Dear Rob:
If your oak logs are 24 inches around, my math tells me that the logs are
less than eight inches in diameter, and I would think that a section of such a
log can be handled without difficulty. If the measurement is across the end of
the log, then a stick of oak which has a 24 inch diameter and is a foot and a
half long can be a load. I would suggest rolling the stick in to position on
your log splitter and hitting the button. Making a ramp, if necessary, would be
easier than splitting by hand, unless you are pretty good with a mall
or as we call them here in hillbilly country, a go-devil.
If oak has nice straight grain, splitting a block which is only eighteen
inches long with a mall
should be fairly easy. My go-devil comes in at seven or eight pounds, and on
straight grained oak, a very satisfying sound accompanies the splitting of the
block with one strong strike.
When the grain is all squirrelly, then time to role the block to the
hydraulic splitter.
Yours Truly,
Clifford Wilson
----- Original Message -----
From: Rob Monitor
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 3:29 PM
Subject: [BlindHandyMan] chainsaws..
HI, What I'm wondering is can a guy cut a log the long way with a chainsaws
with out hurting the saw or himself?? Why I'm asking this is I have a lot of
oak logs that are about 24 inches around and up from there... So when I cut a
16 to 18 inch off the log I can't move it myself to put in the wood splitter...
So I was thinking that if I cut down the long way on the log then cut the 16 to
18 inch piece it would be in two pieces then maybe I could move it...
THANKS ROB FROM MINNESOTA
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