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Holzhausen progress...

Discussion in 'The Wood Pile' started by Shawn Curry, Nov 23, 2014.

  1. NW Walker

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    Dangit Shawn, you are gonna get me all riled up and I'll have to build my own. That's just too cool.
     
  2. Pallet Pete

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    I tried it once and failed about 1/4 of the way up lol because I got bored and stopped. Shawn has inspired me to try again and see how it goes. It would look pretty sweet in my back yard!
     
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  3. Stinny

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    You guys are firewood arteeeeests... :D
     
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    Looking good Shawn! :thumbs:
     
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    Heck, you had already finished the hard part of laying it out!! After the first layer or two it's easy to just keep going up!
     
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    The time it took made me loose interest... At the time I had 6 cord to stack and didn't want to mess with it any longer. It is much faster the way I do it with green steaks and pallets.

    I am going at it again though now that my stacking is caught up. I have about 18 full cords to split and one of the property's it's on is big enough to play with it again. :D
     
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  7. Boozer

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    Shawn -

    Your HH is perfect! I love building em' even though they do take time. I enclosed
    a picture of what wifey and I did for Halloween. We will dress it up for xmas as well.
    You'll be surprised how much people respond to them. I have several around my
    property, like mushrooms!

    Cheers

    btw - They work well at drying the wood, you can see the shrinkage happen
    rather quickly.
     

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  8. Shawn Curry

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    Thanks, and welcome to the club! :handshake: Those decorations are great. I think I definitely will be putting some Christmas lights on it. Think I'll decorate it like a house, and use the lights to make a false door and a couple windows. :D
     
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    [QUOTE="Shawn Curry, post: 199469, member: 1437" About one trailer load short of a full stack... :loco: :crazy: :rofl: :lol:[/QUOTE]
    Arent we all?:bug::hair::loco: :crazy:
     
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  10. MightyWhitey

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    You had to use a level or a plumb bob for the outside on the bad boy!!!

    Looks great!!
     
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    Thanks for the welcome everyone. Great site, nice people and
    a ton of knowledge at one's fingertips.
     
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  12. Boozer

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    Shawn -

    I was bucking a few pieces of elm + oak just now (see pix) when a ramdom
    guy pulls up with 1/2 pickup truck full of nice cherry. "You want this?"
    he asks..."I can bring a bunch more".

    Some days are better than others!

    Pictures tomorrow...wifey barking orders, gotta run.
     

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  13. splitoak

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    Very nice shawn:thumbs:
     
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