https://www.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.

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.

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?

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.

On 11/28/2020 5:23 PM, 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?Â* 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.Â* Word of caution... use
>>> a heavy duty extension cord or you will be burning out the motor or
>>> blowing fuses.
>>
>> Thanks!Â* Our needs are more to the splitting down a bit more.Â* 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.
>

Sounds like you've been there ... IMO that splitter would be fine for
someone who wants a small stockpile of firewood for emergency use or
someone who has a fireplace that they burn for esthetics . If I were
splitting for a main source of heat , I'd want something bigger and gas
powered . As Dave said , use a heavy cord , minimum 12 ga but 10 would
be better . You'll also want to do your back a favor and put that thing
up on a platform of some type . From what I've read and seen on the 'net
, one of the biggest complaints is that these electrics need both hands
to operate . Makes it a bit difficult to balance a big piece on the beam
while splitting it .
Mine's a 12 ton horizontal with a 196CC gas engine . It does pretty
good , but gnarly grain in a big piece will have me cutting the chunks
down with a chainsaw - I've split up to 24" diameter pieces with
straight grain with no problems . I currently have about 4 cords of oak
(red and white) and half a cord of hickory split and stacked , and plan
to cut that much more this winter . I like being warm ... and I'm trying
to get a year ahead , well seasoned wood burns better with more heat and
less creosote .
--
Snag
Illegitimi non
carborundum

Snag wrote:

> On 11/28/2020 5:23 PM, 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://www.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?Â* 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.Â* Word of caution... use a heavy duty extension cord
> > > > or you will be burning out the motor or blowing fuses.
> > >
> > > Thanks!Â* Our needs are more to the splitting down a bit more.Â* 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.
> >
>
> Sounds like you've been there ... IMO that splitter would be fine for
> someone who wants a small stockpile of firewood for emergency use or
> someone who has a fireplace that they burn for esthetics . If I were
> splitting for a main source of heat , I'd want something bigger and
> gas powered.

Not trying to split 18 cords for a winter, Snag! This is more a weekend
augment to the heat (weekdays depend but with working from home still,
hard to say what will happen this year). At roughly 4 logs a minute if
both Don and I are working it, a 1/2 hour probably covers us (plus
some) for a weekend. MOst doesn't need re-splitting at all.

> As Dave said , use a heavy cord , minimum 12 ga but 10
> would be better . You'll also want to do your back a favor and put
> that thing up on a platform of some type . From what I've read and

No really good way to do that here but I'll keep it in mind if I find
something stable and level enough for it.

> seen on the 'net , one of the biggest complaints is that these
> electrics need both hands to operate. Makes it a bit difficult to
> balance a big piece on the beam while splitting it.

Watch the review please. Hands off sort. Log fits between the bars.
10 inch max width of log but we rarely have wider and if we do, we
could do that with the Pneumatic.

> Mine's a 12 ton
> horizontal with a 196CC gas engine . It does pretty good , but gnarly
> grain in a big piece will have me cutting the chunks down with a
> chainsaw - I've split up to 24" diameter pieces with straight grain
> with no problems . I currently have about 4 cords of oak (red and
> white) and half a cord of hickory split and stacked , and plan to cut
> that much more this winter . I like being warm ... and I'm trying to
> get a year ahead , well seasoned wood burns better with more heat and
> less creosote.

Agreed and love your wood pile! That might be 10 years worth for us
here!

I have 6 8' racks and a 16' rack. I gave away a 4' rack to another who
really needed it for a wood stove (he has no other heat).

These are single layer so if doubled (we plan to do that as they empty
and zip-tie them together), that seems 1/2 cord right? So 1.5 cords
(and we always have some leftover that doesn't fit when we get a load
which was why the single 4' rack)

We aren't real specific on 'cords' down here. It's more often sold by
truck size. The 2-ton truck load is what we normally get and we know
what it fills. No one gets antsy about exactly how much rack fillage
there is.

