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You don't always have time to split wood where you find it. And split wood takes up more transport room than unsplit wood. I mostly buck it into pieces small enough to load in the truck, then bring it home and split it at my leisure.
 
Square_peg said:
You don't always have time to split wood where you find it. And split wood takes up more transport room than unsplit wood. I mostly buck it into pieces small enough to load in the truck, then bring it home and split it at my leisure.
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I wouldn't know. I do not "find" wood to burn. I fell my trees or purchase it. Oak should season for a year so no real time issue there. Your plan sounds good if you are working with smaller trees to begin with.(but then you should not have trouble splitting the small stuff so.....) As far as how much room split vrs rounds takes up, that is debatable.
 
On the room it takes up, I'm in Square Peg's camp. Plus, my ground here is very rocky so I only split it enough to allow me to load it and get it home. My ground at home is more conducive to splitting. But you can hit a rock anywhere. I see sparks all the time when splitting this wood as the axe enters. I don't have to hit a rock to see that. DM
 
David Martin said:
On the room it takes up, I'm in Square Peg's camp. Plus, my ground here is very rocky so I only split it enough to allow me to load it and get it home. My ground at home is more conducive to splitting. But you can hit a rock anywhere. I see sparks all the time when splitting this wood as the axe enters. I don't have to hit a rock to see that. DM
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Try stacking it neatly instead of just tossing it in. As I said it is debatable. You see sparks when?
 
I often notice a spark during splitting as the axe head enters the log to start the cut for a split. I suspect it's from the log scraping against sand or some abrasive material that ended up on the log after cutting and moving. DM
 
David Martin said:
I often notice a spark during splitting as the axe head enters the log to start the cut for a split. I suspect it's from the log scraping against sand or some abrasive material that ended up on the log after cutting and moving. DM
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That is odd.
 
We have strong winds here that topple big trees. Then they lay here for years. Perhaps sand gets embedded in the wood. I've noticed sparks will come off my chain saw while making cuts on these oaks. DM
 
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