WANT a good supply of quality firewood with low cash expenditure?
know the "magic word". That word? Efficiency!
time when you use efficient planning, preparation and execution.
attention  or  too difficult to reach  without  heavy  equipment.
reason I wont go into where to find wood.
by the beavers or drowned by the rising water.
harvest for her if I could get it out.
for any equipment you intend to use.
press bandages can save your life.
- Last, but not least, THINK SAFETY AT ALL TIMES.
saw, borrow it if you do not need it for more than this one task.
day's worth of work, only to be stored for the rest of the year.
diameter and clean it up by taking all the branches and bark off.
inches  and 40 inches, making sure the handle end was  indicated.
lengths and mark them on the logs with your hatchet.
and left by loggers, standing dead or hangers)?
- How much green wood is there?
flows  in one direction and is handled as few times as  possible.
any kind have no place when you are doing this type of work.
their  construction they have in common that is  very  important.
length of the bar on your chain saw.
built one for over 4 inches in diameter.
way, when it is time to split, I do not have a fight on my hands.
fire... "Waste knot, want knot."
- Downed trees, green and dead.
- Hangers and leaners (be careful).
farthest point you will want to go. Do all the like work at once.
marks you made. The shortest log will be one of one stove length.
ters  of about 4 inches and less there is no need to  mark  them.
Your 2 x 4 bucking stand will do that for you.
- The heaviest and farthest away.
- The farthest away for like sizes.
always leave the uglies behind.
have to complete the task.
splitting. Once these are loaded, just throw on the uglies.
tools and any trash in the area... even if it is not yours.
You have gotten your wood home in the time you set aside.  Done?
Not yet! Follow through on the last task storage.
- Try to store it out of the weather.
- Separate the green from the seasoned and the bone dry.
get to it in the dead of winter.
chances  are you will need it mostly for getting "the chill  out"
black plastic, but not the top.
Put scrap boards or plywood on top, held down by rocks or  logs.
through the top. By early spring it should be ready to use.
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