2 days I split all of that.. Both rows. last Sat and this Sat.JEALOUS???

the other guy is the stacker...and that is why the pile fell over, so i had to re-stack it

The splitter he has is better lookin

Man, you are cheap.....what won't you do to get invited to McGrath???? LOL!!!

Hup, BTW, that's pretty wimpy, maybe two cords and a case of beer??? I'd bet the Blister could split more in one day and drink a half gallon Margarita's!! Hahahaha!

Wait till you see my woodpile!

no drinkin, I have values...i can not polute my mind with firewater..

and there is 5 face cord there.

Yeah, and a monkey might fly outta my......


1 face cord = 4x8 feet by the length of one piece of split wood (18-24 inches)

So..it takes at least 2 face cords to make a full cord.

so....basically, I'm right again! LOL!!

Looks like some good birch! I'm jealous...seriously.

I KNEW there was something wrong with ya.....

What you all don't see is the hydrolic splitter he has hidden on the back side.........

-TJ

The first year after I bought Barb, she cut and split 10 cords of spruce and stacked them all in the woodshed. She also cooked every meal that year. Did a lot of skinning, packed water, made fire, butchered moose. She was kinda slow getting the trucks waxed though.

Good job Hup. It's hard to find a good stacker for sure.

Here's my wood splitter The summer pic is fuzzy, but you get the idea!

is that bigfoot in the winter???? you charge him room and board so he has to split wood?

He probably eats munchkins like you for a snack.....

Heheh, I'm not TELLIN!

Here is what I have been working on since May....

Wow Barb, that sure is a stack. I bet White has you burning it quiker than you can split it trying to keep is old body warm..... huh?!

- Clint

That is a beautiful pile of birch! Wow, I'm super jealous. That was really nice of White to remind you to run the saw lengthwise on the tree so his wood wouldn't become rotten. LOL

No, Cajun, you got it wrong. He DOESN'T want me to burn it. He likes to save it ;o)

He prefers to sit in front of this instead of the fire:

Why is that still sitting there? It was supposed to be split and stacked in the woodshed long ago. Actually that's about 20% of what I left her to do so she has made some small progress.

GETTING IT READY EARLY

Yep. A guy can never have too much firewood

Looks like some nice Woodturning stock in that pile !!

Now this is a splitter:

http://www.timberwolfcorp.com/log_splitters/default.asp?id=10

Don't even have to lift the log on it . The machine does all the work for you.

So....?

W17 doesn't have to lift the log either.

Apparently that's Barb's job!

pb

Wow, CB, I'll trade you some of this "turning stock" for one of THOSE! LOL

The last batch I did taught me that there is no such thing as "don't even have to lift the log". They don't all roll right onto that lift, as convenient as it looks.

I used a splitter much like that one for the big batch of spruce. That was nice. Who knows where that tool is now?

But splitting these baby logs is my anger management routine ;o) I think about something that makes me REALLY mad, and lift that 10 pound sledge and WHAM! It is soooooo satisfying ;o)

Look at that Ken, you have been away for two months and she is still thinking about you, isn't that sweet

fish, you made it down....

I wonder how often she envisions Ken's face on a piece of wood just befor the maul smokes it?

oh and what is the deal with the lengthwise cuts? Just to get rid of bark?

yep kusko made it down safely.

Grubstake, birch bark is water proof and holds in the moisture so if you split the bark open it will dry better. Better yet to split it right away into halves. Even round bucked in 16" long chunks, birch will rot before it dries if you stack it in the round....yep, found that out the hard way....

She has some foreign language saying that she repeats several times when she encounters a particularly recalcitrant piece of wood. Timing is everything. She says it just as the maul starts it's downward path.

You guys crack me up!

Now tell the truth...Don't you really LIKE splitting wood? It is great exercise.

Well, I can't sit here any longer. Gotta don my Deet soaked mosquito jacket and go split some birch!

Barb I do love it as well and against the Dr's wishes have managed to split a bit this summer but am afraid most of the pile is going to be left up to the boys, as the fishboss splits fish but she wont split much more then a few rounds of cottonwood for the smoke house

Todd: do you need me to send the Wife School video again??

I am worried about Todd.

When it comes to divying up the chores, splitting fish does not equate to splitting wood!

Pete

Right. And it's really hard to hang that split wood over a pole. (or a german or frenchman)

Ken you really think the video will help it didn't the last time !! I get the easy part with the fish I catch them and cut heads and tails so I can grab all the eggs I need to catch more fish. I tried getting her to fix the busted cranker cord on the chain saw tonight and all I got was THE LOOK!! Dang I hate them stupid recoil springs LOL Guess I am out of trouble she just handed me a cup of tea and I never even asked for it good thing she didn't stop to read over my shoulder

The one I like is the spring on the Tundra that breaks at 30 below when you try to start it. With the chain saw at least you can do it in the house. I haven't figured out how Barb can fix the spring and split wood at the same time. Her chain usually won't reach the machine.

I don't have any pictures, but last summer a friend dropped some walnuts and a few maples in town. We ended up getting 9 truck loads up to the cab of my dads 3/4 ton Chevy truck with an 8ft bed. It's all split (hydraulic) and about 2/3s of it is stacked. I stacked it all. We have 5 rows that are about 20'x 6' and 3 rows that are about 15'x 4'. I don't know how much this is compared to what you guys are splitting, but I think it is a lot. We have enough wood for 2 years and we have a wood furnace with a few electric baseboards.

Boy, KmTrapper, walnut and maple!?!? We only use those for fine woodwork. I cringe to think of burning it ;o)
It sounds like a LOT of wood. Good job!
That stacking does get tedious...Speaking of that, I'd better go do some of that in the woodshed this evening.

Maple is one thing, but you know the economy must be GOOD in OH if they can afford to burn walnut in the stove.....!

Pete