Women don't cut wood??

Scan the threads here fairly often, and it's hard to be sure from the nicknames, but I've never seen any postings from the fair sex. Is the firewood game strickly a male thing?

My wife will have nothing to do with it, but she does enjoy the heat. I personally go and split wood by hand just to get out of the house and clear my head most times. My wife on the other hand has knitting for that. I do remember someone on here with a Regency 2400 free standing that gave her a ton of trouble and she was splitting wood.

Honestly women are mentioned mostly as ballast for tractors around here.

If there is a way to get the wife out there to at least help me stack what I split, someone let me know!

O no it is not Dixie and Gamma among others need to chime in here

Pete

As I recall Mr. Gamma did the splitting and she did the burning. Have we heard from her lately?

Cutting with the saw, that's my job.
Wife & granddaughter help with splitting, stacking, filling the wood box & burning

Several "Team/family effort" members on here.

Meaning?

I am a scrounger, I've done some splitting though I'm not very good at it (was better in my twenties...ain't that the truth lol). I stack, I haul, I start fires and tend them and clean and maintain the stoves.

I also do the communicating on Hearth for Mr. who is usually at work or out dealing with wood.

Thanks for the chuckle on the fairer sex comment...

ETA I also drive the tractor. Ballast? I don't think so...

You are correct.

And your point is, what???

Come to think of it my wife runs the splitter more than I do ! Today we went and cut up a truck load of firewood and she did just as much work as me. Its a family affair with us.

Pete

All these family affair cases. Makes me jealous. Trying for some kids now so maybe I'll have some useful helpers in a couple of years.
How young is too young to start?

My sister: Runs her own chainsaw with her husband running his . . . he fells the trees, but she'll buck them up while he cuts down another.

My wife: Has run the splitter before and stacked wood . . . but honestly I think she realizes that I like doing this work. Where I truly most appreciate the work on the wood is the fact that she reloads the stove and starts the fire more often than I do . . . without her we would no doubt burn more oil.

Start the kids out with the small "leftover splits" and small branches/twigs. Just get them used to the whole process.

TS

I want to know who are the single women on here!

I've been working a little firewood for 4 years now. Have 3 years ready here at the house and several more years worth just needing split. Someday hope to get some manly sized equipment instead of the girly stuff now.

Happy New Year all.

Yes, judging from your signature you had better upgrade from all that girly girl stuff and get some serious equipment.

Steph,you need to post more

I've known a few women that are pretty handy with certain aspects of firewood acquisition - loading the truck, stacking - but I've never met one single, solitary woman who could competently run a chainsaw or swing and axe or maul. I'm sure one or two exist somewhere out there, but I do not know them.

True, I'm a glutton for punishment, keep going back for another good beating.

Rick, we would never !

My nephew was a legitimate boon to my woodcutting when he was about 9 or so. I had him hopping in and out of the truck stacking. Saved me a lot of work. His brother is 5 and is very eager to help when unloading, though one has to watch out for him and it actually slows down unloading.