Day: December 7, 2014

Although it still seemed to be working OK when I tested it after I’d fixed the problem with its piston non-return valve, I didn’t know for sure that my log splitter would still operate fully as it should until I’d topped up the hydraulic fluid and tried it with a log. So as I had a pile of cut logs ready for splitting in my wood store, I was relieved yesterday when it did the job properly first time. I bashed away for an hour or so and pretty soon I had all my wood cut, split and stacked as I wanted it.

Although I expected it to take up less space after being cut and split, I was amazed at just how little space it occupied when I’d finished, compared to before. There’s plenty of room now for me to order in some more 1 metre lengths and I hope that M. Dumas has another 3 stères like I had before at the same price. In any case, I’ll give him a ring tomorrow to find out.

Ideally I’d like to cut and split it before I put it into the store so it easily goes into the space available, but I’m not sure that I’ll be able to do that because of the weather this coming week. It’ll take several hours, probably over a day or so, to do the whole 3 stères and while I’m doing it, it’ll be stacked outside in the open. Rain is forecast for most days next week excluding Tuesday, with quite a few strong showers on Wednesday, and as I’ve used what covers I have on the pine that I picked up a couple of Saturdays ago, I may have no choice but to ask for delivery on Tuesday and to stack it immediately in the store in the dry. We’ll see after talking to M. Dumas.