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[AirForcePOL]

I have thought about making a pile for the odd ball stuff. The only issue I usually run into is that it's usually green wood and it would have to sit in that pile for a while before I burnt it.  If it was dry I would bring the scraps home and burn them first...

[dwneast77]

I try to be consistent with my log lengths.  I set aside the short pieces and knots and even some of the bark and slat peices that break off when splitting.  Usually I find this stuff to be difficult to burn up in my CB E-2300.  The doorway is so big that it would be hard to pile this stuff in without it all falling out at me.  Last year I added a Wood Doctor Boiler (long story, but the price was right).  Last year I got my last weeks worth of heat out of these scraps of wood and this year I started the Wood Doctor first and got my first 2 weeks worth of heat.  The Wood Doctor has a large firebox with 2 doors.  The upper door is the regular fill door and I can just pile all the odd stuff in there.  Even green it burns it up pretty well.  Helps me to keep the grounds cleaned up at least. 

[chadley]

to the point... I've gotten to where I can cut and be within an inch or less of the length I want. I started out years ago measuring 18 in with a tape measure and striping the log with my chain tool.  I got so used to it that I don't even need to measure now.  One year I had a guy buy 6 loads of oak but he had to have it less than 18 inches for his burner.  We literally went through measuring one piece at a time to see if it was less than 18 in to get his 6 truck loads.  It was a struggle let me tell you.  From that point on, I started cutting my wood shorter and got to where I can cut less than 18 in consistently. 

Now to add to my situation, I am cutting my OWB wood longer b/c I can burn 4 ft logs so I have to take into account what I am cutting for and I can generally get it the length I want without measuring.  Practice has taken away the time of measuring.  So to answer the question.  I think we are all anal about our wood. lol