I'm experimenting with mini firewood myself. Is a learning curve, that's for sure!

Hey Ken, I'm relatively new to the KZfaq firewood community and just subscribed to your channel today. You might try mini-splits that are a little bit bigger. I found that 1" to 1-1/4" x 5" work well in the Mesa XL and burn a little longer. They actually give you a little more "reaction time" to add more before they turn to ash. I see no issue bucking the 16" rounds into 5" rounds. By the time you take your kerf into account, they will be just over 5". I would plan on having some "chocks" available so the rounds aren't constantly trying to run away from you. Regarding the 11-14" stuff, I would sell that for the bigger smokeless fire pits. They would be perfect for the bigger units. I found that cutting split firewood down on a miter saw to be a pain in the butt and can be dangerous if you get the least bit distracted. I won't say that I'll never do it again, but I'm going to avoid it as much as possible. Regards...

hi there interesting best to all john

Hi Ken. Got your sticker today. I would cut your beech at 5inch. The beech needs to dry right. Split a bunch up so it can finish drying. Keep selling what you have that’s dry. If you split down the beech it will dry fast.

Rebuck half of that beech, and get them split for mini stoves. The rest of the beech, split as is for firewood. Keep cuttin' Ken!

Hey Ken if you need some right away I would use the already drying splits. its going to be hard to run a chainsaw on those rounds. once you get some longer logs in then cut the 5inch rounds off. Especially if you get some real big stuff its easier to handle the rounds if they are 5in rather then 16in

After my first run of mini firewood, I'd buck it to length and then split. But if you need mini firewood, reprocessing of dry wood is your only option. Beech is also a good smoking wood, mixes well with hickory.

I would say work what you have currently and buck thinner cookies in the future. The thin cookies will dry faster and by the time you run out/low of the longer stuff the thin cookies should be low enough moisture content to fill you orders.

The sooner you get them split down the better they will dry.👍👍

I would buck your rounds to 5" before splitting. Cutting and resplitting other dry firewood to tabletop sizes should only be done when you are out of dry small sizes and if you don't loose money on it. The advantage of bucking to 5" and then splitting to tabletop size is that the wood is very small and will dry very fast if exposed to sun and wind.

Send wife to get dinner and work in the mean time?

Good morning Ken…I’m with you, I’d bite the bullet and start with the stuff you’ve already got drying. And then fill in with cutting those rounds to 5”. You should be in good shape if you get an order in, and as you know..keeping those customers happy is top priority. Have a great time at dinner. 🔥🪵