That's my recommendation. Fence the entire property. I takes up the least amount of useable space in your yard and you're protected from stray bullets.
I remember your post about getting a large tool box up a hill. Do you have to tote all that wood up there by hand as well?
Welcome to the forum Polvalt. Good that you can stack somewhat like Jon. It should serve you well with a couple exceptions. I would definitely not want to be burning oak because it takes too long to dry and without ideal drying conditions (no air circulation), it could take 4-5 years to get good and dry like you need. Also the cubes and fences are good choices. I wish Flatbed Ford was a regular on the forum as he has a small lot but makes it work great and he even burns a lot of oak. But he does have better air circulation. Okay, others posted so here are a couple pictures of some of ours. Stacking like this you can go quite high and the stacks will still be stable.
Listen to this guy^^^^^^!!!!! Right now I'm burning 2+year old CSS white oak.......................and I have occasional problems with it trying to get it going in my 13 NC........................especially in a cold stove!!! I believe it's because of the "bark" that's still very much "attached" to my 2+ year old CSS white oak!! Only happens with my oak though!! I don't.................and you won't run into that problem with.................."the lesser woods"........................like many here disregard. Prior to this winter; I heated my house almost solely with silver maple and box elder....................with a little bit of "ash" in between!!! I've only been burning for 3 winters now; but I thank God every day that I didn't (and haven't since) disregarded burning Box Elder or Silver Maple, like many here do!!!!! If I can "learn" you anything, it's this...............................Listen to Backwoods Savage!!! He knows more about burning wood than most of us will ever forget about burning wood!!!! Just saying of course!!
No, it comes down from above. It's still a pain, but at least gravity helps, and it's a shorter distance than from below.
Wish I had pics...first house mama bear and I rented we/I lined the alley and one side about 50 feet with double rows of wood. Stacked about 5 foot high. Rite away mama said its gonna look bad but I did it anyway. After a month she admitted as long as it isn't in a heap she liked the privacy and it kinda looked neat having a fence that nobody has like it and looks kinda rustic.
90x120 lot. If you found this site, you'll find a way to make it work. Sorry, inlaws. Wish it was mine. This is one side of my house. Other side is less neat. I move wood too much but one of these is always 3+ yrs old
Mighty, oak is the only wood that takes 3 years of regular drying time. There are much better woods that make more btu's that can dry regularly like shagbark hickory and others. Oak is good, no doubt, but its picky and due to longer drying times, may not be best suited for small suburban lots, unless a solar kiln is used.
For me, I've got an acre in the burbs. I will start a stack row as a fence on the north west corner. I'll probably try a solar kiln or 2 as well. Stacked on skids, chimney corners to keep it perty.
I have never burned shagbark before but I have a bunch drying out now, how long do you estimate drying time for it?
It might be ready for next season. It should really, but only a moisture meter will confirm. I've had good results of drying shagbark over a summer. This was pre mm checking days though, and simply going on how well it burned.
Thanks for the insight. Around here, I don't think I'll be using much oak. Most of the people I know near by, who heat with wood, burn red fir and tamarack. It is pretty easy to track down here...
My sister lives on a corner lot with the house set as far back from both streets as possible so mostly all front yard. She'll stop by my house every Sunday afternoon and pick up about a third+ of a pickup load which gets stacked in one of those plastic garbage can sheds. I've stacked as a privacy fence and hope to have a longer "fence" this Spring before the bugs get nasty and the garden takes up my spare time.
Yea, I have to pick up the pace on getting things cleaned up. City says a max of 1 year worth of wood, but hey, it takes 3 years to dry . Hope to have the driveway cleaned up this weekend. So far, neighbors seems OK with it, but I know I am pushing things hard.
Usually keeping the neighbors happy (eyesore ) alleviates infringements on the collective's rules. You get a elitist neighbor who thinks he knows best how you ( and everybody else ) should live that might not work. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder is why fences often make for good neighbors. You got some nice fence going on there.
Well Ray, you can burn it in a year too if you take a liking to it. But then, some are happy with second best.
