, just behind the house, but you can't burn it!

As far as the splitter, it's ingenious and mimics the way people split
wood. By impact, rather than forcing the splitter through. And it has the
same hazards.

Jeff

I used to live in Louisiana. Whenever they would make a new road, they
would post publicly a notice that people had 90 days to cut all the wood
they wanted. Oak, pecan, and lesser species, but LOTS of oak and pecan.
Then they bulldozed it. It was great.

Steve

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"Steve B" wrote in message
...


You lose. They won't allow any salvage at all. I go to the dump, and see
bicycles and all sorts of things I would like to bag. They won't let you
take anything, and for insurance purposes, you cannot load anything that
is there.

Steve

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Yeah, that kills me. Sometimes when I go a builder will be dumping a load
of fine remodler goods. All I can do is sigh and unload my crap.

Colbyt wrote:
"Steve B" wrote in message
...


You lose. They won't allow any salvage at all. I go to the dump,
and see bicycles and all sorts of things I would like to bag. They
won't let you take anything, and for insurance purposes, you cannot
load anything that is there.

Steve

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Yeah, that kills me. Sometimes when I go a builder will be dumping a
load of fine remodler goods. All I can do is sigh and unload my crap.

If you ever have such goodies to get rid of, check out freecycle.

On Jan 26, 6:16*am, "HeyBub" wrote:
Seems to work okay...

Videohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=40sCGb678sQ

Next the department of Labor will be setting up training task forces
at the kindergarten level.