Firewood

[Pony Soldier]

After years of cutting firewood I think I am on the edge of change. At 74 I may have to limit myself to trees less than 20" in diameter. I'm in the process of splitting nearly 30" blocks of red fir. I got them to the house but now picking up and holding them on the splitter is a brutal endeaver. Even in halves. You make a lot of good wood but boy does it challenge your body. At the time and the night after.

 

[survivalistd]

Getting old is overrated for sure°

 

[Elkslut]

Can your splitter adjust to cut vertical?
Leave those oversized ones for the young.

 

[Pony Soldier]

No. It mounts on the three point hitch on my tractor and is horizontal. Life just hurts as you get older.

 

[Ridge Runner]

still splitting mine by hand but my firewood is mostly for ambiance so I only need a cord or 2 a year. Also got 16 yrs to go to catch up to you in age.

 

[IdahoBeav]

There is nothing wrong with sawing rounds into halves or quarters before you start to split. If you run the bar parallel to the grain, it'll shear nice shavings that work great for fire starter.

 

[Steve300xcw]

Have seen some nifty splitters made to run off a skidsteer or a mini.

 

[JustABritCrazy]

I’m 64. Still split 4 cords of mixed hardwoods each winter with a maul. Confess to looking at a 13 ton splitter a little longer every time I walk into Lowe’s.

 

[Colorado Cowboy]

I'll be 84 next month and I quit burning firewood 20 years ago. I have a pellet stove and just love it. You have to be a little careful with the quality of the pellets you burn, generally the more expensive the pellet, the better it is. Mine has and automatic starter and it's connected to a thermostat....set and forget it. Just keep it full of a 40# bag and clean out the ashes every 2 or 3 weeks. I usually burn a ton of pellets a winter (+/_ depending on how cold the winter is). A ton of pellets usually cost about $500.00.