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KW-DadJoker t1_j213lxe wrote

Like Abraham Lincoln used to say: "If you chop your own firewood, it warms you twice."

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cloudubious OP t1_j2138dh wrote

Our local lumber yard sells their scrap ends of oak for $32/ton, so I just filled the truck up and started chopping. I'm only now getting close to needing another load.

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philpalmer2 t1_j21sdcq wrote

I always loved splitting firewood. Once, I had 4 very large hybrid poplars cut down by the utility company. They left all of the wood in cut rounds for me.

I spent many Saturday mornings processing it into firewood

This is cool: I had a neighbor who could see me from his property working the wood. He told me; “I have a wood splitter that you could use”. Then he says; “It needs run and you be doing me the favor by using it”. What an awesome neighbor.

But I told him that I work a desk job to pay the bills. And manually splitting wood is very enjoyable to me. 😊

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sloppyredditor t1_j21btwv wrote

It's the most cathartic functional training I've found.

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on_ t1_j21cdaj wrote

You will lose that smile when you see how fast this burns and you got to grind again
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RTNoftheMackell t1_j21d1tm wrote

There are three stages.

  1. This is fun.
  2. Oh my God this is so much work and it's so inefficient we should have central heating like civilised people.
  3. Zen master.
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ThePepperPopper t1_j24l5sd wrote

Nope, been doing it for 35 years. If I ain't tired of it by now, don't think I will be...

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EaddyAcres t1_j213fof wrote

A man that cuts his own wood gets warmed by it 3 times instead of 1. First felling the tree, again cutting and splitting, and again when burning it.

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cloudubious OP t1_j213ko2 wrote

I'm not felling myself, but I get what you mean. We are felling trees in our yard with a chainsaw, but not for firewood, just for more space and more staggered over the year.

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AgMan530 t1_j21jgve wrote

Save that wood for Firewood, too, if you have an out of the rain place to store it until it dries.

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cloudubious OP t1_j22spay wrote

They're not thick trunks, we're going to cut them into 8 foot lengths for a homemade goat shed

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AgMan530 t1_j22up0f wrote

Another good use for them. Still, I'd save the scraps that are at least few inches in diameter.

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alwayslatetotheparty t1_j21amta wrote

What about that warm and fuzzy feeling of doing a good job or doing something on your own or being productive.

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youngyaret t1_j216tux wrote

Chopping wood is one of my favorite activities. It never gets old.

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parl t1_j218lxb wrote

One time I went to a restaurant in Stockton where on the mantle of the fireplace it said, "He who chops his own wood is twice warmed." There were similar motivational saying on the boards under the slanted ceiling.

Edit: didn't know it was said by Abe Lincoln.

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aghilardi t1_j21a7vc wrote

I celebrate it dear redditor. I devoted my entire career on how people gather and use fuelwood. It was our main source of energy for millenia, and will keep going as far as humans exist. Make a few fires outdoors, in the chill of the night and watch the stars move.

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Dr-Retz t1_j21c095 wrote

The only type of home heating that makes you warm twice

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jamiegray t1_j21e071 wrote

We used 5 cords last year. This year we're doing without oil heat because it's been too damn expensive, so it'll be a few cords more. My back already hurts from the 'exercise'. 😉

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thasnazgul t1_j21efev wrote

Don't forget to chop with your feet as well. Can't miss leg day.

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Northviewguy t1_j21e6dm wrote

Boomer here; Dad & his Brothers spent the Great Depression on an off grid farm chopping wood for their Father, a former BC Lumberjack. My Uncle even cut pulp for $ for a time and years later had 18" forearms just like Popeye.

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No_Grade_2190 t1_j21exkl wrote

We had a place in the sticks for a few years. We had crappy baseboard heaters but pretty much only used our wood stove for heat. I have a love-hate relationship with chopping and firewood in general! It does feel good to heat your house with wood you chopped.

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cookerg t1_j21hcy8 wrote

It warms you twice. Once when you chop it and once when you burn it. Attributed to...most often Thoreau.

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cookerg t1_j21hpzv wrote

I chopped a lot of wood one summer holiday, then went to the Ex and rang the bell twice with hammer.

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beatvox t1_j21kdng wrote

I miss chiseling messages to my friends in stone!!

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uber_damage t1_j21nhzq wrote

O, its the best. Primal!

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darrellbear t1_j220toe wrote

I saw a pic of a young George Foreman training for a fight back in the day. He chopped firewood. He chopped a pile of firewood as big as a large house.

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AussieMilfTits t1_j220ts7 wrote

Piling wood is better that piling on weight

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OCDcuber t1_j224cvc wrote

Lets out some anger

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FishermanAdvanced511 t1_j226joj wrote

Did that for so many years. Nothing compares to a roaring fire of wood you harvested your self. Live in Florida now.

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PancreaticDefect t1_j22wsbh wrote

You're welcome to come split some for me. I hate doing it.

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TheBelhade t1_j231r1u wrote

Hell yeah I love cutting wood. I have three acres of forest to manage.

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aeywaka t1_j23mf4r wrote

That's maybe a weeks worth of fuel.

Chopping is only fun if everything goes right. Your saw should cut perfectly, your wood should be dry and ready.

Get a log splitter,but you'll be suprised at how much work you still have to do.

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cloudubious OP t1_j23tvtt wrote

I'm using an axe, not a saw. I do have a cheap splitter but I'm having fun with the axe.

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36-3 t1_j23q1pk wrote

I’m jealous

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yonsidrugsi t1_j242g5x wrote

Tree chopping also boost testosterone by a lot.

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Prodiuss t1_j2437qo wrote

Chopping firewood is a great meditation exercise

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pulpwalt t1_j24bwyi wrote

Please, people, splitting.

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ThePepperPopper t1_j24kvda wrote

I love splitting wood. It's almost a hobby

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shanksta1 t1_j25e2cz wrote

yeah i miss it like hell

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