There are also log feeders for fires the pioneers used think V made with fire in middle the logs are stacked like bullets in a magazine but on an angle as bottom log burns the heat helps dry the next logs in line. Once burnt through kick ends into fire pit and next log rolls Don to start burning.
If you get a bow or buck saw make sure you get a sharping guide it makes it way easier to sharpen. If a two person saw it takes practice to get it right. The other thing is use rancid fats on blades ir helps slide through sappy wood and after sawING to keep rust free. There is an item called a log ox I would get one now along with log clamp/tongs makes handling larger diameter stuff way easier.
Make a log X to hold logs for sawING at right height saves your back. A log X is just two lashed together logs works like a saw house for cutting lumber. Make the x from rough barked trees as it stops the log being cut from rolling. Having a light wheeled lumber wagon is a good buy right now after pulling wood any distance will be a pain. Make sure big wheel diameter or ruts potholes and snow make it extra hard to pull/push. Make sure if larger wagon it has brakes which are hand activated uncontrolled decent can be an epiphany and religious moment. We have a plastic person pull able sled for winter aswell. Wood pile is 300 yards from house in pole barn.
Making harness for our great pyrenees to help pull winter wood.
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