Splitting done today
- Thread starter raybonz
- Start date
-
Active since 1995, Hearth.com is THE place on the internet for free information and advice about wood stoves, pellet stoves and other energy saving equipment.
We strive to provide opinions, articles, discussions and history related to Hearth Products and in a more general sense, energy issues.
We promote the EFFICIENT, RESPONSIBLE, CLEAN and SAFE use of all fuels, whether renewable or fossil. -
Super Cedar firestarters 30% discount Use code Hearth2024 Click here
- Status
![[Hearth.com] Splitting done today](/talk/data/attachments/92/92090-982687cb70ad5224526769c4ccab7502.jpg?hash=WKrQfXLHEc)
Thanx Terry.. The electric splitter does great with green oak and OK with cherry but tends to be stringy.. Hatchet came in handy dealing with the stringy part!Great looking pile Ray!
Ray
Great looking pile of wood.
Poor example of a winter scene
Climate change is good for your area
Poor example of a winter scene
Climate change is good for your area
We received about two inches yesterday on top of some rock snow, not sure how much snow was left after the melt..maybe three inches. If we don't any measurable snow this week I'll be cutting or burning in the fireplace next week.
Bret Chase
Minister of Fire
Bret Chase
Minister of Fire
Thanx Terry.. The electric splitter does great with green oak and OK with cherry but tends to be stringy.. Hatchet came in handy dealing with the stringy part!
Ray
I broke off the head of my axe today on a piece of 14" half dead cherry... dammit
Bummer! Red Oak is so much easier to split and rarely gets stringy.. Still MUCH easier than elm though!
Bret Chase
Minister of Fire
Well... I have a splitter.... and my wife and I failed to see eye to eye on somethine... so I elected to do it by hand.... and I broke my axe...
swagler85
Minister of Fire
NickDL
Burning Hunk
Once had an elderly neighbor. He was a man of French Canadian roots who spoke broken English. He loved to cut wood when the temps were below freezing . I recall him cutting 4 ft lengths, then hitting one end with an ax and splitting the whole length of the log. He said frozen wood splits best. This guy had two heart attacks, but kept cutting wood into his 80's.
Gasifier
Minister of Fire
The tarp is to prevent that and also to prevent the termites from thinking it's dinner time if the ground thaws out.. Lots of subterranean termites around here..
Ray
Bret Chase
Minister of Fire
It does! that and if you disconnect the tree from it's roots before the sap starts to run..... you literally cut years off the seasoning time... the amount of water pumped into a tree in late feb and early march is astounding...
Gasifier
Minister of Fire
I was thinking of how to solve a slight problem I had today. Picking up a round and swinging it to bump the others that were frozen to the ground.
Nothing like adding to the the physical work I already have with the splitting. 
You better get all your work done if your going to help build my shed this summer!
Ralphie Boy
Minister of Fire
Yes I heard 1-2' of snow and a noreaster to boot! Gonna overload the firewood in the house tomorrow in case we lose power so we can heat and eatNice work Ray. I hear there is a big storm headed you way!
Ray
We were buried once this year but the JD walk behind snowblower opened up the trails to the stacks, 4:30 hours later.I'm rushing so I can do this Zap!Think my wood is gonna get buried soon have a noreaster headed my way!
Ray
- Status
