Nice day, with a little too much wind to go in the woods, so I split up the small bit of Oak I got from my sis-in-law's. Got that stacked with the last batch from last fall, then started on the Maple I've been cutting. Didn't quite get 1/2 done, but 1.5 hours later and I've got almost 1/2 cord of Maple split. The little pile in the front of the last pic is some Maple I screwed up and cut to 13". Long story...I was getting tired or brain dead. When presented with Lemons, make Lemonaide. Those are now little kindlings.
Way to get it do a even with the wind. I was going to go out and drop a few trees but we have strong winds here as well. Got some yard work done though instead so still productive.
I like your stacks and the stack ends, nice neat work space and excellent long rows of sun dried wood.
Appreciate the nice comments. However, nothing's perfect. I found one of the stack posts broken today and the stack partially tumbled. I'll check, but it may be one of the original Oak posts from '08 when I first started stacking back there. On the positive side, it's one of the Oak stacks that's due to go into the shed. I guess it'll get moved sooner than expected.
You are amassing one large amount of firewood ! You used to get logs delivered, now you are getting it free from your place & your sister's place. (free is relative, there's always some cost in a stack of wood) All in all, How is it working out ? Keeping you busy & giving you lots of exercise is all good stuff , right ? Yea Papadave's stacks are laser sighted straight ! The best seasoning methods you can have, single row , off the ground, in sun & wind ! Awesome work Dave !
For some reason my stacks start leaning after a couple months of being stacked. They are drying and it tends to drop slightly in overall height but it also never stays straight vertically if they are over 4' tall. Dave, your stacks don't look less than perfect, no movement ??
Oh yeah, they move. 16' between each post, and 5' high. I try to put a little northern lean in them when stacking, and once the sun starts hitting the southern exposure, that side dries quicker, creating a slight lean to the south. Yeah Dave, free is relative. The payment is wear and tear on me. Logs loads are less difficult for sure, but my log guy doesn't like hauling anything less than 20 cord. Started with c/s/d, then went to logs, then a mix of logs and woods. Now, all woods. Takes more time and effort. You know how that works. A friend of ours has finally come to the conclusion that he just can't get out in the woods like he used to (wounded 'Nam vet, still has shrapnel in his legs), so he's started having wood c/s/d. He'd also like to spend more time doing other things. I'm thinking in a couple years of moving in that direction too.
"I'm thinking in a couple years of moving in that direction too" … from what I'm watching with your pics, in a couple years, your gonna have enough firewood to last a couple lifetimes… … very inspirational for me. You and bogy get me off my azz more than you'll ever know…
I have fun cutting wood . I have had to come up with ideas to use more mechanical assist to do it now but that's part of the fun. As I find parts of the process more difficult than the body can take, I try to come up with more mechanical assists. A winch on the trailer to load logs might be the next addition. As long as I can handle the splits, other parts of the process I see here using equipment to help should keep me going a for more years. Even delivered log loads are fun, just more $$. And I'm a "cheap-skate" LOL But a 20 cord log load would get me thru 3 years & be lots of fun processing it.
I call it gravity fighting. Mechanical assists are the tools we fight with. I can't seem to fight time too well , but gravity… ha… bring it on … I also have way too much fun coming up with new tools…
I've considered some kind of lift on the trailer to help put big rounds (they all seem to be bigger nowadays) on the splitter. I'm not a "cheapskate", I'm "frugal". Yeah, that's it. Only 2 years worth back there right now. I need more.
