Depends could you put them in sideways if you cut them in half? Or cut some in half and use the shorts from the others to fill in.
First, we like burning north/south in our wood stove, it will take 16 inch firewood, my wife had a problem closing the door once because the door would hit the split when closed, I started cutting ours at 14.75, solved that problem real quick. If we want to burn east/west ours will take 24 inch firewood.
This seems like a thread that you could have come up with the options, put them at the top and allowed members to vote on how to cut the logs: 1. Normal and a short. (easier stacking for normals and a pile of uglies) 2. Cut them all in half. (lots of uneven pieces) 3. Just split 'em, season them as is and then cut them to size later (longer seasoning time). 4. Those logs are too long for your stove. Give us the address so we can get rid of them for you.. Put it to a vote and see what people think..
I'm with woodlands I like them cut to burn N/W so all mine are cut to 16". With the pics showing 27 and 30 I would probably just cut them in half and have a few that are just a little short. But it looks like your stove is bigger, if it will take 22" either way I would cut them to about 20-21 and use the short pieces in the pit.
Not really a problem there but more like an inconvenience. I'd cut them to the right length then use the cut-offs this fall when you need just a short or small fire. We had the same sort of thing when we bought our last new stove. Old stove would take well over 20" but new stove 16". We cut some in half but most cut to proper length. For sure the ones we cut to the proper length worked out best for us. You can make a jig pretty easy so you can cut a several at one time if they are small. Of course the larger diameter will be cut by themselves.
Not sure what you are expecting. It is not rocket science. As far as I am concerned the thread was over after post #2, which seems to be the general consensus. Anyhow, good luck...
Maybe its more of a thread of "what do I do with and how do I store the uglies/shorts?" Do you have the room to attempt to pile a stack of shorts? Are the shorts seasoned enough to just keep in a barrel? etc
