I seem to forget just how much work goes into making a cord of wood. Took two pickup bed trailer loads of rounds (one heaping over the sides) turned them into one smaller heaped dump trailer load of splits. Stacked the whole thing and measured approximately 138 cubic feet. Majority was American elm, which is probably why it seemed like so much work. Decent amount of black walnut, which seemed to split pretty decent. Some rounds were over 24" but were already in the pick up bed trailers from a score earlier this year. Definitely a lot of effort, but the end result is always nice. The stack starts at the t-post. Between that one and the one on the other side if the tpost is 2 cords. Thats more than we used this season. So this maybe 2024-2025 season wood. Hard saying for sure. Keep up the hard work hoarders, someone somewhere appreciates all your efforts. Special shout out to all you well seasoned folks in the second half of a century. Woodin is hard work.
It may seem like half the work, however, the wife won't bring in the big splits so it actually makes more work for me in the long run. Good plan though.
It sure is hard work but the end result is worth it. Some nice stacks there Gavorosalini Being a hand splitter and if elm was all i had i may give up hoarding wood. Did you hand split it? And yes im in the second half
Kudos to you for being in the second half. I would not be burning wood if I didnt have a hydro spiltter. My back will not allow swinging very long. I do manage to hand split on occasion when i flip a round or large split on the hydro to reposition it and get my hand in between the wedge and the wood. Does that count?
You should try hoarding from an orchard of fruit wood! Talk about a lotta work for a little wood. So much limbing to do just for an 8-10’ base. But free is free and sometimes ya gotta do what ya gotta do.
Funny you mention orchard wood as i moved the few apple splits i got last Fall. Sailrmike & Eric Schamell hit that orchard too. Kinda wish i got more but it was a LOT of work.
Yeah all I got from there was one load, not even a heaping one at that. Fun score since it's not too often an opportunity arises to drive into an orchard and cut. I wouldn't have even bothered if it wasn't for my splitter. Not all apple trees are created equal though. The humongous overgrown apple yard tree I took down last April yielded some large pieces, some of it fairly straight and easy to split. Those little orchard trees in Wallingford were a different animal entirely though. I commend you for taking any of it, as a hand splitter
