I know this has been discussed before - and I know that I'll get the
advise about getting warmth twice --- etc, etc. BUT my log splitting
by axe days are over due to dodgy knee and shoulder and a mechanical
aid is going to have be obtained. I am well over 60 now and have
served my time well but there is a limit ! The chain saw isn't a
problem (yet!).

Anyway does anyone have any experience at all of these machines - it's
going to have to be a stand-alone type as I don't have a tractor. I'm
looking to split 500m long and at least that in diameter.

Thanks

Rob

The message .com
from "robgraham" contains these words:

BUT my log splitting
by axe days are over due to dodgy knee and shoulder and a mechanical
aid is going to have be obtained.

What you need's a small boy. If you're near Telford I happen to have one
who'd love to earn some pocket money splitting logs.

--
Skipweasel
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.

These are not 'small boy' logs and the axe I used was certainly only
for men!

Rob

The message .com
from "robgraham" contains these words:

These are not 'small boy' logs and the axe I used was certainly only
for men!

Cutting shorter billets makes splitting dramatically easier. Once
they're down to perhaps 8" it's a cinch.

--
Skipweasel
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.

Guy King wrote:
The message .com
from "robgraham" contains these words:

These are not 'small boy' logs and the axe I used was certainly only
for men!

Cutting shorter billets makes splitting dramatically easier. Once
they're down to perhaps 8" it's a cinch.


Not with knots in they ain't.

In message , Guy King
writes
The message .com
from "robgraham" contains these words:

BUT my log splitting
by axe days are over due to dodgy knee and shoulder and a mechanical
aid is going to have be obtained.

What you need's a small boy. If you're near Telford I happen to have one
who'd love to earn some pocket money splitting logs.

I thought the preference was for sheep in the depths of Shropshire

--
geoff

On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 23:40:56 GMT, raden wrote:

In message , Guy King
writes
The message .com
from "robgraham" contains these words:

BUT my log splitting
by axe days are over due to dodgy knee and shoulder and a mechanical
aid is going to have be obtained.

What you need's a small boy. If you're near Telford I happen to have one
who'd love to earn some pocket money splitting logs.

I thought the preference was for sheep in the depths of Shropshire

Only if you have the wellies....


--

..andy

buy a pair of steel wedges to split them and a lump hammer. Its easy if
you follow the grain.

I have seen the hydraulic splitter but it was powered by a tractor.
Cant see how you propose to power it without one of them.
They are a great tool but not at your age. that is definitely a job for
a strong man setting big logs up in place and holding them steady to
split them.

I resent the ageism ! If I can get the sections of tree onto the horse
for cutting with the chain saw then I can manage to get the 'slices'
onto a log splitter. I just can no longer weild an axe because of a
damaged shoulder.

Rob

robgraham wrote in message
oups.com...
I know this has been discussed before - and I know that I'll get the
advise about getting warmth twice --- etc, etc. BUT my log splitting
by axe days are over due to dodgy knee and shoulder and a mechanical
aid is going to have be obtained. I am well over 60 now and have
served my time well but there is a limit ! The chain saw isn't a
problem (yet!).

Anyway does anyone have any experience at all of these machines - it's
going to have to be a stand-alone type as I don't have a tractor. I'm
looking to split 500m long and at least that in diameter.

Thanks

Rob


Problem is electric ones are pretty limp and slow, as are hand cranked
hydraulic types.
Powered hydraulic ones are great but cost meger bucks
You could always make your own
http://how-to-plans.com/log_splitter_plans.html



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"robgraham" wrote:
I know this has been discussed before - and I know that I'll get the
advise about getting warmth twice --- etc, etc. BUT my log splitting
by axe days are over due to dodgy knee and shoulder and a mechanical
aid is going to have be obtained. I am well over 60 now and have
served my time well but there is a limit ! The chain saw isn't a
problem (yet!).

Anyway does anyone have any experience at all of these machines - it's
going to have to be a stand-alone type as I don't have a tractor. I'm
looking to split 500m long and at least that in diameter.

Thanks

Rob

No personal experience of these machines but the following link might
interest you:

http://www.machinemart.co.uk/search.asp?q=log+splitter

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http://www.freeinformationcentre.co....in_the_uk.html

robgraham wrote:
I know this has been discussed before - and I know that I'll get the
advise about getting warmth twice --- etc, etc. BUT my log splitting
by axe days are over due to dodgy knee and shoulder and a mechanical
aid is going to have be obtained. I am well over 60 now and have
served my time well but there is a limit ! The chain saw isn't a
problem (yet!).

Anyway does anyone have any experience at all of these machines - it's
going to have to be a stand-alone type as I don't have a tractor. I'm
looking to split 500m long and at least that in diameter.

I think you're posting to the wrong group, as we don't get trees that
big on this planet

Have you considered a - possibliy outside - stove large enough to take a
few untrimmed logs?

The message
from Ian Stirling contains these words:

Have you considered a - possibliy outside - stove large enough to take a
few untrimmed logs?

You mean something like a rotary tunnel kiln?

