When I was in my 20's I cut & split 6 or 8 cord a year using sledge hammer & wedges to do it. My grampa passed away & I ended up with a wood splitter. I've never touched a wedge since, but, I do kind of miss it.
My accountant was a woodsman until he was 74, cut, split, did it all year. About a year ago he had simple surgery and son of a gun if he didn't die from the surgery. If you ever get prostate cancer, think twice before you have surgery! For most people over 70, surgery does not add to your life. There's other ways to slow the cancer down.
No More Wood.
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- Location: south central pa
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: hitzer 82 ul
- Coal Size/Type: nut
I just went to the coal yard yesterday and handbagged 640 lbs into the 50 lb plastic feed bags, it took about 45 minutes total. This will last me about 2 weeks, to do wood for 2 weeks is alot longer. Granted I did pay $62.
- grizzly2
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- Location: Whippleville, NY
- Other Heating: Oil foilfurnace, Jotul#3 woodstove,electric base board.
I think I have the best of both worlds right now. I like very much heating my house with coal for all the reasons we all know about. However I do love a wood fire and actually like processing a little fire wood too. I am 57 and hand split 6 cords of ash this summer. I work 3 or 4 hour days, and the splitting took me I think, 3 days. The Jotul wood stove that was in the house is now in my garage. The quick wood fire built as needed in the garage works out great. I also get my fix of smelling wood burning and seeing the pretty flame.
- envisage
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- Location: Phoenixville, PA
- Hand Fed Coal Boiler: Werner Foundry 350a
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Warm Morning 400, Fire Boss Wood/Coal Hyrbrid
- Coal Size/Type: Buckwheat, Pea, Chestnut and Stove
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Sounds like I have at least 15-20 more years left (currently 46) of being able to split wood by hand based on what I have read here!