No no your supposed to deliver free of charge so we Michiganders can have the honor of meeting you in our tropical climate ! Pfft du
You proved my point. Henry Ford never cut his own wood. "Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice." Spent today doing 1,4,5,6 and 6a. For my neighbor.
I quit thinking about how many times I handled the wood long ago lol. Very nice setup you have going on and I like the way you documented it. The log chute idea is nice. With will have to post a pic of how I get my wood onto my hearth sometime.
I never quit thinking about stuff like that. Always trying to find ways to streamline how I do stuff. Work inspired OCD. Japanese call it Kaizen, or continuous improvement. I sometimes thought of it as continuous change, and that ain't always improvement.
Im tired just looking at all those pics. Im gonna have to have a seat in front of that mountain for a spell!
Maybe we can setup some sort of exchange hoarder system like they do in schools? Dave can come to the lower for a month and we each get 4 days up there!
i combine a few steps since i am not actually moving any wood. 1. fell if needed. limb, mark, buck, load rounds in truck. 2. split as i unload, stack as i split. 3. move a seasons worth into barn with handtruck. 4. move a handtruck load to the boiler. 5. load boiler. 6. pull ashpan and dump. still to much!
And I thought I worked hard for my wood! Great setup there, I don't see where you could streamline it much more than that ........................... unless you monster mauled it up at the trailer then straight to the stack! Who the hell is crazy enough to do that though!!! Keep those great photos coming!
Thought about taking the splitter to the wood cutting area. By the time I got the splitter & atv out there, less room for wood. (Need Bigger trailer) The daylight hours are just about right to get a cord load of rounds, If I started splitting out there, I'd need a generator & lights (or a light plant). Then I need a bigger truck to pull an even bigger trailer . Bigger trailer won't fit down the trail into the area. So now I need a dozer to widen the road. Then every one else comes in the nice level , wide , well lit road & cuts the wood while I'm moving equipment. LOL Think I'll stay with the "KISS" principle
Dave, plenty of exercise to keep you fit and trim. That woodshed is about the best I've seen. And the view from the splitter can't be beat.
All pretty close to how we do it Dave, except I get to skip step 3, and 8 & 9. I can usually get the truck close enough to the felled trees so I don't need to skid them, and our wood goes directly into the woodshed after being split, don't have to worry about seasoning it. How far do you have to travel to get your wood? I drive around 31 miles (50 km), to where I get my wood. There is closer wood, but the road is not as good, and the wood is not the type I want, or as easy to access, so driving a little further makes everything else way easier, on my truck and me.
There are several types of automatic step-in bindings. No need to bend over to put them on, they have alignment keys for better control and they release if (when) you fall.
36 miles RT ( +/-) That don't count the miles in & out of the woods with the atv. Trailer being able to haul a cord & $10/cord for the permit, keep it pretty reasonable. Guessing near $30 per cord . 1st trip this year I took the trailer down in the woods. Following some pretty rough trails. 2 hour later I got turned around. Broke the trailer tail lights, & caved in one of the fenders, Got near the hill to get out, Loaded up the trailer & barely made it out & up the hill. After that, trailer stays on the narrow gravel road/trail.
