A Cord Extra Thick, Please

D- has started work on his Boy Scout Eagle project.

He's going to construct composting and mulch bins for our church. The first step is to raise money for the materials for the project. He decided he would split and sell some logs that are just sitting on the church property. He gets 75 percent of the proceeds for each cord sold.

We know that a log-splitter will make the job easier. Unfortunately, we need someone to haul the log splitter from the hardware store and then haul it back. Everyone we know with a trailer hitch was out of town this weekend, so we tried to do split the wood manually.

Splitting logs by hand is seriously hard work. We hadn't gone 45 minutes before we were both finished. That we were trying to split red oak - with all its tough grain - didn't help matters. We finished with 8 pieces split.

Next week we're renting a log-splitter.
K-