I used the Kubota and my handmade log tongs to pick up the rounds and put them on the splitter to break them up into pieces I can handle (75-120 lbs)  and began to split the pieces.

If I hadn’t had the tractor I would have had to use a Wedge-and-Sledge to break them up…they were pretty heavy/

lots of heat in that pile

My neighbor helped guide the rounds onto the splitter and got about a rick of good oak firewood for his trouble.

Next week or so I will split and then stack what you see in the photo.

Wood warms you 3 times, cutting it, splitting it, stacking it and burning it.