Some work in the cold today!

[bigbarf48]

Cold by Georgia standards anyways, its actually spitting a little snow!

I finally got around to organizing my most recent scrounge. Got all the pieces that were a normal length stacked up and ready to split, and mad a "needs to be trimmed" pile.

Heres the trim pile in the background, and a little bit that I split when I got tired of rolling around those big rounds


And here's everything else thats ready to be split!



Gotta go back to college soon, so this'll be waiting and off the ground next time I come home

 

[CenterTree]

Good to have "something" waiting for ya when ya get home next time.

 

[bigbarf48]

I always look forward to coming home and getting some splitting done!

Especially when I have a nice pile of oak. Now that stack of sweetgum in the background, I'm not so excited about

 

[Auzzie Gumtree]

There's some big rounds there - what type of wood is it? is it heavy?

 

[Paulywalnut]

Bring a few big wedges home for that sweet gum.

 

[bigbarf48]

Smells like red oak so im going with that, and yes they're heavy!

I've tried going at those gum rounds with a sledge and wedge and they just swallowed them up and barely started a crack. Ill be renting a splitter for sure

 

[flhpi]

Last time I used a wedge trying to split gum, I had to use the chainsaw to cut it out. I avoid it at all cost.

 

[bigbarf48]

I feel your pain. The last load of sweetgum I had had to be noodled for nearly every split. Half of that load got rolled into the woods in anger