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Thursday I had my nephew help me split the wood I got back in April. Friday I stacked about half of it. Then a little on Saturday. Then most of the rest on Monday, and I finished it up today. This evening I covered most of it with tarps.
This free firewood is awfully expensive. It cost me about $65 for the splitter, and the same for my nephew's help. $40 for the tarps, which probably won't last as long as the wood. $40 for five new fenceposts. So that's $210 right there. I wish I could determine how much burning the wood saves me per month in heating bills. $100 a year, maybe?
Here's what I started with:
Two rows of rounds, A big pile of longer pieces on this end, plus another pile of them in the middle. And the really big ones on the far end.
Here's the splitter, next to the really big pieces.
I was able to set the splitter vertically, which was good, because I don't know how I would have lifted most of those big pieces up there. But it was still a lot of work, because instead of just setting the log down on the splitter, and then rotating it once the cut was made, I had to manhandle the piece into a new position after every cut, and hold it there.
Jake, when we were starting the second row.
When that row was finished.
Here's what I ended up with:
Three rows here. Two are old, the leftmost row was newly split. I estimate these three rows will last two years, maybe into the third winter.
Two long rows, two short rows. In between is all the junk wood that was in the shed. I'll split it into kindling once the new shed is up.
I saved the two biggest pieces. You can see one there in the middle, between the rows. I might try to make a table or something out of them.
It looks more impressive from this end, since you can't see the pile of junk in between.
This free firewood is awfully expensive. It cost me about $65 for the splitter, and the same for my nephew's help. $40 for the tarps, which probably won't last as long as the wood. $40 for five new fenceposts. So that's $210 right there. I wish I could determine how much burning the wood saves me per month in heating bills. $100 a year, maybe?
Here's what I started with:
Two rows of rounds, A big pile of longer pieces on this end, plus another pile of them in the middle. And the really big ones on the far end.
Here's the splitter, next to the really big pieces.
I was able to set the splitter vertically, which was good, because I don't know how I would have lifted most of those big pieces up there. But it was still a lot of work, because instead of just setting the log down on the splitter, and then rotating it once the cut was made, I had to manhandle the piece into a new position after every cut, and hold it there.
Jake, when we were starting the second row.
When that row was finished.
Here's what I ended up with:
Three rows here. Two are old, the leftmost row was newly split. I estimate these three rows will last two years, maybe into the third winter.
Two long rows, two short rows. In between is all the junk wood that was in the shed. I'll split it into kindling once the new shed is up.
I saved the two biggest pieces. You can see one there in the middle, between the rows. I might try to make a table or something out of them.
It looks more impressive from this end, since you can't see the pile of junk in between.
