There are several reasons that I've split wood on the small size besides the one mentioned. One is my hands are realitively small which means I cut a lot of wood smaller to make it easier to handle. I could also pack it tighter into the furnace. Another was if I ended up putting some wood in late. If I knew I was going to use it in 3 months then it was split finer and put nearer the furnace to that I could get it to season faster. When he have a big old piece that is simply too much work to get smaller you need to be able to put wood next to it to ge tit to burn.
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