The fellow I use has a decent proption of what I call 'Banker Logs'. I
don't know what another would call them but they are the larger parts,
very useful once it's going really well but alone are too big to burn
correctly without smaller ones around it. I'd say 1 in 10 are that but
it's 2 more or so than desired? Hence other than helping others cut
wood, our needs here will be small.

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.

On 2020-11-29 3:49 p.m., cshenk wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote:

>>
>> 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.
>
If I had a tractor and bucket, a good gas powered splitter and was not
under weight and activity restrictions I would have ready access to
enough wood to keep me going for years I have two huge maples in my
front yard, but they are on town property One of them was so rotten in
the base that the town is taking it down. The tree service company has
spent about 4 days working on it. They didn't last long the first day
because their cherry picker could not reach high enough and for enough
to do the top branches. This tree is 60-70 feet high and the trunk is
more than 3 feet in diameter.

On Sat, 28 Nov 2020 "cshenk" wrote:
>
>https://www.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.


We don't burn wood, never have. How do you dream up such trash...
imagining my hard shagbark hickory must make you squirt in your
panties.

We have a nice stand of a few dozen mature shagbark hickory trees.
https://chiefrivernursery.com/shagba...seedlings.html
I've posted pictures before but I don't feel like looking for them...
but if you insist on having a major orgasm I'd be happy to oblige.

Sheldon Martin wrote:

> On Sat, 28 Nov 2020 "cshenk" wrote:
> >
> > https://www.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.
>
>
> We don't burn wood, never have.


Removed your crystal palace rudeness. If it didn't occur to you
Sheldon, there is a reason why you are in so many killfiles.

cshenk wrote:

> Sheldon Martin wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 28 Nov 2020 "cshenk" wrote:
> > >
> > > https://www.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.
> >
> >
> > We don't burn wood, never have.
> Removed your crystal palace rudeness. If it didn't occur to you
> Sheldon, there is a reason why you are in so many killfiles.


Uh, *why* did *you* mention him in the *first* place, you hectoring witch...???

"Will the FORGED Carol PLEASE return, 'she' was ever so much more NICER...and SMARTER, too...!!!"

<snicker>

--
Best
Greg

cshenk wrote:
> Sheldon Martin wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 28 Nov 2020 "cshenk" wrote:
>>>
>>> https://www.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.
>>
>>
>> We don't burn wood, never have.
>
>
> Removed your crystal palace rudeness. If it didn't occur to you
> Sheldon, there is a reason why you are in so many killfiles.
>

Dammit! If yoose hurt his feelings, he may quit telling us his
raunchy sex stories.

Sheldon wrote:

> On Sat, 28 Nov 2020 "cshenk" wrote:
> >
> >https://www.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.
> We don't burn wood, never have. How do you dream up such trash...
> imagining my hard shagbark hickory must make you squirt in your
> panties.
>
> We have a nice stand of a few dozen mature shagbark hickory trees.
> https://chiefrivernursery.com/shagba...seedlings.html
> I've posted pictures before but I don't feel like looking for them...
> but if you insist on having a major orgasm I'd be happy to oblige.


Lol...in my twenty - plus years here, IIRC you've never *once* mentioned yourself "log - splitting", and you've mentioned *many* times your aversion to burning wood...anyone who reads your posts regularly will agree that this is "common knowledge" here...

As for Carol, it's "Liar, liar, PANTIES on fire...!!!" ... her hubby Don's elderly pecker aka WOOD must have withered, hence she is seeking "excitement" with dire fabulations such as the above with her risible mention of you...

<chuckle>

--
Best
Greg

On Saturday, November 28, 2020 at 4:27:40 PM UTC-6, Sheldon wrote:
>
> We have a nice stand of a few dozen mature shagbark hickory trees.
> https://chiefrivernursery.com/shagba...seedlings.html
>

Shagbark hickory bark is great for grilling.

