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Yeah a BIG problem for Los Vegas and parts of Socal.That will be someone else's problem.....
isn't that the truth, really sucks but that's life.
Depending on the "average winter temperatures," between 5-6 cords. Plus a small propane heater as nightly backup. Without the propane, it would be 8 cords and me staying up later each night to keep the wood stove going.
The screw has to be opened 3-4 turns before you start using it, then closed when you are done. This is an air vent for the oil reservoir. I did that every time I used it, per the instructions in the manual (the same one you found online). The diagram is cute, but it needs a more thorough troubleshooting list than what is in that booklet. Of the top 10 electric splitters some famous logger magazine posts, this model is ranked #1 and has a five star rating. I give it one star. So much for spending $400 to get the best.
That's not bad.
Bear in mind, Dale, this is only a 1200 sq.ft. house and almost half of it is a finished basement, which uses electric heat. So that wood stove only heats 700 sq.ft. with all that wood. It really needs new windows, new doors, and better insulation.
Oh.............
You could maybe loosen a hose end to see if it is pumping oil..Depending on the "average winter temperatures," between 5-6 cords. Plus a small propane heater as nightly backup. Without the propane, it would be 8 cords and me staying up later each night to keep the wood stove going.
The screw has to be opened 3-4 turns before you start using it, then closed when you are done. This is an air vent for the oil reservoir. I did that every time I used it, per the instructions in the manual (the same one you found online). The diagram is cute, but it needs a more thorough troubleshooting list than what is in that booklet. Of the top 10 electric splitters some famous logger magazine posts, this model is ranked #1 and has a five star rating. I give it one star. So much for spending $400 to get the best.
Be careful though if it is high pressure pumping oil jets can be bad.
Look at the bright side, at least your not splitting stacking and adding to the fire - another 5-6 cords.
That's on my list for tomorrow. I'm taking it outside with an extension cord, however, just in case, so I don't squirt oil all over my shop.
True. But remember this is an old man with broken back trying to cut dead trees, stack in the truck, bring it home and stack in the garage, split it all, then restack for winter use -- all by myself. (let us all whine together now...)
Oh, wrong wine... Oh well.
Oh I fully understand all the work behind burning wood, LOTS of exercise involved.True. But remember this is an old man with broken back trying to cut dead trees, stack in the truck, bring it home and stack in the garage, split it all, then restack for winter use -- all by myself. (let us all whine together now...)
Yeah. An electric motor of high HP moves the hydraulics pretty much the same way as the gas engine on the bigger splitters. Typically, they are used by people who use less wood, smaller wood, softer wood, or are only looking to make kindling. My gas splitter can whack rounds a couple feet across with no problem and this tiny thing can't handle really hard wood (like Oak) or really large (like Cottonwood rounds), but is OK for pine, ash, etc. if you are not in any real hurry.
I have used a backhoe - had my brother hold the wood in place, before I whacked it.....
Fuel costs made the cost prohibitive.....You wouldn't believe how much wood you can split using an excavator with a 42" bucket.....
We always split wood the old fashioned way. With a wedge and a sledge. But then, we don't heat the house with it.
And he still has his hands/arms? That sounds really dangerous.I have used a backhoe - had my brother hold the wood in place, before I whacked it.....
Boys will be boys.....
I have a 12-pound maul, but these days, with my back problems, I can barely lift the damn thing, much less split a large round into 4-6 pieces.
Oh. I have hubby do it. He don't want me splitting wood anyways.
I can still remember my father asking me - What the fuck are you doing?
So where can I get one of these hubby things?
I thought you just so happened to be one of those hubby things.So where can I get one of these hubby things?
Senior citizen "hubby"I thought you just so happened to be one of those hubby things.
Yeah I've got to split my own wood
Or you could try finding a teenager that needs money, and is not too lazy to earn it the hard way.
You'll never find one their all lazy bum's
All the welding and building Sarah does, I would think splitting wood would be right there at the top with "things to do"
Hay I built my truck port
Indeed....HARD FIND.....
I may have smarts, but not a strong back. Phillip is the brawn here.
I am the hubby thing that belongs to Lannie, so I do the heavy work she needs done, but I need one of my own to do the heavy shit I can no longer do.I thought you just so happened to be one of those hubby things.
There are teenagers in the local area, and they are all hard-working kids (not like the city snowflakes who live on facebutt), but the big problem is that they have their parents' ranches to work on, so I couldn't hire them away from their work even if I could afford it.
Yeah, but as I was watching that movie,
Sarah had to lick your pole clean and paint it... or summat like dat.
Lick?! A steel brush on an angle grinder, although he wouldn't approve of that in bed ... or paintYeah, but as I was watching that movie,
Never hurts to ask these days......
Not quite, but it is a pretty shade of blue. LOLSo, Phil, yourcarporttruckport is in the bedroom?
Wish there were more of the ranch folks in this world....Things have certainly gone to hell in the last 10-20 yrs....and getting worse by the day.
A blue trucker port... Hmmmm... I think I heard that on a bad movie about a zillion years ago.
(OK, I'm done being a bad boy. We now return to your regularly scheduled program.)
Isn't that the problem of us as parents? Yes, we can blame Dr. Spock and Facebutt, but we are the ones who let the little shits get away with it. Out here in ranching (and farming) country, all children are raised to take responsibility and contribute their fair share to the family workload. The only kids I know who lay around doing nothing but diddling with their smart phones are the city snowflakes. And yes, most ranchers do own cell phones, but they get used for work purposes, not entertainment.
Of course it's the parenting problems, brought the kids up WRONG....95% don't know what a lug-wrench is.
Between allowing laziness, and being afraid to discipline, is how we got snowflakes in the first place. Kids should earn cellphone access, not demand it.
I just saw that on a Liberty insurance TV ad ("Is this a lug wrench?"). When I learned to drive, you never got behind the wheel unless you knew how to change a tire, and I stopped on the highway a hundred times to change tires for little old ladies who clearly couldn't get the spare out of the trunk.
EXACTLY....and you had better know the basics of how an engine runs too...!
I actually took a semester of "basic auto class" in high school to learn that which I was not allowed to learn at home. Even more, I worked on my guidance counselor's car.