Been Splitting!

[Investmentdude]

Not too shabby for my over 50 back! It’s nice to have a pile of apple, oak and maple for the near future!!

 

[Simonkenton]

Apple, oak, and maple. Beautiful! Smells good too, I bet.

 

[Investmentdude]

The apple was actually really good. Never split it before.

 

[tsquini]

Same here. 14 cords over the past month. I'm planning on a very difficult fall and winter heating oil prices.

 

[Simonkenton]

Good God, tsquini! 14 cords in a month! That looks like oak.
I know you are up in Yankeeland, the Land of Ice and Snow, but you can't possibly burn 14 cords in a winter, can you?
What do you split with?

What kind of wood stove do you have? I have heard that y'all Yankees are industrious, but this takes the cake.

 

[Investmentdude]

You split by hand?? That’s what I’m doing. right now.

 

[bikedennis]

I've been splitting very green pine, 25" rounds that are very heavy due to high moisture. Very stringy and difficult to separate the splits. Will dry out by winter in the dry California Trinity Alps.

 

[Dunedinite]

I've been splitting very green pine, 25" rounds that are very heavy due to high moisture. Very stringy and difficult to separate the splits. Will dry out by winter in the dry California Trinity Alps.

I've been splitting some green pine too . Half the time the axe just bounces off the damn round