When does a stick become a log?

[skyhuck]

Why on earth does a log need to be split??????

 

Round logs burn great.

[gensetsteve]

I am burning dry beech round wood about mainly branch wood about 2-3" and I think it burns about twice the speed of the main trunk which backs up what someone said on here a few months ago. There are more BTU's in the trunk than in the branch.

[william127]

Any hardwood over 2 inches can go on my logpile, mix about 10 unsplit% into most of my loads, no problems.

[gensetsteve]

Any hardwood over 2 inches can go on my logpile, mix about 10 unsplit% into most of my loads, no problems.

 

No problem if it comes in from jobs. But we were buying in cord and round our way if its started seasoning they wont sell by weight. So you pay cubic metre space and its full of sticks. We could process 8" cord into a truck in 15 mins but drop to 2" and it would take an hour. So u got less material for your money and it took 4 times as long part of the reason we packed logs in.

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

You can split sub 1" if you want to!

 

I'm going to set a definition now which hopefully will become a standard throughout the timber industry.

 

Cut the piece of wood in question into a 4' length.

Beat a chainsaw/tractor/dog/fuel/chipper stealing thief with it until he loses consciousness.

If you have to hold the wood with two hands its a log. If you can do it with one its a stick.

 

Legendary! Should be adopted immediately as an internationally recognised imperial standard!! Not sure it would have been "approved of" in the 'Word to the wise' thread though!

 

Perhaps a sub set of measures could be devised dependant on the nature and previous form of the person being beaten.

[Shane]

If a pine/eucalyptus (fill in your own non-log species) it's a stick.

 

If it will not go through the chipper, it's a log.

If the chip box is full, it's a log.

If the customer wants to keep all the logs, it's a log.

 

If none of the above apply (assuming you'e running a smallish chipper) it's a stick.

[woodyguy]

I really don't like burning unsplit round wood. It's slow to get going and needs a really hot fire to burn properly. Guess if you burn split or round then its fine. I just guess mixing it doesn't work well for me.

[chris hennelly]

.....breaks over your knee.........stick

.....breaks your knee................log

[Chris Sheppard]

.....breaks over your knee.........stick

.....breaks your knee................log

 

I like that one

 

I burn a lot of 2-3" diameter unsplit stuff at home and don't mind it at all - bit of a faff if I need to stack it but usually just hoy it out the trailer into a heap and use it from there.

[kev7937]

Why on earth does a log need to be split??????

 

Round logs burn great.

 

I've had some beech seasoning for two years the unsplit stuff is about 26% whilst the split just over 20%

 

Yes I am rubbish at getting wood to dry