This is from the inside of fossil's woodshed. Really.
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Splitter and Tractor Pictures
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Nope, it all gets cut down to 16" before it goes inside.
We split 4', let it season then cut it down to size with a cord wood saw (buzz saw or what have you). The cord wood saw is fast, much faster then a chain saw. I also feel it's safer. Yeah it's a 36" blade but it's always in the same place and if it's sharpened properly you don't get any binding kicking back etc.
It's somewhat common farmer method around here (farmers have tractors so a cord wood saw is just another attachment), I don't see a lot of people doing this on Hearth though.
K
Haven't seen one of those buzz saws in operation since my grandparents (farmers) used to cut up their wood that way back in the 1980s . . . they were pretty neat . . . and fast . . . but generally the wood they cut up in this way was on the smaller side -- never more than 4-6 inches in diameter. Bigger wood = using a chainsaw.
Yeah, we don't cut anything bigger then that either. In 4' chunks they get heavy, that and my Tarm doesn't like really big spits.
The process has it's up side and it's down side but it works well for us.
K
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