Average Size Log/Split for Stove???

[BPS. LLC]

I also used the "rule of palm" method. If I can’t pick it up and toss it into the trailer with one hand, it gets split again… same with rounds. So I’d say 80% of them end up in the 5 inch range, with some 4 and 6 inchers sprinkled in… maybe an occasional 7 incher. That seems to work out about best; any bigger and they start leaving a lot of wasted air space in the firebox; any smaller and they burn up too fast.

Hopefully your wife isn't posting a similar reply in a totally different forum...and hopefully you can take a joke for me even mentioning it...

 

[qweesdraw]

Industry standard is 16",about any stove will take one.
As far as size i split small for bundle wood,more air space= more $.(i have never get any complaints).
I prefer larger stuff because i am lazy and would rather not keep feeding the stove.
Look @ what these come with on the normal size.

Bailey's - The Mingo Marker Firewood Marker
Bailey's - Lockhart's Firewood Gripper 15" - 18" Logs
Mark

 

[farmboss45]

I like to keep mine all to the 16 to 18 inch mark, and split down to no more than 4-5 inches. I have a Napoleon fireplace insert that is my only heat source and when loading it to head for work or for the night, I like to be able to stack it full. My favorite pieces are from big block centers that are 18x4x8 rectangular blocks. I can get as many as 6 in at a time and will still have a coal bed after being gone 11 hours during the day.

 

[4seasons]

I use a modified "rule of palm". I am not a small person so I can pick up a little bigger than most with one hand. My stove takes up to a 24 inch long log so I like my wood 20-22 inch long. I split rounds over 6 inch in two, over 10 in quarters. But I like to keep a few 8-10 inch full rounds in the stack for those long overnight burns. My stove door is 12 x 12 so any bigger than 10 inch round is a tight fit but with one big round of hickory or locust and small splits packed around it I can get some crazy long burn times.

 

[DeAvilaTree]

In my neighborhood I'm selling wood 4-5"dia at a 12-14" length. Alot of the older homes around here have old fireplaces and the stove stores are selling inserts. Most of the inserts can only take a 14" log. It's more work but then again they burn more, and buy more. I've tried selling larger it just doesnt sell.

 

[cmsmoke]

My old stove limited me to 12 or 13" long. My new stove will fire box is 14w x 22l x 16h. I have been using the short wood since it was what I had prepared for this year. I put some in long way then fill in the rest perpendicular. It works well. I believe I will still cut to 12" length. It will season faster and my teenage daughters can move and stack it easily. I split various sizes and load by burn time or heat output. It seems to be a good system for my use.

 

[EXCALIBER]

Well I decided to get the old camera out and take a few pics of usual splits and loading of stove. Here is the cart and how I usually load it. Now this cart is 14" from left to right as in the pic, and 34" tall to the handle

Here is a load in the stove 3 on the bottom and 3 on the top. Stove door is 18"x12"

This is usually what is left after loading the stove with splits, usually about 3 pieces left over.

 

[Fred Wright]

Well I decided to get the old camera out and take a few pics of usual splits and loading of stove. Here is the cart and how I usually load it. Now this cart is 14" from left to right as in the pic, and 34" tall to the handle

Here is a load in the stove 3 on the bottom and 3 on the top. Stove door is 18"x12"

This is usually what is left after loading the stove with splits, usually about 3 pieces left over.

I see sweetgum in that thar wood stack. Man, I'd know that splintery Jack-o-lantern grin anywhere.

How's it burn for you?

 

[Hedgerow]

I see sweetgum in that thar wood stack. Man, I'd know that splintery Jack-o-lantern grin anywhere.

How's it burn for you?

Sure it ain't Cottonwood???