how long do you cut your wood?

[trapper]

I have a central boiler conventional burner.  I cut my wood to 30 inches as that keeps the wood in front of the baffel and gives me a couple of inches of room at the door.  I use all lenghts up to 4 ft but shoot for 30in.  What lenght do others use and why?  Also I am lucky the splitter my father in law built 30 years ago alows me to split that lenght as most splitters sold are 25 in. in capacity

[thecfarm]

What ever works and what you can handle. I can put a 54 inch stick in mine OWB. Ever pick up a 54 inch stick a foot through and put it into a 2 foot opening? Not something that I want to do. I can only split 2 feet on my splitter,but that is more than i want to pick up at times.My small stuff I put in whatever I saw it at,3-4 feet.

[doctorb]

What ever works and what you can handle.

I agree with thecfarm.  I prefer 18 - 24 inches. Having some shorter chunks lying around helps fill any spaces.

[stumper]

I cut mine about 18 to 20 inches.  The length of a Husqvarna 372.  This is also the witdth of my wheelbarrow.  I have an eclassic 2300 and I have found that loading sideways works best to prevent bridging.  This length work fine for that.

[Al_Smith]

I've just got a wood stove so it's pretty much all 16" give or take a tad . I can stuff a 24" in it but one stack 4 by 8 is a face cord and 3 of same are a cord so it's easier  to keep track of that way . Not that it makes that much difference because you burn whatever you burn .

[wood 4 heat]

I cut our firewood at 22", that way I can get 5 rows under the wood shed. And at that length it is easy enough to handle.

[chevytaHOE5674]

I cut some short stuff at around 20-24". It is a little lighter for the other half to lift and is nice for filling gaps. The rest I cut about 40" as its less cutting and less individual pieces to handle and fills the stove up fast  8)

[woodmills1]

my outdoor boiler will take up to 44"
I cut skinny rounds up to that length but the rest at half that and then double fill the furnace

[albirk]

I cut 8" and larger 22 to24" long my spliter will split 25"   6"to8" i dont split  everthing else up to 4' as long as i can pick it up and throw it in the truck

[Magicman]

My door opening is 19", so I shoot for 16"-18".  If I have a stick longer, I can still angle it in.



Craft fireplace insert with the doors open.

[Dean186]

Magicman, that photo shows a maximum log size for your fireplace.

I cut to my stoves maximum length of 32 inches on occasions when the wood doesn't have to be split.

When splitting is necessary, then I block to 22 inches. 

[SwampDonkey]

I like it 20-22" here. 16" is for grannies. :D    Well that's what I tell my firewood guy. ;)

[Al_Smith]

Yeah I suppose you would say that which comes as no surprise . 8)

[beenthere]

I like it 20-22" here. 16" is for grannies. :D    Well that's what I tell my firewood guy. ;)

And your firewood guy is trying to tell you something?  :D      ;) ;)

[SwampDonkey]

He tries, but I'm too stubborn. I want big slabs 22", less handing and longer burn time.  He knows he'll get paid and the cheques don't bounce. ;D

[CRThomas]

I have a central boiler conventional burner.  I cut my wood to 30 inches as that keeps the wood in front of the baffel and gives me a couple of inches of room at the door.  I use all lenghts up to 4 ft but shoot for 30in.  What lenght do others use and why?  Also I am lucky the splitter my father in law built 30 years ago alows me to split that lenght as most splitters sold are 25 in. in capacity

I have one customer who wants her FW 10 inchs long and wrapped she puts them in the FP front to back why I don't know she says it makes a pretter fire. Later

[SwampDonkey]

This morning it was 50 degrees outside and all day it only reached about 54 degrees. I figured I'd fire up the wood furnace. I gotta let it out I'm afraid. Phew!! 85 degrees in here @ 50% humidity now.  Beech, rock maple firewood, 4 little small sticks over the course the day. Them coals sure make things hot.

[sparky1]

Ya cut it small enough so the wife can handle it!!  :D