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No need to spend that much, something like this will do nicely:
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BrutulTM
said, get one with a Honda or Briggs and Stratton engine. I favour Honda over B&S by a lot, but to each his own. And you're not going to need more than a 25 ton splitter.
Another thing to think about is how to get your wood ready to burn. I have made several greenhouses out of PVC that curves nicely and plastic rolls. Looks just like a traditional commercial greenhouse. On each end I have a closeable vent grate, and at one end I put a pretty strong fan. I put the firewood in there and it's dry and ready to burn in a month. I stack from one end to the other, then use it in the opposite direction. I currently have about 18 chord in six greenhouses. I run the fan for the first two months it's in there, and then again for a week or two before I start burning it. A lot of that lumber came when I made my pond and cleared land for farming. I put a real push on for a few years to get as much wood done as possible (my kids still don't forgive me for how many hours they spent splitting and stacking wood) in order to have enough wood for many years without having to do some every year. That makes it not so big a deal when a tree falls and needs to be cleaned up. It's a couple day thing and you're done.
All that to say if you're going to sell firewood, don't sell it green or wet. People will get pissed.
As
BrutulTM
said, get one with a Honda or Briggs and Stratton engine. I favour Honda over B&S by a lot, but to each his own. And you're not going to need more than a 25 ton splitter.Another thing to think about is how to get your wood ready to burn. I have made several greenhouses out of PVC that curves nicely and plastic rolls. Looks just like a traditional commercial greenhouse. On each end I have a closeable vent grate, and at one end I put a pretty strong fan. I put the firewood in there and it's dry and ready to burn in a month. I stack from one end to the other, then use it in the opposite direction. I currently have about 18 chord in six greenhouses. I run the fan for the first two months it's in there, and then again for a week or two before I start burning it. A lot of that lumber came when I made my pond and cleared land for farming. I put a real push on for a few years to get as much wood done as possible (my kids still don't forgive me for how many hours they spent splitting and stacking wood) in order to have enough wood for many years without having to do some every year. That makes it not so big a deal when a tree falls and needs to be cleaned up. It's a couple day thing and you're done.
All that to say if you're going to sell firewood, don't sell it green or wet. People will get pissed.
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