I'm starting to stage my wood for the year. Burn Average is 4-4.5 cord. Maybe 5. Depends on temps of course. I stack wood on the porch. That usually lasts from the start of burning until early december. So I replenish that stack come december. Enough to cover december, march and also into april. I also have a woodshed that holds just over 2 cords. Heavy hitters go there for jan/feb. Each month takes a cord. So while I started to bring splits down, I thought how much handling and restacking I was doing. So my thought was to buy another cart for the quad, and just load up with splits, park it in the garage and just keep refilling as needed. I also would keep the woodbox filled that's in the house. The stacks I would be pulling from would get a double tarp to prevent from getting wet. Of course if my quad breaks down, I'll be hoofing it with the wheelbarrow. Which would suck. What says my fellow hoarders?
I did something similar this last year. Most all my wood is stacked along side the driveway and I have this 4x8 trailer with about 2ft sides. I'd fill the trailer and park it in the garage. Was enough for about a week in terrible weather. Nothing much better than grabbing the wood tote from next to the stove and walking out into the garage, in my house slippers and sweat shirt, while it's below 0° and snowing outside to get a reload.
I'll still need to walk outside. My garage is detached. But I may not break my neck walking down the steps to the shed. They're a little sketchy when wet. I also have been known to bring splits in wearing slides and my undershorts. Wife says what are you doing, I say, this is reason # 5 why we live here.
My feeder supply is on the deck. A few steps out the door. Deck rack and door to living room where wood stove lives Doesn't matter to me what I'm wearing. I'm not the one going blind.
Maybe combine a bit of both. Stack your porch, put the heavy hitters in the garage...weather would probably be worse when you need them.
Just my person preference, I like to get as much as I can, close to the stove room as possible. That way I don't have to even think about supply shortage or, when is the next time I have to add to the stash. Big storm coming,, I have no concern, bring it. With a short supply it might make me think about it too frequently. I vote goes to your current way.
I only go through a little over 2 cords a year so I can't really touch on your practices. Having said that, I have several raised stacks outside my backdoor where the stove sits less than 15 feet away. One stack, the closest, is the starter that is only used to get the hardwoods going well. That rack holds a half cord. Then 2 racks of the good stuff on either side, oak primarily. Then about 20/25 ft away the shoulder season stuff that I can get to when there isn't snow on the ground. All I know is that everyone has their own method that they learn through their personal experiences and every once in a while, you have to try something new in the hopes of a better result. Good luck to you on your new endeavor!
I have little shed on the back patio that hold just shy of a cord. I fill it full so I have dry wood if I get caught with an unexpected storm. I have a 3.5’x6’ trailer that I back right up to the sliding glass door so it is about 3 steps from the stove. I keep the trailer tarped and usually try to refill it before a storm rolls in. It generally lasts about a week and a half on average. Less in really cold weather. I try to burn through what is in the shed by the end of the burning season, but sometimes don’t get it all used up. Has worked pretty well so far.
Our wood system is upside down now that we have the bobcat. We are figuring out better ways to store and move wood and areas are changing. We used to have a tarped stack by the house that we could pull from to top off the wood room supply. Now we want to have the supply away from the house to reduce the rodent load. We will probably put a rack on the deck and top that off with the bobcat and carry i to the house. I have also been thinking of building a wood room off the back of the house and filling it before winter. That would be pretty cool.
Then I would have to put all my junk outside. Because why should a garage hold cars? I do have a car from the 60s in it now.
