Rounds versus splits

Wood Doctor · Mar 26, 2011

You Gain About 20% Air After Splitting Rounds

On the average, your volume increases about 20% after you split the rounds. That's how much air you collect.

But, it all depends on the average size of the rounds, the average size of the splits, and how well you packed the truck.

Try this to simulate it. Pack a mason jar with full-grown carrots, each cross cut about 3" long. Then dump them out and cut the carrots into French fry size. Now try to pack the jar again. You will never get all the French fry carrots back into the jar.

I have also done this several times with actual wood rounds. I can haul a truckload of big rounds to a log splitter, split them all, and never get the split firewood logs back into the truck, regardless of how well I pack it.

TMFARM 2009 · Mar 26, 2011

i am sorry but i dont buy it....i understand the math about air volume
etc. but why is it when you split wood at the splitter 16"x4'x8' stack of rounds you end up with less re-stacked back into the same rack?
same applies to pick up beds.. if you through it in it won't hold as much if stacked in. when split it fills more voids then the rounds in the same square rack...
heres my example " get a dozen eggs stack them in a bowl, then take same dozen eggs crack them open and put all back in a bowl
they take up less space":hmm3grin2orange::hmm3grin2orange::hmm3grin2orange:

Wood Doctor · Mar 27, 2011

Not the Same Model

TMFARM 2009 said:
i am sorry but i dont buy it....i understand the math about air volume
etc. but why is it when you split wood at the splitter 16"x4'x8' stack of rounds you end up with less re-stacked back into the same rack?
same applies to pick up beds.. if you through it in it won't hold as much if stacked in. when split it fills more voids then the rounds in the same square rack...
heres my example " get a dozen eggs stack them in a bowl, then take same dozen eggs crack them open and put all back in a bowl
they take up less space":hmm3grin2orange::hmm3grin2orange::hmm3grin2orange:

The inside of the eggs are mostly liquid, not solid, and you throw away the shells. So, when you crack them open and deposit the contents, you lose all the air between the eggs.

In short, its not the same as rounds versus logs by any means. The logs actually generate more air after the rounds are split and no liquid is involved.

Think about it.

banshee67 · Mar 27, 2011

Wood Doctor said:
The inside of the eggs are mostly liquid, not solid, and you throw away the shells. So, when you crack them open and deposit the contents, you lose all the air between the eggs.

In short, its not the same as rounds versus logs by any means. The logs actually generate more air after the rounds are split and no liquid is involved.

Think about it.

i think he was trolling... at least i hope so, for his sake

Wood Doctor · Mar 27, 2011

banshee67 said:
i think he was trolling... at least i hope so, for his sake

+1. Agreed. Curly Cherry's model posted last year or perhaps two years ago was the best I have ever seen that proves the point. The only way the rounds might take up more room in the truck is when they are thrown in haphazardly and then you pack the split logs back in tight as a drum.

TMFARM 2009 · Mar 27, 2011

yes i was joking about the eggs..:hmm3grin2orange::hmm3grin2orange:

gotta check for some humor once in a while..

also i tried the carrot thing with a juicer it works by the way!!!! i just find a way to make it all fit....