Rob , if I may. might ai ask what you paid for that load of wood. . when I last bought a loat like that in 85 it was $350 green or $450 seasoned but never all oak. that stuff is a sona of a gun to split by hand, in my opinion. Lee
On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 10:10:43PM -0500, Rob Monitor wrote: > HI, Well I meant the logs are 24 in diameter and I have about 15 of them I > have bin cutting and splitting up the smaller ones just fine but the big > ones I just can't seem to move around that good I'm not a very big guy... > ROB FROM MINNESOTA > ----- Original Message ----- > From: clifford > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 8:47 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] chainsaws.. > > > 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 > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 4346 (20090818) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > -- Ocean, n.: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man -- who has no gills. .