--
Skipweasel
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.

Guy King wrote:
The message
from Ian Stirling contains these words:

Have you considered a - possibliy outside - stove large enough to take a
few untrimmed logs?

You mean something like a rotary tunnel kiln?

No.
I was thinking more of a large, superinsulated 1m*1m*1.5m or so box,
with a top chamber with extra air inlets to complete combustion of the
smoke.
But I haven't really gone into how these things should be done.
I'd be hoping for something that you could throw several whole logs in,
with some small sticks, and have it burn for days.

The message
from Ian Stirling contains these words:

But I haven't really gone into how these things should be done.
I'd be hoping for something that you could throw several whole logs in,
with some small sticks, and have it burn for days.

The stove's the easy bit (comparitively) - getting the heat reliably
back into the building's hard.

--
Skipweasel
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.

Guy King wrote:
The message
from Ian Stirling contains these words:

But I haven't really gone into how these things should be done.
I'd be hoping for something that you could throw several whole logs in,
with some small sticks, and have it burn for days.

The stove's the easy bit (comparitively) - getting the heat reliably
back into the building's hard.

Yeah - well insulated flow + return, ideally gravity fed, or backed up
pumps.
Depends on the distance - adjacent to the house is comparatively easy.

Look at... www.farm2000.co.uk for alternative fuel boilers. Straw
bales, wood chip et cetera.

Chris.

"Ian Stirling" wrote in message
...
robgraham wrote:
I know this has been discussed before - and I know that I'll get the
advise about getting warmth twice --- etc, etc. BUT my log splitting
by axe days are over due to dodgy knee and shoulder and a mechanical
aid is going to have be obtained. I am well over 60 now and have
served my time well but there is a limit ! The chain saw isn't a
problem (yet!).

Anyway does anyone have any experience at all of these machines - it's
going to have to be a stand-alone type as I don't have a tractor. I'm
looking to split 500m long and at least that in diameter.

I think you're posting to the wrong group, as we don't get trees that
big on this planet

Have you considered a - possibliy outside - stove large enough to take a
few untrimmed logs?

Glad to see someone reading the post correctly - half kilometer logs WOW!!

Oops !!

And I would agree with your comment about reading posts correctly as I
thought I quite clearly said there was no way I could weild an axe
anymore but there are still p****s who recommend wedges, etc.

Rob

steady on Rob, you said you had a bad shoulder and a dodgy knee but you
still can use a lump hammer with the good arm.
You use two arms to weild an axe and that is out.
You need brains to assess where to position the wedge though.
and be sure you insert the thin edge first.

On 11 Mar 2006 15:17:35 -0800, "robgraham"
wrote:

I know this has been discussed before - and I know that I'll get the
advise about getting warmth twice --- etc, etc. BUT my log splitting
by axe days are over due to dodgy knee and shoulder and a mechanical
aid is going to have be obtained. I am well over 60 now and have
served my time well but there is a limit ! The chain saw isn't a
problem (yet!).

Anyway does anyone have any experience at all of these machines - it's
going to have to be a stand-alone type as I don't have a tractor. I'm
looking to split 500m long and at least that in diameter.

How about one of these:

http://www.thestickler.com/

cheers,
Pete.

The message
from Pete C contains these words:

How about one of these:

http://www.thestickler.com/

Can you imagine how well that'd get hold of a loose sleeve? OK, I know -
don't operate it with a loose sleeve....

--
Skipweasel
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.

In message , Pete C
writes
On 11 Mar 2006 15:17:35 -0800, "robgraham"
wrote:

I know this has been discussed before - and I know that I'll get the
advise about getting warmth twice --- etc, etc. BUT my log splitting
by axe days are over due to dodgy knee and shoulder and a mechanical
aid is going to have be obtained. I am well over 60 now and have
served my time well but there is a limit ! The chain saw isn't a
problem (yet!).

Anyway does anyone have any experience at all of these machines - it's
going to have to be a stand-alone type as I don't have a tractor. I'm
looking to split 500m long and at least that in diameter.

How about one of these:

http://www.thestickler.com/

A bit of KY jelly , and that could be nasty

--
geoff

http://www.minisplitters.com/6_Ton_Manual.html

this looks a lot easier and safer to use

wrote:

http://www.minisplitters.com/6_Ton_Manual.html

this looks a lot easier and safer to use

Yes it does. But it's $199.95.
Any DIYer could make one using a hydraulic jack that's lying
around, up against a pole in the ground, with a bracket on top.

agreed and probably it could easily be redesigned with the log sitting
on the floor and the jack on top, but it is a good idea.

robgraham wrote:
I know this has been discussed before - and I know that I'll get the
advise about getting warmth twice --- etc, etc. BUT my log splitting
by axe days are over due to dodgy knee and shoulder and a mechanical
aid is going to have be obtained. I am well over 60 now and have
served my time well but there is a limit ! The chain saw isn't a
problem (yet!).

On another thread.
This seems a horribly dangerous, though probably effective means.
http://www.thestickler.com/