a little backyard Jenga this evening....

Two guys, we rolled them up the ramp!! It was a job I'll tell ya that!

 

I've had them flip on their side a few times and lemme tell ya, that makes them a whole different beast!!

 

It does not take perfectly split wood to do cribbing. You can even do it with triangular splits if you do it right. You can even use rounds as long as they are on the inside. Cribbing is really quite easy and makes stacking go a whole lot easier. In addition, it does not cost an extra penny.

 

Oh how I loved logs like that when I sawed lumber!

 

Sadly, this one was metal-laden......

 

Nope. Would not want to run that through the saw. One would be changing the teeth really fast.

 

Eventually, when I build my woodshed, I won't need to crib the ends anymore. I'm going to devise a removable divider system for the shed. But it's fun to do. I like to time myself to see how quickly I can build one of those 5' towers. I've got it down to a science now, around 5 minutes I can knock one out if I've got a pile of good splits.

 

How do you attack one of those ginormic rounds to arrive at the squares Scotty Overkill?
Do start with a split at say 12 o'clock to make 2 halves, or do you pare off from one side and make 3-4" "plank" splits? If that makes sense......

 

I split it right in half, then into quarters, then slab the quarters, and split the slabs into individual splits. Works like a charm til you hit one with knots in it. Then you just bust it up into uglies....lol

 

It really depends upon the size of the log as to how best to split to get squares, or as I aim for, rectangles. Sometimes I'll take a slab off 2 sides then just work from one side to the other splitting about 4-5" off at a time. Other times I'll split in half then start slicing. Other times, like Scotty but we don't get much for big stuff here.