Another Round of Wood Games

We got our firewood from 2 sources this year. We had 12 face cords delivered from a firewood outfit (already split) and we got about 4 face cords from a friend of mine (Bub). The wood from my friend is not split. He and I dropped all of this stuff last year at his house and bucked it into 16" lengths, but it was not split when he brought it over. The first pic is 7 of the 12 face cords from the first source I mentioned. It is all Cherry, Hard Maple, Hickory, and Ash. Good stuff. Here is morgan working on the stuff from Bub's place. We got Cherry, Hard Maple, and one of my favorites (to burn, not split), Yellow Birch. It is really dense wood that burns hot and leaves a good coal bed, but it is a bear to split. We are getting pretty good at it, though. Morgan just got a good hit on a piece of Maple. That, right there, is satisfaction! Seeing the wood split instead of just absorb the blow or only partially crack.

Morgan grunting through the power arc with an 8-pound maul looking to show a piece of Yellow Birch who is boss.

OK. Let's try from this side.

OK, only about a face cord to go.