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Time to fire up the chainsaw... Always liked cutting wood as a kid, even now the worst part is smelling like 2 cycle smoke when I'm done. Wish i lived in a place that had woods like that.

Sorry I'm not there with my two standard saws and my big bow saw to help out. Hook up the splitter to the tractor hydraulics and you'd have firewood for a while. I'm still good for about 30 minutes of sawing before I have to take a break, but I eventually get it done. I have some three cords in my woodshed already, ready to dry for next winter.
Looks like you had some bad wind storms.

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Originally Posted by Haywire

Sorry I'm not there with my two standard saws and my big bow saw to help out. Hook up the splitter to the tractor hydraulics and you'd have firewood for a while. I'm still good for about 30 minutes of sawing before I have to take a break, but I eventually get it done. I have some three cords in my woodshed already, ready to dry for next winter.
Looks like you had some bad wind storms.

I can last maybe twice that on the right day cutting , I still love cutting and splitting wood ....but the body disagrees , after 40+ years doing it, I have made it much easier with power items , a slow process getting to it , and back down the hill to the splitter..... the older I get the harder it is, need to get most before spring warm up comes..... don't care to be in the woods with all the bugs,poison ivy,ticks, & heat
I have several Extra saws you can use

I agree,...I love splitting wood.
I heated with wood, with no back up, for over twenty years till we moved to Auburn.
Heating with wood is pretty common,...having no back up is a different animal altogether.

Usually I’d burn four cords or so each winter so I tried to have eight to ten cords split and stacked at any given time. Once you get ahead of it, it’s easier.
I never did warm up to the hydraulic/mechanical splitters. Every time I’ve been around one all I can think of is... “How Incredibly, Mind Numbingly, Escruciatingly,...SLOW that thing is.”

I can go to the woods.., fell, buck, haul, and split, and stack, a cord of wood..
...in a day. I use a Stihl 029 with an 16 inch bar, and an 8LB maul. Give me a scattering of 18 to 20 inch rounds of oak, hickory, or ash, and my maul, and I’m a happy boy.
When the day comes I can’t swing the maul,...I’ll hang it up.
Just can’t stomach the slow grinding exercise in patience that a splitter presents.

Looks like you’ve got some perfect sized logs there....can’t tell from the pix but I’ll guess,...red oak?

I still rely on wood for my primary heat. I have central heat but rarely use it. The work I do with my wood is what keeps me going. Each year my rest breaks are more frequent and longer. Yes I do use a hydraulic wood splitter and use a hand truck to move the bigger rounds to the splitter. I hated to give up my maul but my pacemaker and zero natural heart beat put an end to that. I used a Stihl 031 for about 20 years then bought a 025 Stihl when I could no longer get parts. I used it for about 16 years and wore it out. Both were great. I then bought a Stihl 170 and it was a piece of crap. Stihl changed the air filtration system and it is s***. I use a Dewalt electric with a 16 inch bar on all but the largest rounds and a generic gas saw on them. I no longer recommend Stihl because the dealer was no help.

"I still rely on wood for my primary heat." - oldfisherman

Been there, done that. I was trying to build a cabin a few years ago when my ticker went crazy on me (Afib, undiagnosed at the time). I gave that project up and moved here. I've still got a trailer in the woods, "just in case", but Orange Beach is great.

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