That's pretty much what Dad & I did with the older neighboring farmer my parent's bought their acreage from in 1981.Soon afterwards the older couple needed wood for their add-on furnace,they had 60 acres of timber easy access with plenty of standing snags & deadfall scattered all over.The farmer didnt like cutting wood what with all his other work on the farm,Dad & I could cut any & all the dead we wanted,keep 1 load for us,dump 1 load unsplit through their open basement window where the furnace was located every few weeks when needed.At one time I had 35 full cord split & stacked in processing area,I had much more stamina then.
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Dad would match me split for split,using that Monster Maul.
Pretty good deal for all of us,I was just out of high school & not even in my prime yet,Dad was a little past 50 & in good shape still.That went on until the couple died in the mid -late '90's & their 160 acre farm was sold,split into 3 parcels & we lost access.Now for almost 10 yrs its just me keeping parent's 10 acres neat & tidy,99% of all the felling,bucking,hauling,splitting & stacking is done by me alone.Dad still likes to sharpen a chain once in a while,bring me a cool drink,pick up a few smaller sticks & watch me work.But the days of him doing 'heavy'work are past.I treasure these quiet moments we still have together,they wont be around much longer as we get older.