--Bryan

wrote:

> On Saturday, November 28, 2020 at 4:27:40 PM UTC-6, Sheldon wrote:
> >
> > We have a nice stand of a few dozen mature shagbark hickory trees.
> > https://chiefrivernursery.com/shagba...seedlings.html
> >
> Shagbark hickory bark is great for grilling.


Since "shag" is Britspeak for "****", we should call it "****bark"...

--
Best
Greg

On Saturday, November 28, 2020 at 5:26:05 PM UTC-6, GM wrote:
> wrote:
>
> > On Saturday, November 28, 2020 at 4:27:40 PM UTC-6, Sheldon wrote:
> > >
> > > We have a nice stand of a few dozen mature shagbark hickory trees.
> > > https://chiefrivernursery.com/shagba...seedlings.html
> > >
> > Shagbark hickory bark is great for grilling.
> Since "shag" is Britspeak for "****", we should call it "****bark"...

Those ****barks have the best nuts. Seriously. Shelled shagbark nuts are
the Beluga caviar of the nut world. This price with shipping works out to
$77.33/pound.
https://www.ebay.com/i/133590897504
>
> --
> Best
> Greg

--Bryan

On Sun, 29 Nov 2020 01:34:48 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
> wrote:

>On Saturday, November 28, 2020 at 5:26:05 PM UTC-6, GM wrote:
>> wrote:
>>
>> > On Saturday, November 28, 2020 at 4:27:40 PM UTC-6, Sheldon wrote:
>> > >
>> > > We have a nice stand of a few dozen mature shagbark hickory trees.
>> > > https://chiefrivernursery.com/shagba...seedlings.html
>> > >
>> > Shagbark hickory bark is great for grilling.
>> Since "shag" is Britspeak

You mean English?

On Sat, 28 Nov 2020 17:27:33 -0500, Sheldon Martin wrote:

> imagining my hard shagbark hickory must make you squirt in your
> panties.

Pigs love hickory wood. Squeal for me Pussy Katz!

-sw

On Sat, 28 Nov 2020 15:34:09 -0600, cshenk wrote:

> https://www.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 at this
> stage of our lives.

I think I'd rather have a sausage stuffer.

Wasn't there 459 reviews and ratings of the product on the Amazon
website?

-sw

Sqwertz wrote:

> On Sat, 28 Nov 2020 15:34:09 -0600, cshenk wrote:
>
> > https://www.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 at this
> > stage of our lives.
>
> I think I'd rather have a sausage stuffer.
>
> Wasn't there 459 reviews and ratings of the product on the Amazon
> website?
>
> -sw


Grin, I don't have a use for a sausage stuffer!

Yes, about that number of reviews. Most are positive. As always, you
get the one off idiot who complain it didn't work (probably forgot to
plug it in). Enough to see the flaws and make a decision on.

On Saturday, November 28, 2020 at 1:34:20 PM UTC-8, cshenk wrote:
> https://www.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.
Carol-- this unit is AWESOME! I looked at it after you posted this up, and ordered one for us. Just tried it out this afternoon and extremely pleased.

Tania Hoffman wrote:
> On Saturday, November 28, 2020 at 1:34:20 PM UTC-8, cshenk wrote:
>> https://www.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.
> Carol-- this unit is AWESOME! I looked at it after you posted this up, and ordered one for us. Just tried it out this afternoon and extremely pleased.
>

Hahaha ... Not everyone needs Popeye sized stuff!

It will probably do just fine as long as you don't try to log a
bunch of Sequoya trees.

Tania Hoffman wrote:

> On Saturday, November 28, 2020 at 1:34:20 PM UTC-8, cshenk wrote:
> > https://www.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.
> Carol-- this unit is AWESOME! I looked at it after you posted this
> up, and ordered one for us. Just tried it out this afternoon and
> extremely pleased.

Ours came in but waiting for Xmas to use it (unless we hit a need
earlier).

It;s the right size for our needs. We aren't trying to split 4 cords at
a shot.