Not handing over the saw or axe anytime soon but he's getting the hang of stacking.
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Start 'em early!
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Woody harrelson
Feeling the Heat
That's the way to bring them up! My 3 kids have been helping since they could walk. They are now 8&9. They load up the cart from the woodshed now and drive it up to the house and stack it on the rack, 1/3 of a cord at a time. They operate the hydraulics on for the wood splitter. It's a great upbringing. They always go to the woods with me when I'm cutting and build forts. We are actually headed there now.I like how you guys post pictures of the kids "helping", but us old timers can tell THEY do all the work and you guys HELP at times, maybe 20% of the time at best, come on admit it lol
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Seriously, this is GREAT, great pictures and work ethic. So much rather see this then kids staring at their cell phones!
!! Seriously, this is GREAT, great pictures and work ethic. So much rather see this then kids staring at their cell phones!
WoodyIsGoody
Minister of Fire
Cute! Those little ones are smart, I bet he told you the wood will burn better if you put a rain cover on it!
beatlefan
Feeling the Heat
It will be fun to see how many of our kids will carry on the tradition of wood heat when they run their own homes one day...
Ashful
Minister of Fire
... then they got into the "bark up" vs "bark down" debate...
WoodyIsGoody
Minister of Fire
They probably will if they start out full of awe and wonder at the woodburning process.
You can hand them a fresh split (preferably of an aromatic species) and tell them to see how good it smells. Then, with an air of awe and wonder, be amazed at how that big ol' tree grew out of nothing more than soil, rainwater, air and sun. How the sun turned that dirt into wood. You know, all that energy that comes out when burned all came from the sun shining down, year after year. And now you have a whole pile of it that's going to keep the whole family warm, all winter long! Awe and wonder...
Yep, they'll be burners!
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Ashful
Minister of Fire
I remember splitting wood with dad, around age 6, and again around age 13. I'm sure there were many other times, I can't remember now, but I have those two fond memories permanently archived.
More often, I remember setting up the wood racks on the porch each fall, in my childhood home. It always started off fun and exciting, and was followed by lots of "are we done yet?"
More often, I remember setting up the wood racks on the porch each fall, in my childhood home. It always started off fun and exciting, and was followed by lots of "are we done yet?"
max384
Member
It's great to teach them early, because it'll pay dividends once they're a few years older and really helping out. I've got 3 kids. My oldest two boys are 13 and 14, and they do most of the splitting. I still do all of the bucking, but pretty soon (or maybe now, but I'm just still nervous), they'll be able to do it all. And best part, is that they love chopping and stacking wood! My daughter is only 11 months, but I'll have her out stacking wood as soon as she's old enough... much to my wife's chagrin!
