Cutting Firewood in the Wild and Wonderful

A couple of my buddies have been extremely helpful as we moved into our new home. Many hands make light work. And I can tell you from experience, without those hands we’d have been in real trouble moving my machinery. One of my buddies has a cabin down in north central West Virginia (Wild & Wonderful), my home state. It’s right on the river, and it’s drop dead gorgeous. We, most frequently I, visit that cabin several times a year. So when he called me to ask for help clearing some downed trees and putting up firewood for the year, well, I don’t need a lot of convincing to go run a chainsaw in one of my favorite places on

The Best Way to Cut Firewood to Length

Reviewing the Mingo Ultimate Firewood Marker As much as I love cutting firewood, I hate measuring and marking firewood. Yet, I’m obsessed about a neat, orderly stack of firewood. Isn’t it ironic? Don’t ya think? So I started searching for the easiest, quickest, most efficient way to mark firewood. My goal was to put away my measuring tape and chalk and get on with the cutting. What I found was the Mingo Ultimate Firewood Marker. This plastic tool uses a can of inverted, landscape paint to accurately mark your cut points at 14″, 16″, 18″, and 20″-24″. It really is handy. Here’s the scoop: PROS: Fast Accurate Works in snowy / wet conditions No measuring tape CONS: A little pricey