That's how we do it at dad's house. Just dump and ram it in. Just got done for the day cord count is at 41 for this year just a little more to split in the pile.
Sorry, very low scores on your uglies stacks; Try again later. I see at least a couple there that would be going in the stove here. The BL sometimes has that rot in the core, not sure why that is when the wood is so rot-resistant. Must be part of the dying process. I have a hard time tossing burnable BL, though...