Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

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........ It takes me about 2 1/2 hours to cut and hand split a load like this........ After I bent the axle on my good road trailer last year, I am no longer piling on all I can. I am not taking my new road trailer into the timber.
..... Cutting and splitting firewood is good exercise, and I still like to do it when other things are not pressing.
Bent your axle? I bent my frame by overloading with logs. I've got some angle iron I'm going to weld to the cross members after I straighten them.

A lot of people here will agree with you about hand splitting for the exercise. Just remember, some day you'll be old and you'll feel the toll hand splitting has taken on your body over the years.
 
Bent your axle? I bent my frame by overloading with logs. I've got some angle iron I'm going to weld to the cross members after I straighten them.

A lot of people here will agree with you about hand splitting for the exercise. Just remember, some day you'll be old and you'll feel the toll hand splitting has taken on your body over the years.
That is the truth. Be smart and buy a splitter. Your body will greatly approve of that purchase.
 
I primarily ride around with my trailer and scrounge roadsides on Sundays after everyone has done their yardwork, usually after a storm the picking is good. I get a modpodge of stuff. There is a tree service in my route that yields some really good wood as well.
This past weekend I scored a bunch of Locust and White oak, and a smidge of birch.( pictures attached)
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