Post pictures of your woodpile/splitting area
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wow! ~ double trailers, too. quite a load. big ops! enjoyed the pix...
I went for variety over quantityA little ash, some cherry, a stick of red oak, 2 or 3 sticks of hackleberry, a couple of chestnut. Loaded my neighbor's Ranger up four times and sent him home with enough firewood to keep his OWB burning for a while. View attachment 796423
I went for convenience over quantity! lol
we don't usually burn hackle or hackberry. I googled hackleberry wood, nothing came up. guess u may mean hackberry? a non-preferred soft wood down here, but per this link, seems a popular soft wood with good BTU's...."In the all-important heat department, hackberry won't leave you lacking. Its BTUs fall short of prime hardwoods, but hackberry logs rate higher on heat than most other soft-wooded trees. The proof is the coals, which keep wood stoves burning reliably through cold nights."
Nice looking logs! I'm not sure if you need smaller pallets or longer splits - maybe you need to make a longer shop stove?
LMAO Maybe all the above.
Everybody seems to want firewood when it's almost impossible to get back to the wood pile because of the mud!
I have been thinking ahead this year and load up two of my trucks when the weather permits (dry conditions), and sure enough, somebody will call for firewood when it's raining or snowing outside. 
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MechanicMatt
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Very LONG and it’s not over yet
I got tired of cold feet. Usually use the toasty toes foot warmers but moveing around my feet get to hot. This is one of my wifes old yoga mats. I had to cut it down as it was almost 6ft long . Close cell foam with a rough rubber surface. Split for about two hours feet are warm Works well I have 10 of them going to use them in my barn and in the work shop . Keep the feet off the concrete
And Hickory really slows down the processing. Just about every split I have to use the hatchet to cut the strands
Well I'm done for today . Would rather split ash by hand than do hickory on the splitter. But I managed a good pile today mostly hickory with a few token ash in there . Still need to stack the pile just about done with the rounds . Haven't touched the logs I got 3 months ago. And I'm going for a few more loads on Thursday and Friday. 
But the hickory sure is pretty . Hope the two 14 ft logs I put aside have nice figure like this one I noodled 
Sold 8 cords of wood today. That will keep me busy for a while once the snow melts!
I'm thinking I may end up selling some too. Went from worrying this fall about not having enough to a overabundance of wood . And I still have the lot where they are logging. That I did about 15 % of the stuff already down and they are going to start back up I April. They are half way done
Nice haul neighbor.I went for variety over quantity
A little ash, some cherry, a stick of red oak, 2 or 3 sticks of hackleberry, a couple of chestnut.
Loaded my neighbor's Ranger up four times and sent him home with enough firewood to keep his OWB burning for a while.
View attachment 796423
That's correct BL, hackberry.I went for convenience over quantity! lol
"In the all-important heat department, hackberry won't leave you lacking. Its BTUs fall short of prime hardwoods, but hackberry logs rate higher on heat than most other soft-wooded trees. The proof is the coals, which keep wood stoves burning reliably through cold nights."
Laid down six more pallets and started on the pile, had to I couldn't chuck the wood high enough anymore. Filled them and didn't make a real dent in the pile . This load still in the bucket to cold to lay down some more pallets . Finishing off a good double maybe triple Makers Mark. 
Never covered the pile so I had to break it up as I loaded. Stupid is as stupid does.
One good thing is my hands were so cold all day I dont have to ice them tonight. Damn arthritis
One good thing is my hands were so cold all day I dont have to ice them tonight. Damn arthritis
