Home brew log winch/grapple build

Chipper1
How many cords do you think you have?
And how many do you think you process in a year?

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So now you are telling me that it is ok to not split, stack, and top cover? Or is this something to do with a dead pile that I don't understand?

 

That's right, I'm outta here .

Your correct Kimberly.
I plan to use a cable between two trees with vinyl billboard signs over it. I'm hoping I can set it up to be able to slide it open when it's going to be nice and cover the pile when it is not. Another benefit of doing it this way is the height of the cable/slope of the tarp should help shed the snow and then I can remove it easier(anything to not have to stack it LOL). Regardless the small amount of rot means little to me in the grand scheme of things. When I'm stacking in other areas I could stack black locust on the ground so that I don't have to be concerned with rot, but most of my stacked wood will be under my woodshed which holds 2 years worth for me.
I can grab any of the wood under the tarp I have on it now that isn't touching the ground and it's ready to burn. When I remove wood from under a tarped pile I take the wood that is on the ground and put it back under the tarp where I won't be grabbing from right away. Then when I get the previously moist wood I bring those pieces in and put them around the wood stove on the hearth pad or on top of the cooking grate(not if they have water on them though, those go on the pad).

Hey WP.
That pile is between 45 and 50(it's a bit larger now).
I processed that last yr, as well as cut 10 cord of green logs to stack, and 6-7 cords of green rounds.
I've never done that much before, but hey why not right.

 

Will do.
I wish I could get camo on one side and white on the other then I could flip them from summer to winter .
I have the cable and the trees already as well as the equipment needed to do the install of the cable except a long drill bit for the big elm. I planned on going all the way through it with the cable as it's coated and I wouldn't need to buy any expensive fasteners.
Any thoughts or advice, links to how others have covered large piles would be greatly appreciated.

 

chipper1 a pile that's 45 to 50 cord.. is no one that sells fire wood commercially top covers or stacks.. so you are a step ahead...
?s how think is your cable because pulleys and connectors I am thinking of are not bad a cord would cover it easily.. of course price goes up with weight requirements...

 

Right, I'm not trying to sell commercially, but if I sell a few cord at a premium price I won't complain .
I sell a good number of saws and splitters and the wood is a byproduct of that. I also get most of my wood from a guy who clears lots for a living. When he calls I go whether I need it or not because it helps him and keeps my wood coming. One day last fall he was behind and I hauled 4 loads like are on my trailer in the pictures above which is about 4 cord give or take. You never know when a source will dry up, but I feel in this case it's better to take a bit extra, just in case lol.

I was thinking about using PVC pipe or hose on the cable to help protect the tarps and assist in sliding. I thought about something more complex, but it could also be something else to give you fits. I'm still thinking thru it all and don't mind the sign vinyl just thrown over with a bunch of milk jugs on the bottom to help keep it in place(we are just into the river valley and in the woods so the wind isn't real bad here.

Not sure what you mean in your last sentence, sorry.

 

chipper1 I was referring to the weight of the vinyl or cover... thick got corrected to think .. not sure of size or weight of the cover so the thickness of metal cable and fitting price was a variable. .

I assume your filling a niche market sell small amount premium firewood. . a little on the side

 

leave it to Eric to be a smart azz! but it's better than a dumb azz hey E

 

I figure when I have enough to cover 20years of my personal heating needs(we only heat with wood and a few bags of pellets) then I will take a break. Oh wait I think I'm already there, lets make that 30yrs .

Well I can see I've stepped into the middle of a little lovers quarrel .

I get it now what he's saying. I was thinking of covering the whole piece of cable with pic or hose so the tear would slide on it. As we are talking about it I've come up with something else though. How about ropes going up over the top attached to the bottom of the other side so I could pull the flap/whole side up over the top. Maybe use some pulleys on the cable to achieve this and let the tarp sit on the wood at the top, but have the cable above the wood/tarp. I would probably want the center of the tarp attached also so it didn't slip over to one side. I wouldn't be able to totally uncover it all at once, but I don't feel I would need to either.
I would love to have a pallet base, when do you think you'll get a minute to head over Erik .
I do have a few of the plastic pallets and may get some more when I get my wood shed completed to put on the floor in there.

Oh boy.
Now that I see the hey E I think what I was thinking before was quite apropos, which was "maybe you where speaking French in the last sentence of the post above" .

What's your name if I might ask CB.
I'm Brett if I didn't say that before.
I'll bring my signature over from another site soon and get a picture in for my avatar.