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This person's woodyard nirvana...kinda....sorta

Discussion in 'The Wood Pile' started by MikeInMa, Aug 29, 2022.

  1. MikeInMa

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    I'm pretty much caught up. Maybe 7-8 rounds left. 5-8 splits per.
     
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    Oh good. C'mon down and I'll put you to work. :axe: :stacker: :D
     
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    You got a lot done, Mike. Looks very nice.
    Landscape timbers work ok. Just not treated as good as 2x lumber.
     
  4. MikeInMa

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    I've been working to raise all my racks to keep them out of the dirt. All my cinder block racks, that use the timbers, are inches above the ground. They'll outlast me, I think.
     
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    The byproduct of noodling some knotty black birch, are noodles, of course.

    I've raked up noodles in the past and put them in the compost bin. This time, I used them as a cover layer on a woodland path that accesses the side street. There's a bit of a slope to the path.
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    Looking back up the hill. Gratuitous wood stack picture.
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    I expect to generate some more noodles and will continue to apply to the path.
     
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    ....and, the work continues over here.

    These two racks were recently leveled and put on short blocks to keep the feet from pushing into the dirt, and allows a bit more air under the stack.
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    The main woodyard is to my back as I took the pictures.

    Split, move, stack. Repeat as necessary.

    I'm in no hurry.
     
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    I've been plugging away also, lots of white and red oak as well as a nice cache of locust has gone into the stacks this spring. Ive.got a few decent sized red oaks to take down in the coming weeks which will easily finish filling up what I used last winter (4.5 cord). The little "Ho-Tang" (Honda-powered Mustang) has been a great help this year!

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    Just processed up a standing dead barkless ash tree that we took down last week and it's already split into 2x2's for use in the pizza oven!