I'm afraid I was taught who's boss. The knots are hard, but that's not the problem. The splitter will cut through white oak and hickory knots....
A wood fort! I've been thinking about stacking like that and throwing a tarp over the top. Free storage shed until it's time to burn. Since I'm...
Seems to be more rot resistant than most softwoods as well, so I wouldn't be afraid to stock up. I burned some after 3 years uncovered and it was...
I just noticed your avatar. You seem to be an authority on cooking big birds.
Good looking cat there. Looks like one of my boys, just a little less tiger.
I don't split a ton of softwood, but when I have split it dry it's way easier. Red pine doesn't dry very fast in big rounds, however, and seems...
You going to makes some pasties out of that?
Big kitty. Good for ham soup once roasted.
If I left it on the ground like that for a year, it would be half rotten. Off the ground, it would be ok. Top covered, even better. And yes, if...
It was a fool's errand. At some point I became irrationally committed to it. It the end, it was not to be.
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I've cut, split, and stacked at least 20 cords in the past 2 weeks. My hands, arms, and back hurt. I've even got a sore throttle finger from too...
Even the rounds without huge knots aren't exactly easy splittin'. Seems like the grain is a little twisty. And then there are the knots...
I know. It is surprisingly heavy when green. Decent firewood once dry, however. Way better than white pine.
You can go horizontal on the bigguns just don't let them on top.
I'm so sorry you had to go through this (split vertically).
Mulberry rounds sure are back breakers when recently cut. It seems even heavier than white oak when green. Similar to hickory and sugar maple...
I'm late to the party, but Doug Fir is a top notch firewood. Every bit as good as red oak all things considered, and better than soft maple or...
I should have cut it shorter or noodled it into quarters or let it dry out. I know. But once I broke my back getting it onto the splitter, I was...
The shag and shellbark are not huge trees, although I think a few of the other types get bigger. I cut a shellbark thst was 12-14" dbh and maybe...
