Forgive me if this has been asked before, but I couldn't find the answer with a few searches.
What's the smallest diameter rounds that you split?
I have access to lots of 4-6" diameter black walnut branches. The size as is seems about the size of a normal split that I use, but I wonder if all of that thick bark on walnut makes for an inefficient burn. Splitting it in half will make for splits not too much bigger with the pallet wood boards that I already have loads of, so I'm not too eager to work hard cuting and splitting to produce what I can have without that work. Aside from my particular situation, I'd also like to know in general about round vs. splits, to make better decisions in different situations in the future as well.
Having burned only 1 season, I don't have enough experience burning rounds yet and don't have any seasoned stuff to experiment with at the moment.
Thanks for your thoughts!
What's the smallest diameter rounds that you split?
I have access to lots of 4-6" diameter black walnut branches. The size as is seems about the size of a normal split that I use, but I wonder if all of that thick bark on walnut makes for an inefficient burn. Splitting it in half will make for splits not too much bigger with the pallet wood boards that I already have loads of, so I'm not too eager to work hard cuting and splitting to produce what I can have without that work. Aside from my particular situation, I'd also like to know in general about round vs. splits, to make better decisions in different situations in the future as well.
Having burned only 1 season, I don't have enough experience burning rounds yet and don't have any seasoned stuff to experiment with at the moment.
Thanks for your thoughts!