Anyone got a wood splitter I could borrow

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Sometime in the very near future I will be provided some free wood.
Only downfall is I have to split it into "fire wood" Normally I would just chop it, but being this late in the season and still busy "moving in"
I thought I splitter would be easier on my old bones. If anyone has one to loan I'd gladly pay for time and use.
One note, I don't have a hitch so transportation could come into play and again I'd happily pay for time, distance.

I live in Erin, DM me if you have one.

Thanks!
 
Having done both manual and hydraulic splitter, I almost always do it manually now if I have some time. Let the wood freeze, go out and swing the axe for 15-30 minutes a day for some exercise. With dry, frozen wood, the axe splits far more in the same time. I haven't tried a kinetic splitter. Those look fun as hell. My brother has an electric/hydraulic splitter. Big nope from me. Even slower than the diesel powered one (as expected) and although it came with a 4 way wedge, that makes the bed too short to be useful so it is a single split per stroke. Given where that splitter lives and where you are, renting would be cheaper than the gas to move it around.
 
We rent it from a guy on the way to the cottage. I'll be up there this weekend and can get you the number.

Dad wanted to buy one, but I didn't think spending that type of money on something to be used once every 3-4 years was worth it. He didn't like that logic.
 
I would suggest buying a used one.
You know you will need it again in the future as I'm sure you will need and get more fire wood.
If you are not in a hurry I'm sure you can find one on marketplace or Kijiji for decent price.

I got a hitch and I can help with transporting a rental or used purchase for you.
 
oioioi said:
I would suggest buying a used one.
You know you will need it again in the future as I'm sure you will need and get more fire wood.
If you are not in a hurry I'm sure you can find one on marketplace or Kijiji for decent price.

I got a hitch and I can help with transporting a rental or used purchase for you.
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New ones can be had for under 1000 if you want to buy one not really worth renting.

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I can see how you can pay for a new one with several days of rental.
 
Scuba Steve said:
I have a electric one works surprisingly well if you have a minivan or something you can borrow it.

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If it is under 6ft long I can fit it in the Kia and would be very happy to borrow it from you.
I was looking at electric ones as well.
DM me you P/U location. Thanks!
 
Jampy00 said:
If it is under 6ft long I can fit it in the Kia and would be very happy to borrow it from you.
I was looking at electric ones as well.
DM me you P/U location. Thanks!
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Fitting it in the car is one thing. Lifting it INTO the car may be troublesome.

I’m pretty sure we pay around $80-100/day or rental so use it 10x and it’s paid itself off.
 
mimico_polak said:
Fitting it in the car is one thing. Lifting it INTO the car may be troublesome.

I’m pretty sure we pay around $80-100/day or rental so use it 10x and it’s paid itself off.
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Good point, I'm sure I'll get it sorted out.
 
Two thumbs up for GTA timing. My arborist called yesterday to tell me they're coming to take down my Norway Maple on Monday.

There is a substantial savings if they take it down with the pieces as is, where dropped. A neighbour will take the firewood but a piece of trunk two feet in diameter can weigh a lot more than Scuba Steve's splitter.

I have a cheap electric chain saw that will do for modest sized bucking and splitting by hand of stuff under 8" doesn't scare me. A friend has a decent gas saw I can borrow for bigger bucking if it comes to that.

The splitting is really the neighbour's problem but he has a wood fired pizza oven that does a dynamite job on the tasty round things. I want to be in his good books.

A few questions for the wood burning members. Since the neighbour is away for a week or so I want to immediately start cleaning up or at least organizing the mess. What is too small to be considered for firewood? Baby finger, thumb, wrist or ???

Would a bundle of small twigs tied together be of use as kindling? There'd be lots and IIRC the city has made its last yard waste pickup until spring.

Cautions:
A co worker injured his thumb using a splitter but they were able to save it. The ram may move slowly but when a piece of wood reaches its stress limit it can be unpredictable.

Secondly, anything on YouTube related to the felling of trees and processing them for firewood should be viewed for "Not to do" educational purposes. Any video that starts with the worker spending the first two minutes showing you an off brand angle grinder from multiple points of view and scraps of rusty pipe should be unliked and hate comments posted.
 
nobbie48 said:
Two thumbs up for GTA timing. My arborist called yesterday to tell me they're coming to take down my Norway Maple on Monday.

