John_Mc
Elite Member
- Joined
- Aug 11, 2001
- Messages
- 4,045
- Location
- Monkton, Vermont
- Tractor
- NH TC33D Modified with belly pan, limb risers & FOPS. Honda Pioneer 520 & antique Coot UTV
You guys are right that everyone adapts their workflow to their equipment and locations. But even better than optimizing workflow, is adding free laborers to the equation! My 9-year old son is still a little weak and distracted for continuous hard work, but he's getting there.
Free labor is a big bonus. Another person helping really improves the efficiency. Unfortunately, half my free labor (my son) is off at college. My daughter is really NOT into wood splitting, and she has so much else going on that I don't push the issue. She does get interested when her Girl Scout troop all jumps in splitting & stacking wood as a fund raiser - it's as much a social event as it is work for them.
Unfortunately, my daughter is a high school senior, so she'll be off some where next year as well. My wife hates dealing with firewood. She claims she warned me when we got married tht she was not going to help with that. (I'm dubious of that claim: it would have taken a lot of foresight on her part since with did not have a house with a fireplace or wood stove until 5 or 6 years after we got married.)