BRK #456
Today was loaded with physical labor. We had a massive pile of
wood that needed processing. Here it was at 8am this morning.
I had to inspect the wood and make sure it was bucked to the proper length (somewhere between 15 and 16 inches), and in the first half of the day I spent time measuring and sorting the bits of wood. That was very time-consuming, though in the second half of the day I adjusted my approach and things went relatively quicker.
Before splitting the bucked wood, in a number of cases I had to trim it to the proper length.
If a bucked log was a bit too wide for the
kindling cracker tool (what we use to split logs before bringing them into the house or into cabins), I would split it down to a manageable size.
To sum it up, I finished roughly two face cords of wood today, ensuring they were trimmed to the proper length and narrow
enough to fit into the kindling cracker.
My estimate is that I processed 3/5ths of all the wood in that big pile. Here's what's left at the end of the day.
Unfortunately, one of our axes broke today. I switched to one of the larger mauls to continue the work in the second half of the day. I like the Fiskars X27. It's lighter and shorter than the maul, and I feel like I have a lot more control with it, and I suspect it's less fatiguing. There's another one at the Gregorian Woodshed up at the Lab, but I'm hoping we replace this one soon.
I think that tonight I'll be able to sleep like... a
log.
That's all for now. Thanks for reading, and enjoy your day...!
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