On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:00:06 -0400, Tanus wrote:

Konstabel Els wrote:
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I guess it depends on the wood type, soft woods being ready sooner.
What I am trying to understand is, as I'm splitting manually, will I
use more energy to split the wood when wet, or should I wait for the
wood to dry out a bit, since the wood will start splitting itself
after a couple of months.

It's easier to split if it's dried out a bit - you're right. If you live
in northern climates, it's even easier if you wait til a good freeze.

Tanus
Splitting rock elm at -10F - the wood heats twice that way!!
But it splits cleanly and easily, compared to splitting it unfrozen.