Firewood

[crabby]

We split wood twice a year. Plus there is another group that splits once or twice. We go through a lot of wood during the year. We would go through more when we heated the cabins with wood stoves before we changed over to gas.

 

[cany]

At camp we split and stack about four cords at a time. One guy feeds, one guy works the hydraulics and one guy , sometimes two, stacks. We also have a crew bucking and bringing the wood to the splitter Many hands make quick work.

When I was a kid I did it all my self no three man crew

 

[crabby]

When I was a kid I did it all my self no three man crew

We ain't kids anymore.

 

[cany]

We ain't kids anymore.

True and I split by hand no hydrolics

 

[crabby]

True and I split by hand no hydrolics

Were you barefoot?

 

[cany]

Were you barefoot?

At times yes I hated shoes as a kid

 

[Chinacat]

When I was a kid I did it all my self no three man crew

Well, except for the occasional help from my son, I do the work of a 3 man crew by ME-self
Actually splitting/stacking is the easy part
The hard part is the "land clamming" which is finding the guys dropping the trees, talking them into letting me take it, loading it into the utility trailer, unloading it from the trailer into the backyard, cutting it into stove size lenghts, etc...

 

[wader]

True and I split by hand no hydrolics

all before you walked 8 miles to school in the snow - barefoot

 

[cany]

all before you walked 8 miles to school in the snow - barefoot

Oh hell no school was close and I took the bus

 

[Sandspinner]

I burn about 4 cords a year. When the temps in the 30's the house (a cape) stays in the mid 60's but when it's low 20's or very windy I'll need some help from the oil burner but not much, my oil company doesn't like me. I collect all my wood (thank you craigslist) and I split it by hand. I have quite the collection of mauls, wedges and sledge hammers.

 

[crabby]

I burn about 4 cords a year. When the temps in the 30's the house (a cape) stays in the mid 60's but when it's low 20's or very windy I'll need some help from the oil burner but not much, my oil company doesn't like me. I collect all my wood (thank you craigslist) and I split it by hand. I have quite the collection of mauls, wedges and sledge hammers.View attachment 1010

Is that the size that fits in your stove or do you have to buck it to size?

Four cords a year by hand, you're da man.

 

[Sandspinner]

Is that the size that fits in your stove or do you have to buck it to size?

Four cords a year by hand, you're da man.

Not bad for a 64 year old eh? Just lifting those logs in the truck is a trick. I have air bag springs inflated with a load like that to help the suspension. Max size is 20" so I pick and choose my wood carefully no forks or knots if I can help it. There's some pieces that give me such a hard time splitting I'll recognize them a year later putting it in the stove. I prefer red oak if given a choice. I just split some white oak but that will take 2 years to dry out.

 

[wader]

Is that the size that fits in your stove or do you have to buck it to size?

Four cords a year by hand, you're da man.

that's insane - I'd be looking at the grass from the other side..........

 

[wader]

Not bad for a 64 year old eh? Just lifting those logs in the truck is a trick. I have air bag springs inflated with a load like that to help the suspension. Max size is 20" so I pick and choose my wood carefully no forks or knots if I can help it. There's some pieces that give me such a hard time splitting I'll recognize them a year later putting it in the stove. I prefer red oak if given a choice. I just split some white oak but that will take 2 years to dry out.

Tony - firewood is cheap down here ($125 a cord - split). You'll be stoppin' that nonsense.

 

[Chinacat]

I burn about 4 cords a year. When the temps in the 30's the house (a cape) stays in the mid 60's but when it's low 20's or very windy I'll need some help from the oil burner but not much, my oil company doesn't like me. I collect all my wood (thank you craigslist) and I split it by hand. I have quite the collection of mauls, wedges and sledge hammers.View attachment 1010

Nice!!
Like I said before, that part is the hardest part. Chasing it down, loading it, and hauling it home.
I NEVER EVER pay for wood

 

[Capt13]

Tony - firewood is cheap down here ($125 a cord - split). You'll be stoppin' that nonsense.

I beg to differ ..... splitting would is cathartic and very rewarding.

 

[wader]

for the drug companies that manufacture pain relief

 

[Chinacat]

I beg to differ ..... splitting would is cathartic and very rewarding.

I agree! Good stress reliever and great exercise

 

[Sandspinner]

Nice!!
Like I said before, that part is the hardest part. Chasing it down, loading it, and hauling it home.
I NEVER EVER pay for wood

The wood is free but the effort certainly isn't. My family and friends all know to call me if they see a tree being taken down. I still do like the hunt and I am a bit nuts even when I'm on vacation I'll slow down and look if I see someone taking down an oak I just can't help it.

 

[Chinacat]

Sitting here at my desk hearing chain saws buzz close by in the neighborhood
Freaking out, gotta check it out and see what's up and if I gotta hook up the trailer:cool: