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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.

 

will have to tell the mrs that :thumbup:

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It is true that round wood lasts and burns longer than shown grain.

 

What you look at as a 2 inch round wood log last for as long as a piece showing a 2 inch split faces at right angles. The grain shown is greater but the heat output will always be with the larger piece (mass).

 

The heat is in the wood, the amount of time of the output differs.

 

The 2 split sides will burn quicker throwing heat into the room quicker even though the round wood may still be burning.

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Top tip- simply process your small stuff into 7" logs. Then sell it to the old dear with a tiny open fire. It's ideal. She gets a bit more wood than normal (for Pete's sake don't offer to stack! :lol:) but you don't have to do anything other than run it through a chop saw.

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