Cutting firewood the same length

We use a piece of PVC pipe cut the length we want and we just sorta "eye ball" it but use the piece of pipe as a guide too.

I'm a pile cutter.
Cut the tree length stuff into 4' lengths using a 4' stick with a catch on the end, throw it in a cord size pile and divide in threezies, eyeball it
I do some 5' lengths too for my other stove, cut in threezies, eyeball it.
Nothing is perfect here though, but i do think pile cutting is faster and easier.

Wow!! When I posted this morning it intended to be a humorous post. I had NO idea that there are folks that actually measure firewood. My apologies to anyone I may have offended.

I try to have somebody else do the cutting as often as possible Sometimes it works and sometimes not.

Not a guy, but I split those shorter pieces into quarters or eighths and use them cross-wise in the stove when laying the starting fire. Helps circulate the air flow and gets the fire going pretty quickly for me.

Yep....they all burn.

I just hate when I get a 19" pc and the stove door won't close, and THEN have to pull it out, usually already smoking and do something with it.

I use the bar as a guide..if it is all that critical get a 25 ft tape and have at it...

What's AR about wanting the wood the same length? It's a booger to get a neat stack when the pieces are all over the place in length. The next row doesn't go up right when there are long pieces sticking out all over the place.

I remember those days, then i got a stove that would take a 24" stick

So what happens when you run into a 25" stick ?

No problem, It'll take a 26" stick kitty-corner .

We're eyeballers here, too. Wood furnace in the basement can handle up to 18" pieces. When we bought the kitchen wood stove, we discovered that it can hold a max of 15", so that first year we burned a lot of 3" chunks. Now, we cut everything at 15.

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My chainsaw length is 16", the blade part. My stove will take up to 18" so I just eye ball it and most times, I'd dead on!

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As far as the tool, I found the perfect spot on my tractor. A hole on the plate the hydraulic controls mount to. Just drop the shaft in the hole. It is always there. Now if I could just find a place for the file..........

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My son eyeballs it. Seeing that our stove takes 4 foot lenghts he has not cut a piece too long yet.

The little nubbins that are left over get split for kindling at my place.

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My stove never complains whait I put in it. I eyeball it because I don't sell any. Friend that cuts and sells keeps a stick in his hand with the handle of the saw and lays it out and then cuts, but he don't cut the tops like I do. I cut as much as possible to have big and small wood. I always try to error on the short side. Save the short pieces and put on several at one time. If it is a little long, go corner to corner. Sometimes I have a problem keeping the ones not to split that will fit the stove if I am going to be gone for the day. I may try to put one in that it is too big by the thickness of the bark and I hate that. One gets good on length and size after cutting for years.

I had one o them an never again.