Not getting as much split & stacked but making progress. I take time to build a fire, then start splitting. Every so often I adjust the splitter to idle & go spend some time huddled around the fire to warm up my fingers. + Go grab some dry stuff to keep the fire going. Sun was out good for a while, then clouds showed up & it felt real cold. Finished off the one row , started another & beefed up the end with some cross stacking. Made an entrance hole for the cat, she likes to hide & hunt shrews between the rows. Gotta be near 75% of the way there . seeing the light at the end of the tunnel :
Seriously, do you ever stand back and look at the pile and think you wish there was a better hobby? Good job! Looks great! And there's those tall shadows again...
Wow. Those are beautiful splits and stacks. Are your stacks so tall you need to wear stilts or are you the tallest man in the world??
H e photoshopped all that wood. I drove by and the "pile" is really about 8 splits. Gahaha ahahahaha!
Wearing Stilts. LOL + I'm using extenders for the log tongs to reach down to grab splits. Stacks are a close to 4- 1/2', should end up around 70' long. after shrinkage, hoping they'll be 4' ± (around 7 cord is the goal ) 30° , overcast & windy this morning.
BogyDave; where did you learn, or who taught or told you about leaning your rows inward to create essentially 1 slightly wider row at the top??? I'm intrigued about that, as I don't have a shed to store fully seasoned wood in, and I'm thinking this would be ideal setup to top cover with old roofing stuff. Thanks!!
I think Dave could use last years pics and nobody would figure it out. For all we know he is sitting on the beach in Tahiti, stringing us along.
I came up with it after a few years of snow drifting & filling the space between the rows. It would turn to ice & in the Spring, keep the wood wet for a long time, & cause mold to start growing on the wood. I tried covering the 2 spaced rows , but we get high winds thru winter, (covers are somewhere near Seattle by now.) Tried leaning them & then covering them with bark up birch. It worked & still allows good air circulation. It stopped the drifting & I notice it helps a little with the rain too. The rows also help stabilize each other, so a few good benefits for my set up.
Hawaii, Kauai to be more specific. I have a nice beach fire burning right now . Took a lot of pictures last year, just have to be careful to not use the same ones I use last year I've never operated a chain saw or wood splitter. Why would anyone who's retired, spend Winter in Alaska ? Getting ready to watch the Steelers game.
