Wrists are fine. The other day we stopped at the local Sears and picked up a small trailer-load of pallets.
When i had the RMH down the hill in my cabin i was burning mostly scrap lumber. Nothing bigger than 2x2. Minimal smoke and ash, a ton of heat. When i rebuilt it up in the new shop, it has been producing alot of ash and smoke, and not getting as hot as when it was down the hill.
Glen has been feeding it with deadwood from the property, splitting it and burning it right away, no drying time. He rarely splits the wood finer than the thickness of a closed fist. And he cuts it long. So before it can burn through and fall down flame is creeping up out of the feed and smoking up the room. I CANNOT convince him he is doing it wrong.
The pallet wood is nice and dry, and thin enough it falls down properly. It is burning ALOT hotter and is overheating the shop even with minimal insulation and 12' ceilings. No splitting required, i just have to knock the boards apart with my BFH. He cuts them to length with my miter saw.
I will be glad when i can afford to move into my own place. No one to argue with but myself.