That's cheating.
A single and double blade axe, two metal wedges and a eight pound sledge hammer
is what I used when I got home, to the old splitting log. (40" round)
A tree for fire wood, warmed me up........ three times !!
The fine and fastidious art of wood-stacking
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That's cheating.
A single and double blade axe, two metal wedges and a eight pound sledge hammer
is what I used when I got home, to the old splitting log. (40" round)
A tree for fire wood, warmed me up........ three times !!
Oh I like to think I paid my dues with the ole splitting maul!
When it wasn't "fun" anymore (about 10 years ago), I bought a splitter. Having to split a lot of Elm had a LOT to do with buying a splitter too. 
Oh I like to think I paid my dues with the ole splitting maul!
Even with a good splitter that stinky, stringy elm is a workout. I still swing a maul but that's just to split smaller rounds in my rack for the wood burner in my barn.
Now if there was some way to legally set fire to the Kardashians, wood stacking would be in the number one spot where it belongs
Even with a log slitter and chain saws you still need the good ol' muscle powered implements in your timber working toolbox!
Even with a log slitter and chain saws you still need the good ol' muscle powered implements in your timber working toolbox!
Nice collection of "stuff".
I have yet to buy any "Plastic" wedges, but then again, I never had to
drop a tree to where it would miss a house or other property items.
While I'm at it, here is a picture of " My best friend".
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Are you saying I have a sorry wood splitter or saying I'm a sorry wood splitter?
That depends on how many horsepower yours is.
Freischütz
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Holzmiete.de has a lot of information. Click on the British flag to get building instructions in english.
pantannojack
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pantannojack
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Protocall_Design
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That wood seem to be true of everything, not just wood.
OP
A buddy up the street found he can get "ends" off the cleaned and debarked trees they use for power poles (before they're treated). Just calls ahead and takes his truck down and loads 'er up.
Ivan the Butcher
Member
When we lived on the farm my only heat source for 32 years was a free-standing wood stove. Most years I burnt 8 to 10 face cord of split/dried wood. My woodshed was an old chicken coop, that I would stack floor to ceiling in rows 12 foot long. The most I ever put inside was 21 cord (that I got for a non-running 1974 K-5 Blazer)
The odd shaped pieces were named after the Muppets character "Gonzo" and didn't count towards purchased wood! The kids were allowed to use this wood for camp-outs and other bonfires. (one of my suppliers objected to my refusal to count it towards the cords, I said it was simple, Don't bring me wood that won't stack or lay flat in a stove!)
I purchased about 85% of my wood over the years. I could produce enough money to buy 2+ cords in the time I could cut 1! Purchased wood was dumped and I stacked it in the wood shed. It was paid for after it was stacked. You can say whatever you wish about how big a load is! I pay for what it actually is! Stacked to 128 cubic feet! It settles about 4 or 5% in about 4 months. (I eat the shrinkage.)
Oh, how I miss heating with a wood stove. There is a radii of intense heat always around the stove. No matter how chilled you are, you warm in a hurry!
Oh, how I don't miss the carrying wood in a rain storm, disposing of ashes, and the layer of dust in every corner of the house!
Ivan
The odd shaped pieces were named after the Muppets character "Gonzo" and didn't count towards purchased wood! The kids were allowed to use this wood for camp-outs and other bonfires. (one of my suppliers objected to my refusal to count it towards the cords, I said it was simple, Don't bring me wood that won't stack or lay flat in a stove!)
I purchased about 85% of my wood over the years. I could produce enough money to buy 2+ cords in the time I could cut 1! Purchased wood was dumped and I stacked it in the wood shed. It was paid for after it was stacked. You can say whatever you wish about how big a load is! I pay for what it actually is! Stacked to 128 cubic feet! It settles about 4 or 5% in about 4 months. (I eat the shrinkage.)
Oh, how I miss heating with a wood stove. There is a radii of intense heat always around the stove. No matter how chilled you are, you warm in a hurry!
Oh, how I don't miss the carrying wood in a rain storm, disposing of ashes, and the layer of dust in every corner of the house!
Ivan
Years back I built a 8x12 wood shed with a concrete floor. Paid off well because the wood is dry. We have Oak, Madrone, Cedar & Pine on the place so wood is no problem. I used to split everything with a maul but as years went by 25 years ago I bought a gas powered 20 ton wood splitter. It's still running fine. Lord only knows how many hours on the thing.
Zuchus
Member
And here I always thought that Lennon and McCartney wrote "Norwegian Wood."
