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Curing and splitting wood for burning
Nick Maclaren wrote:
In article , "Graham Harrison" writes: | Having had some trees pruned I now have a pile of logs. Cut to length but | will need splitting before I can burn them in the grate. I have Holly and | Willow wood. Don't bother with the willow - it's trash. It won't keep going until completely dry, and then it burns to nothing in next to no time. It will if its hot enough and ewortks well enough in a stove. Its useable. Not brill, but useable. | Question is do I split them now or wait until they've cured and then split | them? I'm expecting to have to leave them about 2 years to cure unsplit, | would it speed the process if I split them now? Up to you and yes, respectively. | On a related note, I've looked at local and national hire shop web sites but | can't immediately locate a log splitter. I don't expect to have any more | tree logs coming my way for a good few years so hiring seems to make more | sense then spending something like �200 for a splitter (I know you can do it | by hand and I also know that there are splitters for as little as �150). How many tons of wood you you have? You can split wood with a couple of hand axes, but buying a couple of wedges and a maul or club hammer will probably cost you less than hiring a functional mechanical device. Anything that works is likely to be large and heavy. Yes. You can split a ton in an afternoon , but thats a lot of work. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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