I’ve always used big fat logs but split for firewood, for the first time my supplier had very thin split pieces? Obvy I’m going to go thru a lot of them faster because I’ll need alot more being their skinnier to make a nice size fire inside my home. Any advantage to such thin split wood over big fat thick split ones ? The picture I have is the thinly split ones, I don’t have a picture of the fat ones I’m used to but just picture a normal size log split into like 3 rather then like 5 pieces as shown in picture…I feel ima blow thru these thin split ones.
Small splits are nice to have, but I'd prefer larger for overnight cooling. You can split a piece that's too big, but that doesn't work going the other way.
Ya we never use it over night. It’s an open face fireplace. I just never have used thin skinny splits, I’ve always always had fat split wood .
They dry faster and burn quicker and hotter thats about it. That stuff looks 1 step above kindling IMO.
Those wouldn't be too bad in a 2 cu ft stove or less. Probably have a lot of flame in an open fireplace. Which might be nice for aesthetics.
Ugh I agree with the one step above kindling ://// it looks like I’m screwed for this batch of wood I got. It will burn quick, and I will go thru a ton of it each session . Ugh oh well I guess, won’t take next time I’m offered these skinny pieces
I’d just get another load and request bigger splits, maybe request the size you like. I would think most sellers would have no problem selling bigger splits. It’s nice having some big and small splits around. Small for quick flames and heat, big for long slow burns.
They dry faster. Only advantage I can think of. Judging by the stack and using in a fireplace this problem won’t last long.
They burn faster, but look on the bright side...at least your supplier has wood that is dry enough to burn. Most oi ever see id fresh split, still way to green to burn. Can you get another load from him and specify no small splits Nicholas62388 as DH suggested?
A trick many sellers use to make it look like more. More splitting equals a pile with more air in it. On the plus side, that wood looks fairly well seasoned. I would take that over the massive chunks of 3 month oak many sellers seem to deal in, if I needed wood now.
I like having a nice mix of skinny splits and fat ones. I've modified my routine so that now I have skinny spruce/pine/softwood splits in a smaller stack and then medium to fat splits for the hardwoods. Still burning through some of my earlier wood so the fat splits are not as fat as I'd like and the skinny ones are not as skinny as I'd like in the hardwood pile. But going foward my splits will be a mix of 1/3 medium and 2/3 fat splits on the hardwoods. I use super skinny and short spruce/pine/softwood kindling, 2 sticks of fatwood to light the fire, then 3-4 skinny spruce splits, then 2-3 medium hardwood, and then 1-3 fat splits. That gets 'er going real fast and real hot.
Have you talked to your supplier? Maybe they can make a deal to make up for the small splits. Hey, never hurts to ask.
