Hello. I have a question for this group. I have all of this years firewood as well as next year’s firewood cut, split, and stacked. I still have about nine cords of Ash logs uncut. I am really out of space to stock more split firewood but can stack rounds in the space where I cut the logs. Is there any downside to continuing to cut logs into rounds but not splitting them for about six months? The weather is still decent here and I’d love to make use of the time. My gut tells me they would be fine and would get a jumpstart on the drawing process although not dry fully. Thoughts? Thanks.
Cutting in to rounds for the winter?
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Dieselhead
Minister of Fire
I do it all the time. As I burn and make room for more, I’ll pick a nice warm sunny day and split and stack more. It’s easier on the splitter when the wood is frozen and as an added bonus come springtime I’ve got 70% of next winters wood ready for the drying season. The other 30% I’m able to leave in the bush and will also haul it in to the processing area throughout the winter depending on snow depth and available room.
Gearhead660
Minister of Fire
I do this alot. Buck it up and stack it covered until I get time to split a bunch.
If you can at least pop 'em in half, that'll help a bit as well. Not too hard, depending how big the log diameter is. The halves might also allow you to stack a little more wood in less space.
I see what's going on here... The bucking is the gravy... You want to take all the gravy!
I try not to take all the gravy at once, I save some and spread it around...
I try not to take all the gravy at once, I save some and spread it around...
...on the dried-out, chalky biscuit that is splitting and stacking. 😏
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ctreitzell
Minister of Fire
Heck, I’m working thru Siberian elm that came down in 2018! Should get us thru 2026 along with all the hazel, holly and oak I have on the pile
I have some big oak rounds that have been falling down on the back corner of my orchard
I have some big oak rounds that have been falling down on the back corner of my orchard
hickoryhoarder
Minister of Fire
It worked well for me last year, storing ash rounds for six months and then splitting them.
The only time I've had problems with leaving rounds to split later is softer woods, like Pine, left on the ground in the forest. The microbes and bugs (especially ants) on the forest floor are geared to digesting the wood they can get to. I brought the rounds of Pine home this year and will split them next year. I don't foresee a problem because the microbes and bugs are much less than in the forest.
hickoryhoarder
Minister of Fire
I misread the post. I would not leave them stacked where you cut them. I'd get them off the ground and in the sun.
