The ongoing battle of wits with Sparky doesn’t take all of my time.  I am occasionally productive.

A friend had a maple tree taken down, so we diced it up.  Now is a good time of year for putting up firewood because the weather has been mild.  Even with a good system, it can be strenuous work.

I’ve got a good system, so can handle 24″ diameter logs without busting a nut.  Big rounds like that take some muscling, but yield a better wood to bark ratio.  My best trick is to elevate the trailer ramp so it’s at about the same height as the splitter rails.  The trailer, towed by the quad, is positioned on the other side of the splitter.

If the logs are close to round, I can roll them up the ramp, muscle them onto the splitter, chunk them up and toss the firewood into the trailer.  If it works right, I never have to lift a round, and only touch the firewood to put it in or take it out of the trailer.

That trailer-load yielded a half-cord of firewood.  Next summer, I will move that into the wood shed, and burn it the following winter.  That half-cord will heat my house for about a month.