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[cat fever]

jk96, that is a nice setup. :thumbsup:

Sure wish I wasn't so cheap, I'd get a log splitter. I'm still using an ax. To be fair, it's for the exercise.

 

[DieselBound]

Here is what works well for me. From the time the log hits the splitter nothing ever hits the ground or needs picked up again.

Excellent! I have some larger stuff that I don't like lifting up on the log splitter (splitter works vertically as well as horizontally) so I have to stoop to pick up what gets split.

Rains way too much here to leave wood out without cover. Currently scurrying to (finally) build a woodshed: have about 10 cords sitting out in the weather

 

[DieselBound]

jk96, that is a nice setup. :thumbsup:

Sure wish I wasn't so cheap, I'd get a log splitter. I'm still using an ax. To be fair, it's for the exercise.

After several years I broke down and bought a powered splitter. I found myself making trips to the doctors due to excessing straining: I was beating the heck out of my shoulder, and other parts of my body from various things- swinging a splitting axe (as good as the Fiskars is my shoulder would still complain) being just one activity. Doesn't take long for costs associated with injuries to add up.

 

[cat fever]

After several years I broke down and bought a powered splitter. I found myself making trips to the doctors due to excessing straining: I was beating the heck out of my shoulder, and other parts of my body from various things- swinging a splitting axe (as good as the Fiskars is my shoulder would still complain) being just one activity. Doesn't take long for costs associated with injuries to add up.

I hear ya. Two weeks ago I crushed my index finger between the axe handle and the sledge hammer handle. (not even sure how) but right now my finger is still swollen and hurts to the point I can't cut anymore wood. It's my chainsaw gas finger. :laughing: When it happened I was feeling my heart beat in my finger and asking myself why I don't have a powered splitter. :confused3: I think one is in my future.

 

[jk96]

jk96, that is a nice setup. :thumbsup:

Sure wish I wasn't so cheap, I'd get a log splitter. I'm still using an ax. To be fair, it's for the exercise.

I am splitting a lot of osage orange. It's pretty stringy when green. I can't even imagine splitting it all by hand. My hats off to you. My job is labor intensive enough that I don't feel bad about using the splitter.

 

[Gordon Gould]

Rains way too much here to leave wood out without cover. Currently scurrying to (finally) build a woodshed: have about 10 cords sitting out in the weather

I've been wondering about this - Do you guys that use baskets or crates just leave your wood uncovered and get it dry? Another question - can you stack the baskets two high to get a tighter footprint. Seems like 8 cord spread out would take a lot of room.

I don't have any consistent method but this is one of the more efficient ones




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[jk96]

I've been wondering about this - Do you guys that use baskets or crates just leave your wood uncovered and get it dry? Another question - can you stack the baskets two high to get a tighter footprint. Seems like 8 cord spread out would take a lot of room.

I don't have any consistent method but this is one of the more efficient ones

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I leave mine uncovered until the temps drop for the season. You can stack them two high. Space is not an issue for me so I don't stack them.

 

[ultrarunner]

All different ways... keeping the rain off with circulation works...

My friends in Bavaria stack using Holthausen method.

Build a holz hausen to dry firewood | Backwoods Home Magazine

I find split wood seasons extremely fast was 5 months of low summer humidity and no rain in California and way longer in Olympia Washington.

 

[DieselBound]

All different ways... keeping the rain off with circulation works...

My friends in Bavaria stack using Holthausen method.

Build a holz hausen to dry firewood | Backwoods Home Magazine

I find split wood seasons extremely fast was 5 months of low summer humidity and no rain in California and way longer in Olympia Washington.

Yes, I've seen those. I don't think that anyone using that method faces 70+ inches of rain per year (Tacoma's something like 39"/year): I don't think that I've seen anyone around here with uncovered wood. Maybe also not stacking Maple, which seldom splits in decent shapes allowing for easy stacking: one of the big drivers for me in going with crates- I got tired of trying to get Maple to (free)stack (I would do it, but you had to really concentrate on fitting things, almost like a puzzle. I suppose that if you put something on top that it would help.

I have no doubts that the Holthausen stacks dry/season well (if not under water like where I reside :laughing.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I managed to get this load of rounds,

all split,

and with "that" load split, my helper and me, went out and cut another load,

My helper absolutely LOVES my Jonsered 2260! Anyway, with another load cut, I pulled it over to the splitting yard,

I'll get THAT one split, another day!

SR