When that HUGE oak tree came down in my front yard after hurricane Isabitch, my son & I rented a log splitter to cut it into shape. I mean the trunk was 9 ft in circumference. No way someone's going to take a little hatchet or saw on THAT big boy! It's too green for this winter but we now have 4 cords worth for next year. We have some left from last year so we still will have many fires this winter. I do love my warm fires