Finally got off my butt and got a little cutting, splitting and stacking done this weekend. Dropped a small dead standing white oak and red elm and had a storm damaged Aspen that I got too. Nice weather felt good to be out. Not a ton of wood but every little bit helps.... Daughter #2 helped with the stacking.
Thsts a great stacking job. My stacks leave a lot to be desired but they stand so I guess they get the job done Those are two species I stay away from though.
Way to go . The only cure for Spring fever is to get out there & enjoy the nice weather days. Nice pics & set-up
Looks good and your stacking is improving by leaps and bounds. Some very nice looking cribbing there.
Thanks guys. No doubt this place and the members here have helped with our stacking! I guess stacking perfection doesn't really matter much as long as the stacks don't tip over ( and I have had a few that did!). You stay away from White oak and elm?
Good lookin stackin Fan! Hey... isn't that the tree you were thinking about taking down, in the first pic? You still gonna?
Elm is a pain to split and oak takes to long to season for me I'll take a pic of my stacks you will fall over wondering how they haven't fell over lol Ironically the straightest stack I have is the stack that had just about all ugly odd ball splits in it. The good straight wood stacks are as crooked as a dogs leg
Thanks Stinny... Good memory and eye you have! That first pic just behind the gators's front end is a maple with four trunks that has some crotch rot going on. It's possible that one or two of those trunks could hit the edge of my building or shed. I probably need to have a professional piece it down. Bugs me that I can't do it myself so I procrastinate.. Any chance your visiting Ohio in the near future??
Well I agree with your oak and elm comments! I can stack one perfectly straight and in a couple years it looks like a blind drunk dog stacked it.. We're all learning...
Looks good Fan. I have a nice big stack of white oak that is on the menu for next winter. I cut and hauled my 3rd pickup load of locust tonight. Gonna be a wet week so who knows when I can get back out.
Thanks LP... Your fortunate to have all that locust and white oak.... I have never burned a stick of locust in my life yet... Just never ran in to any... I have one black locust tree on my land and it gets a reprieve for now since it's healthy.... I do like my white oak and slippery elm though...
I haven't cut much locust in about 3 years but still have a lot in the stack. This year was my first year for burning much oak (mostly red) and next year will be mostly white oak along with a mix of many other species. I just got the green light on this locust grove about a month ago but I really doubt that I will cut much more than 1 or 2 more loads right now. I am about out of space that I want to take up for wood and really need to get splitting. I really like elm and burnt a fair amount this year. it off gasses very nice in the cat stove.
I'm never going to be a perfectionist with stacking. I take too many uglies and put them on top. The fire doesn't care if the stacks are not perfect. As long as the stack doesn't fall over, I'm good with it. If I had a splitter that automatically made rectangular pieces for the end stackers, that would make it easier. I like American elm, and burn a lot of it. It gives off nice blue and yellow orange flame even in a fireplace. It's great wood, if you have a power splitter. But it's stringy and splits for chit by hand Axe or maul.
That's why I got out today and hauled and split some. It's been raining hard since about 9pm. We're supposed to get 2-3" of rain tonight, tomorrow, and Wednesday. Thursday looks to dry out, but the ground will probably be muddy at best.
I have a splitter and get nice splits too and I stack my uglies on top. The stacks are still leaning but they stand how is beyond me
