The distinction I make is that the wood in the field is "stacked" for drying and the wood in the shed is "stored" for burning.
GREAT looking stacks! Wait, you have a shed too! We need !! Welcome to the club! Looks like you're in the right place.
Well a didn't see a shed... but counted 12 rows stacked 3 wide one partial so a minimum of 24 cord drying! Um great job! and welcome!
It's like looking at a Costco just for firewood... I could just walk up and down the aisles ogling the stacks. Welcome Jim to the site.
Almost everybody knows there are 128 cubic feet in a cord, but this answers the age old question of "How many cord are there in a fairway?".
Welcome to the forum Jim. Looks like you were leading folks on with all the wood stacked and no covering. Well of course, wood in a shed needs no covering... But it does sound like you have a bunch that will stay outdoors for a long while. We don't like tarps either but something solid on top of the wood before the snow flies does keep the wood in better condition. We did an experiment not that long ago and found for sure that wood stacked outdoors in full sun and lots of wind still deteriorated a lot when left uncovered for a couple years. We generally stack in the spring and then top cover before the snow starts piling up; usually late November or early December. Or in case of a really wet fall, we then would top cover earlier. Oh yes, we also move wood into the barn that we will burn during the winter. Otherwise...
Yes you did Jim. However, with all that wood, no doubt it won't all fit into the barn which means it no doubt sets outdoors for more than a summer. Hence, my point.
Welcome good sir. We always preach the 3 year rule here in case you get injured or something and can't get out to cut......looks like you may have that covered. I don't think you said how many you burn in a season, other than you said how much was in the shed and garage unless I missed it.....so inquiring minds want to know. It feels good to be ahead of the game don't you think ?
I still don't see how that's "leading folks on" as you said. Yes, much of it stays uncovered for more than a year - but that's exactly my objective.
Oh, did I give the impression that I completed this in one day?? Woah! No, the tri-axle took me almost exactly 1 month to go from "This to this to this to this."
I do about 2 cords of soft wood (spruce, pine, cedar, poplar) for the shoulder seasons - which I take directly from the field when it hasn't been rained on for a few days...and then about 7 +/- of mixed hard wood (sugar maple, beech, ash, yellow birch) for when the heat load goes up dramatically - usually in December some time. Bump that hard wood number up over 9 cord if I heat the shop to 50*.
I don't think Sav meant anything by the "leading people on"....by what I gather he just meant you showed all your pretty stacks but no shot of the wood shed full, so when someone ask if you covered or not you said no. Everyone then thought those were your burn now stacks. Top covered or not top covered gets discussed back and forth from time to time. I have 22 cord split and stacked and up till last year I never had covered anything.
:stacke: My smiley attempt at your post. Nice work and welcome to FHC. Hope to see some equipment posted in the other forum.
