I have 8 pound maul and a small echo for the small stuff. My dad is bringing over his chainsaw for the trunk. I don't know the model. Thanks for the pointers about letting it season for two winters and the leaves. That's great stuff.
I have a strange attraction to this kind of work. When I was younger I split wood for the fireplace, but as we got older we used gas. So, I have very little knowledge of anything I learned.
I love this forum by the way.
It's quite addictive, and rather peaceful as a hobby or little side biz. My firewooding/cutting is just as much sport to me as a way to heat the cabin.
If I wasnt 7 days a week here on the farm, most likely I would be a two season independent, lawns in the summer, cut split stack and deliver wood in the winter (two winters advanced/dried wood), and work on equipment on weather inclement days. I do that now, my main job is outside mowing and maintenance..but it is all right here, no outside the farm work. Could just as easily be though, same work....
The same truck and trailer can be used, and they sort of compliment each other, plus word of mouth advertising. Added bonus, get *paid* to cut down and haul off trees, then turn around, process, and resell the firewood.
8 lb maul, aaaak!
I call them anvils on a stick...you are welcome to peruse any of the lebenty dozen hand splitting threads.... I still use mine, but like this..real nasty gnarly something I don't even want to think about it. Twisty/nasty whatever..not easy to split. One swing with anvil on the stick, whomp! Sticks in, then lay on that with the sledge hammer.
proly not the best or safest technique, but works for me. I grabbed one of the original fiskars supersplitters (which..I don't think they sell anymore) and use that mostly, 90%+ of my wood that needs splitting. Numerous other high end splitting axes out there as well, and just PLENTY of "spirited" discussion around them...
BWAHAHAHAHA!...
Most likely commercial work and quantities, eventually you will get a power splitter.
So far, numerous threads we have had here, is to make some scratch selling wood, either stay small with little invested in equipment, not in hock or anything, or go BIG. In the middle doesnt seem to work. I don't know that, but that is the impression I get here reading various guy's stories. And diversify, normal heating firewood by the cord, best species your area, campfire wood (grade b and c stuff by the bundle), then cooking wood, the primo A+ wood. Waste not, want not, sell whatever the heck ya can! And learn take downs and maybe some climbing...
Have fun, we all like pics!
