I can't believe those guys are treating you place as if it were the local composting facility. It must be awful to have all that wood dumped at your place. If you hadn't encouraged them with that , you'd be able to relax a bit. Well, guess you have no choice but to cut it up and burn it now. It has to be disposed of somehow.
See, like I always say.............it's all about perspective. Come to think of it, it IS getting quite disgusting having all those logs laying about. Now that they've dropped it here, I suppose I should dispose of it properly. I may transfer some to my brother's place while he's not looking.Nah.
Got the load of Spruce stacked, and also bucked up most of the Maple (maybe 5 logs), 2 of the Red Pine, and a bit of the Birch this afternoon. Turns out I counted wrong yesterday..........there are 18 Birch sticks, I'd counted 15. Should be close to 1/3 cord.
I had the splitter next to this stack of rounds and had every intention of splitting up at least the Red pine, but the old back wasn't having any more of it, so I put the splitter back by the shed and called it a day.
SisIL asked if I'd come over and help put up her mailbox that got knocked over last winter, so I was over there for about an hour before getting back to this. Saw my brother's truck at the "Elk Country Cafe" in town on the way home. Almost stopped to have fish fry with him, but decided to get home and get some more work done instead.
Finished bucking up the Birch, and split then stacked everything. I've only done about 1/2 cord all together, but I need to keep at it in case they come back with more. Light stuff in the l/h stack is some of the Poplar, next is Spruce and Red Pine, then the Red Maple, and finally the Birch. After these stacks are full, I have room for about another cord to the right.
Like the way you have things stacked papadave edit.. those seem quite long, what length do you cut to?
I had a full load of Birch in the little trailer that was just going to sit until tomorrow, until I looked at the weather. Don't need splits sitting in a tub of water, they're wet enough. Those stacks sort of follow the curve of the path going out back. Needs more sun, but there's a decent bit of wind that runs through there.
I'm tempted to do perimeter stacks but am concerned about drying. I wiwou assume on the three year plan it's not a big deal
It's perfectly fine wood for any stove with secondary combustion... Makes great rolling secondaries from the off gassing. Gets the stove hot fast .. Simple to split. Ignore the wood snobs and burn on!
Just noticed this...........16", maybe 17", sometimes 18" if the log is a bit long. Why....thank you, thank you very much (in my bestest Elvis voice). They'd be even more beautiful if they were dry.
Just got another load dropped off. Willow this time. What's the verdict on this stuff? Was hoping to have more of the last load done before they showed up again. Didn't happen. Most of it got done, except for 4 of the larger Spruce.
So, from info I've gathered, it's similar to Pine BTU-wise. Some of this stuff is quite large, so I'll get some practice noodling. Pics to follow.......presuming someone wants to see pics of Willow logs.
I would use my wood stove to dispose of it. I wouldn't want a LOT of it, but I wouldn't want a lot of poplar either. Sure beats busting up pallets though.
