wonder how long it will take for the white oak to go under 20% MC?
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I understand the sitting. After running a “splitter” all day through 3 cords of wood my back is killing me. Unlike you, I’m retired so I can rest up/TomC
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I’m sure Wayne will comment more accurately, but I’ve heard him say green hardwoods, once chunked and spread on tins can be ready in 3 days of clear dry weather.
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And I’ll say smart on the sitting when you can with the wood-sweating.
Up to the sixth cord in now for winter firewood now. First three were oldman easy done by myself. 4-5 hours a day in my normal now “siesta-time” out on the machine stacked tops ‘n rots piles, cutting, then into the truck rounds loading from 3:00 PM to dark. Next early afternoon after dew-down burn off then off the truck, splitter breaking down and stacked into the wood shed.
Did this skip, every other day to keep the sore muscles and cramps minimized.
Wife took pity on me and gave the buget money to hire the neighbor 18 year old new high school graduate youngman to help.
Ha! Now these last 3 cords in have really been sweat-hurting teaching this young man good and safe work techniques and ethics.
Ha! So out of laid back retirement I’ve had to come.
Wood sweating ain’t so bad if a fellow does it enough daily to get, then keep constantly in shape,
This to much couch sitting reading, then back up to sweatin’ speed is the real pain-in-the-back. And the hips. And the knees.
Seems as we age and get closer to heaven, first we must be humbled back down low to the ground first. Humility giving back true Respect for Ma’ natures bounty.
Finally had a rainy day off to recover strengthen. Sun be back out in a few more hours and then back at it.
Leaves 50% drought early off this year already. Sun’s up and down later and earlier now too.
Wood down and sitting will just get wetter and wetter now until next June,
This is the mad hustle squirrel-it-away time of the year before Old Man Winter rules the roost.
Regards
Steve unruh
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Hello Joseph .
According to my little mickey mouse moisture meter the wood we chunked Monday is down to about 20%.
The wood we chunked yesterday afternoon reads 35-40%.
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Steve out of all the things you have written about on here, I can relate to this the most. I confess I had some GREAT help. A relative came with all the goodies, splitter, wagon, gator. That all should have made it easy for me. But oh contrary. He went like a house afire and when my back was killing me and my knees were aching, and my head was throbbing, he saw more that we could do before dark.TomC
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Talking about saving backs.
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Yeah some plastic shopping bags are now made with celulose mixed in with the plastic from sugarcane or corn so that they breakdown quickly after their first use.Havent been able to see any labeling telling me which bags do and dont tho.
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Good morning all.
I don’t need anymore wood for home heat or the gasifiers but I hate to just pile out my sawmill slabs to rot. The slabs were so close and handy to the chunker that I couldn’t resist .
I belive I chunked enough this week to drive coast to coast.
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Wow Wayne you have a lot of fuel!!!
This is a video of my finger nail clipper (power hatchet) in action!
Thought you guys might get a kick out of it, you have to watch it at least a minute to get it!! Herb H
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You are a lot faster than I Mr. Herb 
Hahaha!!! I knew it, I knew it. I don’t remember what your comments were when Chris posted his high speed video of his chunker, but I just knew we were going to get a high speed video of your hatchet. Fun fun fun. Great job.TomC
PS. It is so good to see you back to your old self.
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Couldn’t resist joining the wood competition 
I can’t compete in volume but maybe in the “more than I need” discipline, since I don’t have a gasifier yet.
Oh, I just realised I’m beaten by TomC, who has a barn full of charcoal 
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Very neat and tidy wood/fuel storage JO!!!
Yeah Tom I couldn’t let Chris have the fastest chunker prize without intering the nail clipper! My video is of 4 short videos I did that day, was going to put up best one and then it hit me; I could put them together and speed them up and have some fun with it. That’s only X4 cause any faster the hatchet is all over the place!
Glad you liked it! Herb H
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wayne, how much chunk in volume would you say you have there in your photo?
Herb, you came a long way! I remember when you first started running your Caddy, you struggled just getting pics and vids up for us to see what you were up to. Now you are combining videos and speeding them up. Are you a grandkid again?
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Good morning Rance
If the trailer is loaded even with the sides it should hold 75 cubic feet . I think there is more wood on the ground than on the trailer . My very wild guess of cubic feet of wood is 150-180 cubic feet.
Hey Wayne, looks like you have plenty, send me a couple big boxes!!!
Yeah Don I’ve come a long way learning how to operate these darn things, I find it Very difficult because of the lack of instruction but I’m learning!
Doesn’t help losing a few fingers splitting wood last week! Kiddin!
Anything for the old WoodPoweredCaddy!
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finger pockets, you need to get a patent.
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