So that knee?
Took until (late) August to heal enough that I could finally start working on this pile. I'm still having to be careful, and my stamina is shot not being that physically active for a year until mid-July when I was finally healed enough I could go to the ocean and get in the salt water and help work the knee without as much weight on it.
I wanted to have half that pile already cut and split this summer.
Last three weekends I've put a tankful through my 372XP....took 2-1/2 hours on 8/27, 1-1/2 hours on 9/2, and just a bit more than an hour on 9/9.
This was before this past weekend's work...my log deck was already running out of room to work:
I also have a major rebuild of my house coming up in a few weeks (new roof -- rafters and all, stripping the siding and sheathing, repairing studs and sills as needed, new siding, gutting the bathroom and re-doing that) and preparing for the contractors is competing for my time and how long I can work without aggravating the knee too much.
No way my stamina was going to come up quick enough for my to catch up with my splitting ax and get the wood split and out of my way so I can keep cutting the logs.
Came as close to having a heart attack as I'd like to come last time I rented a splitter and did as much as I could before it was due back, and at $100 a day that would start to add up after several or more rentals this fall...
So after I put the saw down, went for a drive kicking tires at various local shops and ended up at the same place I bought my snow blower and tractor and he once again had something I liked for the budget I had.
Tonight got home from work and got some time in...it's in the low 70s and low humidity, so I didn't realize how much of a sweat I worked up till I was done and went to take off my cap and the entire bill was soaked!
Couldn't go too fast, 25 minutes of splitting time and 15 minutes of stacking time. Between a tape measure and eye-ball I figure that was a 3' x 4' x 1.3' (16") pile if you evened it up...so 15.2 c.f. or 1/8th of a cord. Happily, no Advil and no knee pain as I'm typing this!
...missed out a 4 year old, 100 cords through it Super Split for $1300 that was 10 minutes from my house...saw the ad at 4:30 the day after he posted it, responded to the ad with basically shut-up-and-take-my-money and rushed to the bank to get the cash just in case a miracle happened. 
