This is the poplar I have been working on. Its about 1 and 3/4 of the 3 90ft poplars I had dropped. Biggest pile I have ever had at once and I am dreading the stacking to come. Its roughly 6 ft tall and maybe 6 ft wide Gotta sharpen my chains and get after the last poplar in this group will feel good to be done with the wood around the yard just have tops and limbs to burn now.
Not a fan of stacking here either. I have a couple sizeable piles that need attention, I'm just procrastinating.
I agree. I like cutting splitting and hauling, but I hate stacking. And I don't crib ends. Takes too much time
I say let it sit til you are ready, unless stuff goes bad where you live. We are fortunate, our piles dry fast stacked or not. The smaller ones are not even split
Just start picking at it and the next thing you know it will be half stacked and you'll say, Well, there's not that much to stack so I might as well finish it up.
I like to pick at stacking. Few splits here and there rather than doing it all at once. My stacks seem to turn out better when I do it that way..
Nice pile! When splitting, I like to make flats, squares, and half rounds to make cribbed ends easy. Separate those corner pieces, make the stacks, then fill in between with everything else.
I am just a T-post person for the ends. I do not mind stacking and sometimes find the repetitive motion relaxing, but I usually only do about 1/3 of a cord at a time. Within I weeks time it goes fast.
When splitting, the wood goes into the trailor and from there to the stacks. Then repeat over and over until it is time for a cold one.
Myself I love to cut and haul it home but the splitting and stacking is not my favorite. Let us know how that poplar works out for you. Closest I have had is aspen which is a form of poplar I believe. My good friend calls poplar "gopher wood".....put it on the fire and go for more.
That may work in some areas but not in most. We have a pile that has been heaped since a year ago. Still not stacked. Quite a bit of the wood has gone bad or nearly so. This is the wood cut a year ago (behind the logs). Lots of funny growth on a lot of that wood. Most of it will still burn though but won't be very good stuff.
I used to use them but have found cribbing works better. I still leave the t posts in so my cribbing doesn't have to be as precise..lol.. My yard slopes so stacking is a pain. I've built up ground, t posts, 2x4 shims, and angled stacks to keep them standing. I'm getting pretty good at it..
Drvn4wood Do you have any pics of your wood piles on hilly ground? I have very little flat ground that I can use for stacking wood. Always looking for more ideas. Thank Erik B
Over half of my wood is stacked on a down ward slope. I can even see the T-post starting to slant from the weight of the wood. They stay put and I do not have any issues.
Yeah I do. I'll take some close ones tomorrow. This one doesn't do justice for how sloped it is even where it looks flat at the stacks.. Due to my yard layout I stack Lengthwise with the slope. You can see the backside of my upper stack starting to go. That's about the slope down there. I'm gonna empty those pallets and restack it this summer..
I either get the wood from Cheyenne which is about 30 miles away or I go to the mountains which is about 100 miles away. I have about 12 cord right now that is stacked and split. I do some chainsaw work for a tree service person in Cheyenne and if I let him know I want some wood he will set me up. The Mountains is where I get the lodge pole pine and will be heading up there again this year for it.
Looks to be pretty light & srtaight Should stack nice I like stacking . Then you can call it done until it's time to burn it Stacks make good pictures & show a lot of work been done to get it there !
