I split my wood to about 5” wide pieces BUT I always split some about 8”. Those are the ones I put in late at night when I’m going to bed and close the damper a bit. Lasts about 4 hours before I gotta reload What do you guys do?
Used to make them big. Then started making small to speed up the drying process. Now that I’m years ahead I’m just starting to try to make them big again. Easier said than done. I’m not sure if any of these Woodstock stoves really care about size all that much. Very controllable.
I split by hand so a variety of sizes based on how easy wood is to split. Bigger pieces have their place for overnight, campfire, etc.
It all depends how it feels after I quarter the half round. If it’s heavy, it gets split again. If not, I leave some big pieces for overnight burns Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I size mine roughly the size of a 4x4 or 3.5" square give or take plus assorted pie/half round shapes. Season better and ease of handling. Been making them that size for many years so old habits die hard. Ill leave some uglies and chunkies bigger. 16" long for the most part.
To be honest, I have not split much wood for the last few years. During our gtg's we have two lovely ladies who love to split wood and do a great job. Not to be outdone, Randy also does a great job of splitting all by himself.
Used to do all that, got a good stove, all split about 4 x 4 now and reloads are every 12 hours or so..
How I split depends on the round. I usually try and get nice 4x4 blocks, but I will split some larger, I always put the largest piece in the back and fill from there. Normally, its 12 hour burns. If its really cold out, I'll leave the air open more and have 8 hour burns.
A variety of sizes can come in handy and I usually get that without much effort, in fact, when I split with a maul my split size would grow larger during the course of the day. If I can pick a split up by the end with one hand that's usually a big enough size.
I split everything that is big enough to be splittable at least once, for drying. After that, the easy splitting stuff gets split smaller than the difficult stuff. I like a variety of sizes, but the average is a one-hander, what one can reasonably stick into the stove with one hand.
