Well, yesterday I finished the splitting of this trailer load. With all the snow melting, I figured that I could just haul the trailer with the rounds in it, down to where I pile the splits and leave out an extra round of handling firewood. I knew the 4x8 wouldn't have ever been able to be hauled to my processing area, with all the snow there was. So originally the small yard trailer was the best way for me to do it. No snow after it melted changed my mind. I had to put the agrifab yard cart away anyways, so I filled up one last cart full. Where I had to go... Then I just hauled the 4x8 and splitter down to where I'll be piling the splits. All done. Nice pile which will be for 2024-25. A few pieces of catalpa which I took from the campfire pile and shortened to fit into the stove. These I stacked in next winter's bay after I borrowed a few splits of catalpa that were in the shed for next year. I had to burn some ash coals down since I had pretty much all ash in this year's bay. Next year shouldn't be such an issue since I have Catalpa, fir, and pine mixed in with elm, oak, ash, locust and probably some other random wood I'm forgetting about. Here's the pile from the back side. Note this was 2 full 4x8 trailer loads. Sugar maple, ash, a little cherry, and some red maple. All in all I got a good start on wood for 2024-25 and a couple hours of work out in processing it too. Snow depending, my buddy with the toolcat said he wants to have me spend another day in the woods this winter cutting more trees, clearing trails.
I can now get plastic pallets ( and IBC totes) at work for free. I'll be grabbing a few of those really nice japanese plastic pallets. That said, the wood is on a bunch 'sheets' of bark, and it really isn't "on the ground". There's probably about half a foot of bark it's on. When I've done this the last few years, there's zero issues with the wood on the bottom. But I also will get this all in the wood shed in Spring, so it won't be here long.
It's a great machine for the 50+ acres he has. Kind of like the Swiss army knife of UTV/ tractors. This one's pretty much just like his.
Nice! Plastic pallets were a huge improvement in my experience. Free is even better. If I had the ability to move loaded IBC totes, I'd definitely use them. Now I only have one and I keep smoker wood it in.
I just saw that you use the nice japanese plastic pallets at least in your last post on the BS thread. They are rated for 6600 lbs each, which is better than the other style of plastic pallets. I see a lot of this other style that are cracked and broken, but I haven't seen any of the Japanese ones cracked/ broken
If you drop a heavy enough piece on its edge, it'll break those. I've done it but, they are far more durable like you mention. I have a lot of the other style and don't worry about breaking them because I got a bunch for free. If I remember right, the good ones were $8ea.
Thanks Horkn . I think I have both kinds and the first one seems to be heavier. The blue ones in this pic seem to be heavier duty than the black ones.
