Strong like bull.

A bit late on these, but here are some photos from the great log-split-o-thon at my house two weeks ago. Several friends and relatives turned out to help us break down the massive dead hickory from our front yard. Anyway, on to the pics:

This was the base of the tree, so it was the largest part. Probably weighed in excess of 200 pounds. From left are friends Eric, Nimish and Jamey, with me on the far right. The log splitter uses 27 tons of pressure, but it still couldn't make it through some of the dense logs.

Jamey helps move logs across the yard from where the tree was felled to the carport, where we were operating the log splitter.

I don't know how to count cords of wood, so I'll just explain what we ended up with. There actually is another pile of the same size behind this one. There was a smaller pile nearby in the back, a pickup FULL of wood, and another massive pile in the carport. Of course, none of that counts the branches that were left by the street and eventually picked up by the city.

Big thanks to my parents, Karen, Nimish, Eric, Disa, Jamey, Evan, Greg, and Valerie. Also, thanks to Bill and my parents for actually taking some of the wood. Sorry if I missed anybody. It was quite a large endeavor.