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They cut the trees into segments that I just need to split for firewood. The guy we hired suggested waiting a year to split them so that the wood is dry.
By hand some wood is easier to split when green. Some when dry. I’ve found all are easiest split when frozen. Depending upon the diameter sitting a year won’t do it in a temperate climate. 6 inch diameter and off the ground is about it in a year. If you want to use it next winter and get the most heat from it split it at least 6 months before you burn it into pieces about 5 inches thick or less on a side and keep it off the ground and covered from the top leaving the sides open to air. An average thickness of 3 inches across the piece is ideal.
I usually split the wood when it is cut just to get it done and out of the way. Usually by hand with a 6 or 12 lbs. maul. When I’m lazy I use a 7 ton electric splitter. If you use a 12 ton splitter you will handle most wood except the most difficult crotch pieces of the most difficult wood. 28 ton and up should handle everything. Cycle time is important with splitters so is engine/motor. I can’t wait to try out a kinetic electric splitter. The cycle time is a few seconds at most! Good luck.
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They cut the trees into segments that I just need to split for firewood. The guy we hired suggested waiting a year to split them so that the wood is dry.
If you do it by hand get a maul.
When I was 11 my chore was splitting wood. I used an ax. But I like mauls, they make it much easier.
A maul is essentially a sledgehammer with a narrow sharpened end. Swing it right and it will split almost anything. I even split pieces with knots.
this weekend I kept my wood stove lit for 62+ hours consecutive hours…….. uninterrupted, my new personal record…… I kept feeding it season almond throughout the night on Saturday and Sunday nights….
a question to all the firewood stacking, woodstove burning hillbillies… what is the longest uninterrupted fire have you had going in your woodstove?
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