[upthesaukee]

I seriously thought about getting one and cutting and splitting the wood myself. But then I thought about climbing up on the pile with my trusty chain saw, trying to cut the wood and not my leg, then splitting it, stacking it and finally putting it away.

I came to the conclusion that I liked golf and boating a lot better. I also like the fact that my wood comes to me cut to 16 inch length, split, and stacked in two two cord mounds and one one cord mound on my driveway.

Not sure about a grappling load. My wood guy said that the RSA was designed to get the people who would sell a "cord" of wood to be consistent in their cord. The usual convention was 4'x4'x8' is a cord. Many people were selling a "cord" of wood, but it was a face cord...not 4' deep and a price that was not that much less than a full cord. Consumer protection type reg, I guess.