it's amazing the difference moisture content and temperature plays in the ease of splitting wood..... I have split locust green and unfrozen on my splitter.... you can hear the pump switch stages and then BAM! the round splits..... I am currently working on a stand of dead locust... temps at best in the 20's... and it splits (with a 3.5# boy's axe) like kiln dried pine...
Cord of locust stacked.
The stand I am working on..I've got a cord and a half out of 5 trees... and there's 35 more dead locust to go :D Now I just need to get them all disconnected from their roots in the next couple of weeks...
it is nice, but it is also performing a necessary function... clearing the field line of standing dead... and thin out the rest... after I am done with the locust, I am turning down "the lane" and cutting any hardwood of less than sawlog quality... probably another 20 cord there... once I make it all the way around this 10 acre field, I will probably have 6 years of wood :D
Take your time and enjoy it Bret. Nice work there. That is a lot of work. Wish I had more time to cut wood. I really enjoy it when I can take my time. I do a little at a time in the winter. I am hoping for a few more trips in on regular days off before the ground warms up and gets too muddy.
Didn't mean to take over your thread gzecc. It is all Bret's fault. Open up a can of whoop ass on him!
Actually its Sandy scrounge. I picked up a cord of Locust and maybe 1/2 of ash.Good work gzecc. It is a lot of work to fell, block, split and stack a cord of wood. Good feeling when your done.
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