well there is a secret trick to it
you cut all the logs into their desired length
then stack them as they are until winter time
then you wait for several days below freezing
25 degrees is perfect and then you stand them all up
in a row about 3 feet apart
splitting them in this temperature is easy as pie
because the moisture in them is frozen
and they split like no tomorrow
oh... it helps to have a splitting stump
that has a back support on it as if it was a chair
that way you dont swing the maul as far
you don't bend over as much either
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