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Good idea....tote walls....we have talked about doing the same thing too!

Splitter is nice , try turning tote open end towards splitter table then you can just slide pieces in, great video

Also after watching alot of people operating a vertical splitter, working left to right seems more efficient

Throwing in the IBC totes allows more air to flow through. Because because if it's stacked in there, it's stack. Nice and tight so there's less air flow

The vertical splitter really does a great job on those big rounds Matt. I like the precise size of the splits and no scrap (as compared to big rounds with a box wedge). I think loose thrown wood will dry quicker than stacked… more surface exposed to air flow.

Very nice video Matt . I’m not sure one way is better than the other it’s more about what works for you a the splitter your using . Love how you have ben comparing the 2 different splitters good stuff .

Love this idea on using the ibc totes as walls

I'd consider placing a very thick plastic sheet (10 mil) on the ground under the pallets. Will stop the weeds and keep the ground moisture from affecting the wood.

That big table on your splitter sure makes a great work space. As for drying, I've been cutting and/or selling firewood since 1968 and I've found that for green pine or green Doug fir, long rows just two rows deep, and facing the summer sun has worked best.

I could see that putting wood in a tote loose, it probably would dry faster cause more air could circulate around it. The drawback is you get more wood in tote by sracking it.

I love the look of that machine not just the functionality. The look reminds me of the V rod Harley motorcycle that came out with years back the stainless steel oil tank all the other non-painted steel parts and components on the machine pop with that satin black paint I think maybe Chris should’ve named that Model, the V rod. it’s got that new school, but bad ass look 🙂👍

I would also quarter those huge rounds for easier manuverability!

Matt, I think you are on the right track with quartering the rounds, but I would take it a step further and split 1/6 or 1/8 pieces on the 30” size. I noticed the splitter likes to break the round roughly 1.5x longer/wider than the single wedge (approx. 16-18” all the way through - or roughly half the round). While making 6th’s or 8th’s, you’re going to make pizza slices that need to be split 1 more time on the radius and then the pizza can be rotated 90 degrees to slice the specific size pieces. Also by breaking the round into 6-8 pieces each one will be easier to move. Also, Sadie is amazing and tremendously understanding to allow the “new look” of your woodyard in her front yard! Have a great week Around the Yard Sir! 😊

On those big rounds you need a small peavy on hand, when they're stringy like that you can probe the peavy tip into the split and peel them apart. Plus you can use the can't hook to spin them instead of the pickeroon, leverage is your friend and your back will thank you later in life. Any way you slice them big rounds are always a PITA

the wedge needs to come down more to separate the pieces of wood.

Good job. I prefer my horizontal splitter. With a 4 or 6 way wedge. Less handling of the wood. Wolfridge makes great splitters.

From what I have found, some logs split better pealing and some you can split in long chunks, and others will quarter okay, even the same species. May depend on knots - I have found hidden knots in beech. Big rounds like that I have been cutting in 1/2. Probably 1/4 is ideal. I have about 49 hrs on my Axis. I like the vertical splitters for large rounds if you don’t have a box wedge on horizontal splitters those rounds are harder to handle. The vertical will do them but it is still a lot of work ( sometimes if it doesn’t want to split I keep inching it away from the back and usually it will split 3-4” from the outside of the round). Nice video

Vertical is definitely the way to go with rings of that size. How many sizable pieces would have fallen over the sides of a horizonal splitter doing these? I couldn't agree more about what a big help picaroons are round a splitter.

We can always learn more

The wood will dry a little faster if it is just dumped into the tote. However, you will get more wood in each tote if you stack it in there. You might want to stack a few, leave them out in the direct sunlight for a while and then measure the moisture content against a few totes that you just threw the wood into. If there isn't a huge difference in the moisture content, I'd stack it because you can get more wood in one tote. I know we can get about 10 more bundles per basket when we stack it VS just throwing the wood in the basket.