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Published March 25th, 2009 at 6:15 am in Log Splitters with 8 comments
Tagged with Log Splitter, Logs, Power Splitter

William B posted: 25 Mar at 12:49 pm

now ,the propose for spliting is to let the wood dry out faster, exposes more surface area, plus it will be harder to split once it drys out,
CLARE posted: 27 Mar at 7:26 am

split now and they will really be dry and ready to use sooner.
countrygal45 posted: 27 Mar at 8:34 pm

Always easier to split when fresh cut.
Mustbcrazy posted: 29 Mar at 8:03 pm

My experience is that it is easier to split dry logs but it is better to split them freshly cut for drying purposes. Try hand splitting a green log as opposed to a dry log and you will see what i mean.
bobo posted: 29 Mar at 8:13 pm

For some reason logs split better in cold, freezing weather, but then again I split by hand with a maul. If you have a power splitter, split it green so it’ll dry out faster.
pcbeachrat posted: 02 Apr at 6:18 am

The wood needs to be seasoned one year before burning….But you need to split it while it is green..cottonwood is not a very good fire[place wood..but if it is free as you have cut it down..I would burn it..I just wouldn’t buy cottonwood to burn…
dadw5boys posted: 04 Apr at 9:12 pm

some split better green and some dry
cotten wood I am betting dry because cotten wood holds a lot of water like a beech or willow.
John himself posted: 06 Apr at 9:15 pm

Split now, they will dry better after splitting.

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