Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2020-11-28 5:33 p.m., cshenk wrote:
> > Dave Smith wrote:
> >
> > > On 2020-11-28 4:34 p.m., cshenk wrote:
> > > > https://wwww.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MT3S2CK/
> > > >
> > > > I KNOW there are massive units that Sheldon will claim are all
> > > > you can use and he has 5 of them or something.
> > > >
> > > > Now for real people with smaller needs? I am over Pnematics at
> > > > this stage of our lives.
> > > >
> > >
> > > My old neighbour had one similar to that. He loaned it to me when
> > > I had that huge branch fall on my house. It was more like tree
> > > size. It could not handle the 18" pieces, but it sure was handy
> > > for anything you would get in a load of unsplit firewood. Word
> > > of caution... use a heavy duty extension cord or you will be
> > > burning out the motor or blowing fuses.
> >
> > Thanks! Our needs are more to the splitting down a bit more. By
> > 18" do you mean long or wide?
> >
>
> 18" diameter. That would be about the limit and, of course, depends
> on the type of wood. Some wood splits more easily than other wood.
> With the big and newer wood you might have to start near the side
> rather than going straight down the middle right off the bat.
Works for me. Most of ours is 'pre-split' but sometimes we need to
make one a bit smaller.
Don's been cutting down some with the Pneumatic manual but that's
getting harder now that he is 70. So, I did go ahead and get this
unit. Seems the right size and capacity for us and stores 'upright' so
won't take up a huge footprint in our shed(s).
We have 3 sheds BTW. First one was a 6x6 metal unit. It's been a bit
tree damaged (neighbors Pecan) but still works and is dry. The other
was an 8x10 wood unit, nice but once the roding lawn mower, smaller gas
one, and some other stuff was in it, no room for a work place for Don.
We added an 8x12 middle of this month and are happily NOT stuffing it
so far, but preserving a work bench setup (built in). First storage
rack 1/2 built (60"x19.5"x36", not huge but works). Don finished the
sealing today and on 5Dec, paint and such arrives. Had the other
things like painters tape, brushes, rollers already from a local store.