21" rounds. What would you do?

The utility company trimmed and cut down some trees across the road for their power lines. There is perhaps a cord of rounds sitting at the bottom of a small hill.
Problem is they bucked them 20" to 21". My stove will take 19" max. I prefer 16" to 18" length.

I figure I have a couple of options.
1) Cut them to 16" to 18" length and split the shorts up. Throw them into a bin and burn when I am running low. Last year I finished out the season with the chunks from the bins.
2} Cut them in half and stack them with the full length splits(16"). This is what I am considering.

What would you do?












to 21"

 

I'd cut to size, and deal with the shorts separately.

 

Years ago I would cut them in half. Nowadays I cut them to length and save the cookie for a different pile.
Keeps the stacks from tipping over LOL

 

Yep, cut them to preferred length and deal with the cookies.

 

All of the 3 answers above are correct!

 

Would you have 85% of the wood right, with the other 15% in cute, easy to handle and store form, or 100% of it wrong? (18/21=85%, for those who enjoy the math).

It's funny, I had the same question years ago. I chose incorrectly the first time. Now I have no doubt about the better situation.

Get yourself something along these lines for the shorts...

 

I would cut them to your 16-18” length.

 

its unanimous!!! one trick I've found with 3-4 inch cookies is sometimes you can noodle them down the middle or into 3 pieces and you can still put them onto the stacks.

 

or this

 

Could find a buddy with a bigger stove who has a load of 18” stuff and trade.

 

I’d opt for plan 1 and cut to length.


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I agree with the above.

 

Now you are just showing off! I'm jealous.

Were these purpose built, or repurposed for firewood? I think I've seen these at Walmart, with balls in them.

 

This is what I do too

 

if that was full, I could see the potential for smashing your hand pulling a piece out. or am I over thinking it? do you pull out with a pick-a-roon? or similar tool?

 

I've had long pieces like that before, and i just split then down to a size where i can put then at a angle into my stove. I've got a blaze king princess and you wouldn't believe how long of pieces i've put in that stove after splitting them into 1/4th's. I've done that for the fun of it, and my wife always chimes in and say's '' you'll NEVER get that big of a chunk of wood in the stove'', ha,ha,its like a dare to me, lol. You should see her face when she say's ''how'd you do that'', lol.

 

What he said.

 

I’m with him^^^. Lol.

 

Cut to length and deal with the cookies. What's the diameter of the rounds? If they are larger, say 15-16", you could cut the leftover cookie in half and stack em in your regular stack.