No kidding. Did about a 1/4 cord today. Tired of it.
Splitting logs is how I relax. Hurricanes took 9 big trees down. I have enough to keep me busy for a few years.
There’s a local sawmill that deals mostly in Pine but does Red Oak on occasion. They toss all oak scrap, a combination of 4x4 and 6x4 ends about 12” long and 1” thick slab pieces from squaring the logs, onto a pile half the size of a tennis court and sell it for $20 a truck load.
3 years ago I hauled out 22 truck loads over the spring and summer and have just about gone through it all. It’s been a nice supplement to the Locust, Apple and White Oak harvested from blow-downs on my neighbor’s property.