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[Kirkll]

Looks like you got Doug Fir and Alder, there Kirk. Thats a lot of wood. You heating a warehouse or a communal sauna?

Actually I'm not a fan of the wood splitter. I only burn a couple cords a season, and have always enjoyed chopping the stuff. Reached an age where I am picking my battles more carefully

Yup!  good old doug fir......For many years i heated the house and the shop both with woodstoves burning 8-10 cords a year sometimes. The shop burned more that the house did. That old splitting machine i have has split 100's of cords of wood over the years. I've had it for about 25 years. It was built by a rancher/farmer up the road from me back in the 80's , and he used it for many years before selling it to me. He bought a big acre ranch in eastern oregon and didn't want to drag it over there. I bought it for $250.

I got rid of the shop woodstove 2 years ago, and put a propane heater out here. With the cost of firewood going up so high, its cheaper running propane.  The days of free firewood are gone in oregon. Its going  for $200-$300 per cord now buying it cut and split, and more for hardwood like oak.

I had a deal going for a few years with a buddy that had timber land. he would deliver it in rounds for me to split for $150 per cord. I did that for a few years. Saved me a lot of time and gas money going up into state forest land cutting in permit areas.

Now every time i start wrestling cord wood i pay for it for 6 months. I haven't been the same since i ran a splitter last spring with wyatt helping me. This getting old sucks!    Kirk