There is a substantial savings if they take it down with the pieces as is, where dropped. A neighbour will take the firewood but a piece of trunk two feet in diameter can weigh a lot more than Scuba Steve's splitter.

I have a cheap electric chain saw that will do for modest sized bucking and splitting by hand of stuff under 8" doesn't scare me. A friend has a decent gas saw I can borrow for bigger bucking if it comes to that.

The splitting is really the neighbour's problem but he has a wood fired pizza oven that does a dynamite job on the tasty round things. I want to be in his good books.

A few questions for the wood burning members. Since the neighbour is away for a week or so I want to immediately start cleaning up or at least organizing the mess. What is too small to be considered for firewood? Baby finger, thumb, wrist or ???

Would a bundle of small twigs tied together be of use as kindling? There'd be lots and IIRC the city has made its last yard waste pickup until spring.

Cautions:
A co worker injured his thumb using a splitter but they were able to save it. The ram may move slowly but when a piece of wood reaches its stress limit it can be unpredictable.

Secondly, anything on YouTube related to the felling of trees and processing them for firewood should be viewed for "Not to do" educational purposes. Any video that starts with the worker spending the first two minutes showing you an off brand angle grinder from multiple points of view and scraps of rusty pipe should be unliked and hate comments posted.
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What do the by-laws say about outdoor burning? I wouldn't bother bringing stuff smaller than my wrist inside to burn for heat as it is more work than it is worth. Some small stuff helps to light a fire but in general, I just burn stuff smaller than my wrist in a fire pit to make it go away. If I had a chipper, that could work too but I don't. City pickup with bundling twigs takes way too long to process imo.
 
GreyGhost said:
What do the by-laws say about outdoor burning? I wouldn't bother bringing stuff smaller than my wrist inside to burn for heat as it is more work than it is worth. Some small stuff helps to light a fire but in general, I just burn stuff smaller than my wrist in a fire pit to make it go away. If I had a chipper, that could work too but I don't. City pickup with bundling twigs takes way too long to process imo.
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I'm not even allowed a chimenea and I've eliminated our poorly designed fireplaces. I'll check to see if the city has a twig drop off area. Otherwise anything unwanted will be more bulk than weight and a trip or two the the local tip would get rid of a lot.
 
Picked up a 9 ton electric splitter on sale today. I'll set it up tomorrow as I now have about 300 logs to split. Good times!
 
nobbie48 said:
I'm not even allowed a chimenea and I've eliminated our poorly designed fireplaces. I'll check to see if the city has a twig drop off area. Otherwise anything unwanted will be more bulk than weight and a trip or two the the local tip would get rid of a lot.
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How’d you get rid of the fireplaces indoors? Mine are nice….but effectively kill any chance of having an open concept.

Not a near term project…but always nice to plan.
 
mimico_polak said:
How’d you get rid of the fireplaces indoors? Mine are nice….but effectively kill any chance of having an open concept.

Not a near term project…but always nice to plan.
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I think our house was was built by Kevin's dad and it had something for everyone. Unfortunately most of it didn't work. Window alignment was off. The two fireplaces destroyed decent furniture layouts and room use. Side by side flues smoked one floor or the other. Crap dampers didn't help. The den seemed nice but didn't have room for both furniture and people.

I stripped the fireplaces back to the hole in the wall and bricked them up. I capped the tops of the flues as everything had been switched to high efficiency and the chimney no longer needed. It remains, as the effort to take it down couldn't be justified.

While stripping out the fireplace I saw myself in a mirror and thought the work was making me look younger. Nah, it was just the soot in my hair.
 
Curious to see the before and after pics @nobbie48 as the fireplaces are a major source of cold air getting in the house and not sure how to prevent that.

I can say that as temps are going lower, the rooms upstairs are holding the temp much better than last year.

Now it’s a matter of chasing the heat loss areas one by one.
 
mimico_polak said:
Curious to see the before and after pics @nobbie48 as the fireplaces are a major source of cold air getting in the house and not sure how to prevent that.

I can say that as temps are going lower, the rooms upstairs are holding the temp much better than last year.

Now it’s a matter of chasing the heat loss areas one by one.
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When we still had the fireplaces, even with doors, they oozed cold air so my wife quilted covers to go over them. They were held on by magnets. It helped. Artsy types could do a flame pattern.

Apparently the wife of Salvador Dali didn't like the looks of the radiators in their home so Dali had boxes made to cover them. She didn't like the look of the boxes either so he painted them to make them look like radiators.
 
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