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I carry an axe in a holster on my tool belt for pounding wedges.
That's definitely the way to go, when felling.

But when cutting logs on the ground, I just carry two wedges, one in each back pocket. If you choose the time to insert them appropriately, they never need more than a tap or two, usually using one wedge to tap the other into place.

I always have a hatchet in my chainsaw toolbox, when I need to whack a wedge harder, but it's very rare I need to do that.
 
   / Tractors and wood! Show your pics #25,292  
The row of split wood in the back ground was left over from last year that would not fit in the shed. I have moved that into the shed.


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The pile of blocks/rounds cut from logs I pulled out last February are now split and air drying. They should fill the rest of the shed.


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If I need to top off the shed I still have a half cord on my trailer.


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gg
Stacking once is imperative to me. I modified my process accordingly.

I used to stack wood in the SxS, then run the SxS to the barn stack it in the pole barn, then when I needed firewood, stack it back into the SxS to take it to the attached garage.

Then I started using totes and only stacked into totes and brought the totes into the garage.

This year, I am trying a way that requires no stacking at all. When I get on my computer I will post some pictures.
 
   / Tractors and wood! Show your pics #25,293  
That's definitely the way to go, when felling.

But when cutting logs on the ground, I just carry two wedges, one in each back pocket. If you choose the time to insert them appropriately, they never need more than a tap or two, usually using one wedge to tap the other into place.

I always have a hatchet in my chainsaw toolbox, when I need to whack a wedge harder, but it's very rare I need to do that.
When cutting logs on the ground, I still keep an axe with me, since it's handy when using the wedge to lift a log off the ground, as described about 4 posts up. Normally, I'll roll the log, but occasionally, it's easier to drive the wedge in to lift it than it is to roll it.
 
   / Tractors and wood! Show your pics #25,294  
Thanks Hoobie - that's just the kind of info I was looking for. I would only use it for small rough projects. Things I do now by snapping a line and going totally free hand.

gg
For a lot of rough work your freehand method is fine....even better. The Alaskan gives pretty acceptable dimension results but is somewhat limited in length of product as I mentioned without considerable fussing. The snap line / freehand idea is limited only by length of tree, length of line and chainsaw skills.
 
   / Tractors and wood! Show your pics #25,295  
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Working on the wood pile. It's not pretty but it will keep us warm for a couple of years. Used to be a nice shady spot but we had a low snowfall last spring that took out a few nice oaks. The picture is deceiving, there are two piles of logs/limbs. And I haven't even cleaned up the tree behind it yet. I don't like to wait until the summer heat to do the firewood, but had to get all the other spring chores out of the way first.
 
   / Tractors and wood! Show your pics #25,296  
The picture is deceiving...
Downed trees are second only maybe to waves at sea, in never looking as big on film as they are in person.

Looks like a lot of wood, although not a whole lot of it is straight, so you have some work in splitting it and making it stack!
 
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I like that... waves at sea. Maybe why I don't take many pictures.
Yes, it's twisty live oak mostly. I've been doing this for a few decades, I know what I'm in for. I prefer Black oak, but I get what falls. It actually splits and stacks pretty well, although Im starting to use more toats and that makes it easier. It all burns well and when I do have strait pieces it makes decent kindling. But I won't turn down cedar for that when its available.
 
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Did a little scrub brush and pine clearing so they don’t choke out the better trees and cleaning up the perimeter a bit. I have to say the DR chipper has exceeded my expectations. Makes short work of the stuff I’m putting through it.
 

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   / Tractors and wood! Show your pics #25,299  
I've had this load of wood on the trailer since mid April so this afternoon was past time to work it up so I can use the trailer for something else.

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Over the winter I made the left hand stakes so they would fold down and built the cutting table. This is the first time I used them together.

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It started out warm and cloudy but when the sun came out it seemed like a good time to stop.

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Just for fun I used my 47 year old HomeLite Super XL that I bought new in 1978.

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Nice! Only thing I was buying new in 1978 was Tonka trucks. :p But I did own a 1970's Homelite Super EZ Auto for many years.
 

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