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[AirForcePOL]

Am I the only one that is really anal about the length/shape of their firewood? 

I am thankful that people call me or let me know of someone that is getting rid of firewood however, I've been a few places to get wood that was "already cut up and ready to go" and I get there and some pieces might be 10 inches long and some might be 26.  Some pieces have a section in them where a branch used to be but they didn't cut it off flush so it makes it a pain is the ass to stack. 

I helped a friend cut up a maple tree last weekend.  It was a decent sized tree and he had a few guys from work come over and help us.  With three guys running saws we had all different sized logs.  Some of the ends were so crooked that I couldn't stand them up to split when I got home and they might have only been 10 inches long. 

Maybe I'm just weird?  Please tell me that I'm not the only one!

[jerkash]

Nope - Your not the only one!  My wood is always cut within 2 - 3 inches of the same length and all limbs cut off flush with the tree.  If I get help, they don't do the cutting.  I do all the cutting because I know they can't suit me!!

[Roger2561]

You're not alone.  I know I like the wood at 24" long so I put a mark on my chainsaw where 24" stops and measure every piece before I cut.  I like to have my wood pile looking good.  Perhaps I suffer from a bit of OCD but it's my wood pile.   

[AirForcePOL]

Okay so maybe I'm not so weird.  I have one friend who is really good at cutting logs the same length as I like them.  Luckily, he is the one that owns the 250 acres where I usually cut wood so it works out good. 

I knew a guy that used to sell firewood and I helped him one day and my job was just to go through and mark every log with a measuring stick that he used to make every piece the exact same size.  It makes it so much easier when everything is the same!

[trz]

i think i have one eye that sees longer than the other .  I can't ever seem to get them all cut the same length. lol   And i just don't have the time to measure every single piece before i put the saw to it. So, you know what my stack looks like. lol

[willieG]

i think i have one eye that sees longer than the other .  I can't ever seem to get them all cut the same length. lol   And i just don't have the time to measure every single piece before i put the saw to it. So, you know what my stack looks like. lol

mine is the same (eye that is) 18 to 24 as long as it goes in the door

[MattyNH]

Any wood that Im gonna stack in my pole shed is taped and marked before or as I cut my wood.. So your not weird!

[yotehunter66]

I made marking tools so I could cut all my logs to either 40" so they fit in my stove just right. Anything to big is cut to 24" so it will fit in my log splitter.

[artbaldoni]

I cut mine exactly 3 to 36 inches. If it fits in the stove it burns. I don't have time to worry about perfect length like I was using an indoor wood stove. A lot of my wood is from logging butts and culls so its hard to come up with the perfect size all the time. I even burn the wedges cut out when felling. Waste not want not...

What do you guys do if you get to the end of the stick and you are 4" short of your size? Just leave it? 

[johnybcold]

I like it the same size but  once I get going I end up with everything for 4" to 24"

[fireboss]

IF its FREE its for me! I go around and pick up wood along the roads. (thanks sandy) This is my third year with my OWF and havent paid for wood yet. Now thanks to sandy iam at least 2yrs ahead

[BIGDIESEL20S]

I like my wood pile to look good as well, Most all my cuts are 22"-24" but if some end up a little short of that they come home as well. As for the limb cut off's and crotch piece's they come home as well if they are no good for stacking they go in a pile behind wood pile (out of sight) then they go to stove first and the good looking stacks stay good looking stacks even longer.

[d conover]

I cut mine exactly 3 to 36 inches. If it fits in the stove it burns. I don't have time to worry about perfect length like I was using an indoor wood stove. A lot of my wood is from logging butts and culls so its hard to come up with the perfect size all the time. I even burn the wedges cut out when felling. Waste not want not...

What do you guys do if you get to the end of the stick and you are 4" short of your size? Just leave it? 

Me too, I try to keep it sort of close but I bring it all home.  Those little wedges drop nicely between the stack of wood in the furnace and the front of the furnace.

[artbaldoni]

I cut mine exactly 3 to 36 inches. If it fits in the stove it burns. I don't have time to worry about perfect length like I was using an indoor wood stove. A lot of my wood is from logging butts and culls so its hard to come up with the perfect size all the time. I even burn the wedges cut out when felling. Waste not want not...

What do you guys do if you get to the end of the stick and you are 4" short of your size? Just leave it? 

Me too, I try to keep it sort of close but I bring it all home.  Those little wedges drop nicely between the stack of wood in the furnace and the front of the furnace.

It must be a Dolmar thing...

[yotehunter66]

I cut mine exactly 3 to 36 inches. If it fits in the stove it burns. I don't have time to worry about perfect length like I was using an indoor wood stove. A lot of my wood is from logging butts and culls so its hard to come up with the perfect size all the time. I even burn the wedges cut out when felling. Waste not want not...

What do you guys do if you get to the end of the stick and you are 4" short of your size? Just leave it? 

I have a tote that I throw odd ball stuff in. Keeps the place a little neater than just throwing a pile of scraps every where.