There is a new tool out there, see in the Farm Show Magazine, called the PINCH-A-LOG that makes easy work of picking up, throwing and stacking firewood with No deep bending. With this tool you can pick up firewood, split or whole, from 6 to 26", and throw it in your truck, wagon or sleigh. It was getting hard for me to continually bend down to the ground to pick up firewood for gathering and stacking but not anymore. In fact, I wish I had this years ago because it also saves time. My friend can has gotten to where he can use one in each hand! Check it out if you want to make a hard job much easier.