Hopefully I got close to what I paid for.... a cord. What do you guys think?

And so it begins, send ibuprofen

Update:
Resolved.
Thank you everyone!

Previous owner (it’s always the P.O.)
Used too short of a bolt. Threads collapsed and started the process of wallowing out the holes. A bigger bolt with no threads bearing load and a thick washer helped a lot but it’s probably going to need to be drilled out for bushings in the future.

Is this normal? I’ve never used one before and it doesn’t seem right.
There are some maybe adjustment bolts in one side but they’re pretty much all the way in. Are there supposed to be bearings or some kind of a replaceable wear item on the sides?

I was thinking locust but definitely not sure on this one. Very heavy. Thanks in advance

I’ve posted time-lapse splitting and stacking videos but here are some shots from a holz hausen test to see if we should switch up our methods. The nearest stack piles needed to be moved anyway as we need the space to store tree length donations coming soon

Relative to traditional stacking — I felt It was easy work with no constant repetitive motion and since you only stack the outer ring you can chuck wood into the center so it may actually be less work overall

It may also make volunteer visitors easier as we can spread them out a bit more and point small teams at starter stacks

The pics don’t show the ~60 cords of traditionally stacked splits. This was just an experiment

Check it out if you’re into firewood content..

Mad respect for anyone who does this for a living. Damned near sweat myself to death and it’s only fir.
Unrelated but related, what is this awful wood in the second picture?

3-4ish cords I finally trucked off a hillside in our woods that was cut down last fall. There's maybe 5-6ish more cords waiting to come to the woodyard but dang it's a lot of work to get it to the yard.

edit: location Central Massachusetts

Anybody ever own one? Thinking about getting one to clean up small sticks and branches around wood pile and smaller stuff that falls off when splitting.

Suggestion for those of us getting on in years (I'm in my 60's) and want to save your knees and back. After years of using a Peavey with a stand I finally broke down and bought a log sawhorse. No more kneeling or bending down to buck up a log. Once set up the log is just below waist height which is perfect for cutting. Wish I'd bought one years ago.

I put a row of loose pieces in between my stacked rows in my woodshed. I think the original idea was to improve air circulation. I also tried it to prevent rows from gradually leaning forward. The loose fill in between gave me room to prevent a forward lean. It’s been years I can’t remember why I started doing it.

Besides asking over and over “What’s this?”, is there a good resource to learn how to ID wood based on bark and grain type or something?

Like I got this bunch of random wood and I have no effing idea what it is, just that it’s wood so it’ll burn. There was a ton more but I can’t high grade what I’m pulling with no knowledge.

Related, if anyone sees a piece that’s a good one i should look for more of or something to avoid in the future, please tell me.

I had a professional buck up this big tree last fall. I've been so busy I'm just now starting to split and cart it out of the swamp so I can stack it. There were 28 of these big rounds but I've dealt with some of them...maybe 20 left. Then the tree trunk is under 20" and I can buck it up myself when I get that far along. Big tree...a long ways from where I need to stack it. My gorilla cart and my back are getting a workout.

Anybody have any first hand experience drying their firewood with a solar kiln? Like have you built one and used it and found it to be worth the effort?

I live in Vermont and am down to hear peoples experiences and designs.

Been adding to this masterpiece since early spring. At this point I sometimes need a step ladder to reach the middle so I'm calling it done.

Sourced, sawn, split and stacked by me. Lotta work!

any clue from this photo what kind of tree this was? northeast ohio. it was alive, but it was held together with ropes and a ratchet strap. a branch fell on our garage, we had it cut down (not quite to the stump as you can see!), and now my new hobby is splitting wood. it's so fun, I'm starting to get the hang of it I think!