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Good luck with that, my compadre. Especially so with primo hardwoods. The local mill charges $20.00 for a 6' pickup bed; load it yourself. They don't give away squat, even the crap stuff like hollow logs they can't mill. Do some calling around. You may find it free, likely at a lumber outfit...

+1 on the Kindling Cracker. My brother sent us one for Christmas, it works very nicely. Agree with the mention of construction site trash hoppers. They toss a lot of pallets in there.

'17 was done last winter. Got a late start on '18 this season, had a truckload already stacked to burn. There was no room for any more. That got used up recently. Made a couple slab wood trips thus far, mostly oak and ash. Much of it is too big, too long or both. Stacked what I could, tossed...

Broken up twigs, dry bark make for excellent kindling. Splitter scraps ain't bad neither.

They work well as humidifiers. We've been using a cast teakettle and trivet for years. Got 'em at TSC. Depending on how dry the place gets the SheWolf may add a couple of 406 stainless water containers. Those will boil dry but it hasn't affected them.

To test it for burning outside, put 6 feet or so of stovepipe on it first. The pipe will induce draft. It needs draft to burn properly. It is a lovely stove. I remember seeing 'em when I was a pup, usually in a workshop or garage, though not with the designer casting. That said, the Logrite...

Not as far as I know. I was picking ash slabs last winter at the sawmill, most of their logs come from across state lines. That could change. The EAB has finally made its way to Delaware. It was discovered recently in the northern part of the state. DE doesn't have a lot of ash; mainly yard and...

Couple years ago when the new Dover high school was completed, the landscaper planted gums along the main sidewalk adjacent to Route 8. Ya know, the wide sidewalk they put in at high schools that the marching bands use to practice. I saw them gum saplings and thought, someone is gonna regret...

Left to lay it won't take the termites long to find those logs. Few years ago, around this time of year I dropped a couple sweet gums for shoulder season burning. The weather got into the 90s and they lay there. It was just too hot and humid to work in the woods. After a week or so the logs...

If ya know someone who grows mushrooms, they'd probably appreciate those gum logs.

If you want to see what the EAB has wrought, take a drive along the Pennsy Turnpike. Miles and miles of dead and dying ash trees. :( Not much good for lumber once the EAB has gotten to it. But for firewood, it's fine. Standing dead is always good and ash tends to season within a year split...

When I lived in the hills of Virginee, folks called it coffee wood. During the '80s there was a lucrative export market in Japan for slow growth, tight-grained logs. The BILs would borrow my old Jeep to harvest 'em and drag the logs down the mountain. Didn't know if they were legal with it and...

If I'm not mistaken it's a hookaroon. Pickaroons have shorter handles. Or so I understand. We didn't get a hookaroon 'til we started getting slab wood from the local mill. Unloading from a pickup bed, these things are a real back saver.

A couple methods that have worked for us: Use the bar as Moondoggie said. Hold the saw with bumper dogs at the end of the log, pivot and cut where the bar tip was. Works great with an 18" B&C on smallish to medium logs. With longer bars, make a mark on the side of your bar that will indicate the...

For stacking we prefer using log rails. Small diameter sweet gum trees are a great choice for this. They last for years and, when they do eventually rot they're easily enough replaced. And free from your woodlot.

Something you may wish to consider: segregating your firewood stacks by species rather than mixing it all together. Some species burn hotter and longer than others. Those you want available when the weather is very cold. If they're buried beneath tons of mild-weather firewood they won't do you...

When he said "Pick one" he really meant "I'll pick one." :D Sycamore has a poor rep for wood heating but it's good campfire fodder. Burns clean and doesn't leave a ton of ash behind.

More often than I like to admit, sadly. Worked a stint with the BIL's tree service years ago and learned several of the local tree species. Easy ones to ID included maple, sycamore, sweet gum and tulip poplar. I learned the ID of trees in the woodlot back when we were cutting there... willow...

You don't have too many saws. You're providing a safe nesting place for wild birds. That's a good thing. It's all in the delivery. ;)

Felling levers have gained popularity in Europe; they aren't seen here Stateside as often. Those are long ones, not the short-handled guys. We have a short one, sold under the Husky brand, made by Fiskars. I've used it a few times with smaller trees when wedges would be overkill. It's actually...