Whats the difference whether you split in the woods or at the house. What is the magic step that gets deleted?
First remember we’re talking about using a woodshed, and the difference is in how many times you move and/or (heaven forbid) carry the firewood and the time spent doing it.
So you
move firewood from cutting area to splitting area…
Then
move firewood from splitting area to woodshed (even if you use a cart you still probably
carry it into the shed). I don't care how close your woodshed or stacking area is to the splitting area, ya' still haf'ta
move it into the shed or to the stack…
Then you
move firewood from woodshed to house (probably
carry it out of shed to a cart and from cart into house, or even all the way to the house)…
At a minimum you’ll move the firewood three times, and you’ll haf’ta carry it at least a short distance one, two or three times. If you did your splitting at the cutting area you’d only haf’ta move it twice (and ya’ don’t haf’ta load big pieces).
Cutting standing-dead I only move the firewood
once, from the cutting/splitting area to the house (I load as I split). If I cut and split in two separate places I'd haf'ta move it twice…
When cutting wood requiring some months of seasoning I only move the firewood twice, from the cutting/splitting area to stacking area (I stack right from the trailer, no bending to pick up and no carrying), and from the stacking area to the house. If I cut and split in two separate places I'd haf'ta move it three times…
Because I use the tractor and trailer and toss my firewood down the coal shoot I
never carry my firewood…
ever! Yes, that means I stack
some of it twice, but I’d rather stand in one spot tossin’ wood on a stack than moving or (heaven forbid) carrying it! I also try and make loading or unloading a double operation… i.e. tossing the splits coming off the splitter directly into the trailer, and either stacking or tossing in the house as I’m unloading.