campinspecter and I moved firewood Monday morning and this time I remembered to take photos. Our wood shed is open on both ends and right now we are taking wood from the end farthest from the basement drop. We filled up the back of the truck with 1/2 cord of western yellow cedar also know as cypress. campinspecter harvested this in 2018 before he had heart surgery. That spring he c/s/s 25 cords; 20 cords for Mom and 5 for us. Our 5 cords had been stacked outside by fence for 7 years and then for 1 year in the wood shed. He originally cut it at 22" so when it went into the woodshed, we cut it down to 18". A friend made use of the cutoff ends. One of the few times I was able to post pics in the Snow on the Stacks thread. Here is the side of the wood shed it came from on Monday Once the truck is in the carport, campinspecter throws the firewood into the basement opening. Down it comes Enough firewood gets throw down to cover the floor, then I stack it to make room for the next batch. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CyiH_34CU7M Once the pile gets beyond my reach (definitely within brenndatomu's reach), I get the ladder and campinspecter hands the blocks through the opening to me. Stack is ready for another month's worth of burning. Even as old and dry as the firewood is, it still has that cedar aroma which fills the basement when the boiler room door is open.
I have a similar setup. My stacks are beside the house and I use a basement well as my opening. There is a crude ramp that lowers from basement ceiling via rope to slide the splits down. Hunkering down to throw it in is not ideal, but beats carrying armloads down the stairs.
Thanks for posting this. I remember when Alan was bucking and splitting that wood. Also Remember when you were stacking the wood by the fence.
Great teamwork there folks. MC must be pretty low after that length of time. I was going to ask if the aroma was still there after that length of time. I've worked with yellow cedar lumber and shingles a couple times and loved the smell. WRC too.
