12 cord load

Canadian border VT · Oct 29, 2020

Nice tractor Flamestead what is more than I need issue?? That’s crazy talk

Farmchuck · Oct 29, 2020

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I'm at the computer with a better selection of pictures now.
I wanted single row for drying, so I went high. You can make them any size you (or your tractor) likes.
Here are a few pointers that make folding them work that I found out. I repaired 2 of them today.

In case you didn't see how they fold. I just used a 1" emt conduit for the hinge. A lot cheaper than black pipe.
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These 2 points keep the "arms" from falling out from the loaded wood.
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In this pic the top situation is a little short, I've made both of these circled contact points a little short on a few of mine (I usually make 2-3 at a time and really need a detailed drawing) have collapsed (open). The top circle is determined by the "hinge" location from the end of the bottom boards, and the bottom circle is determined by the "foot" location. They need to contact both points at the same time.
I like them to open a little past center so that they stay there on a little slope. If they were 90* they like to self close, possibly on your head.
I've also found that they need to be stacked off the ground on a block of some sort, we had some rain on about 20" of accumulated snows, that froze those suckers to the ground to where even being gentile, I split one of the bottom rails. Having a block (I cut up some of those junk "landscape ties" that are treated and about 4" thick. They separated nicely from them last year even though the block was frozen to our planet.

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^^ You'll notice that the placement of these cross ties need to miss each other when it's closed. There's not a 2nd one in this pic, but I usually have one at the middle point on both verticals.
For reference, I used 2x6 (full rough sawn) for the bottom rails and uprights. That taper on the uprights is because I'm a cheap bastard and that cheats me about 3 extra feet cutting that long angle on a 10' board yeilding me 2 6' uprights. These racks are about 44 sq/ft filled to the top, multiply that by your length and you'll have the cubic ft. At my 26" they hold about 90/95 cu/ft. I ONLY use good exterior screws to assemble these. Nails in this application will loosen in no time with all the jiggling around moving it loaded with a tractor.
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Thank you so much for the detailed explanation of the racks! The information you shared is a great help to me understanding how they are built! Thank you Thank you once again!

Flamestead · Jun 1, 2021

Oh, so slow! When winter came it really came to stay. This Spring I split and stacked 5 cord, and the friend I occasionally hire showed up and split another 5ish this weekend. I’ve spaced the stacks so the tractor mower fits in between, and did a first pass around these and all the other stacks with the string trimmer.

thewoodlands · Jun 1, 2021

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Oh, so slow! When winter came it really came to stay. This Spring I split and stacked 5 cord, and the friend I occasionally hire showed up and split another 5ish this weekend. I’ve spaced the stacks so the tractor mower fits in between, and did a first pass around these and all the other stacks with the string trimmer.
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It looks great Flamestead , the area looks like it gets plenty of wind and sun.

Mag Craft · Jun 1, 2021

Flamestead said: ↑

Oh, so slow! When winter came it really came to stay. This Spring I split and stacked 5 cord, and the friend I occasionally hire showed up and split another 5ish this weekend. I’ve spaced the stacks so the tractor mower fits in between, and did a first pass around these and all the other stacks with the string trimmer.
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Wow that is a total of 10 cord. That is a lot of wood.

Midwinter · Jun 2, 2021

Do you have any access to a drone? Would be neat to have an aireal picture of the stacks!

Flamestead · Jun 2, 2021

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Do you have any access to a drone? Would be neat to have an aireal picture of the stacks!
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I have a friend with one, and should encourage him to come practice here! Actually, in true FWH style, you are nudging me towards a purchase - I would love to have one myself!

Flamestead · Jun 2, 2021

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Wow that is a total of 10 cord. That is a lot of wood.
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The loggers have the start to a 100-cord pile about 400 feet away from here. The trucker that delivered this load will haul most of that pile away. “Buying” this load was a matter of timing (needed to get some stacked and drying since we had no time commitment on the logging job).

Flamestead · Jun 3, 2021

Current logging job in the foreground, this thread’s pile in the background.