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

Thanks Eric! I still enjoy it. I do what I can for as long as I can. No need for me to push it. My wood is for our woodstove. Not making firewood to sell, like many others.

 

Day 3 of wooding. Moving splits and making more.

Rack full! I took it to just before the "wobble" factor was a concern.



And dated


Bed covers applied for a 3-yr nap.


I kept splitting until I decided some noodling may be needed. The lighter colored wood is some of the sugar maple.




That'll do for a while. Other things have my time occupied this week.

 

Looks great! How do you like that 'spring' maul? I'm in the same boat; did some 'firewooding' over the last few days but most likely won't get to do any more until next week (other than cleaning up the mess from splitting). Feels good to finally get those RO rounds processed (it only took me just under five years....).

 

Good eyes! That's a Chopper 1. It does have metal "wings" that swing out to facilitate the splitting. I had it out as it's heavier than the x27, and I wanted to blow through a k-notty bit. It's too heavy for me to use regularly. I see no advantage the spring wings provide.

I'm sure you are pleased to get those rounds "launched".

 

Nice looking rack of wood there Mike. I prefer noodling over trying to split gnarlies even with a hydro. Easier to stack. I've started cutting real uglies in half for the nugget bin.

 

I'm sure I'm not the only one with empty racks this time of year.

I spent time cleaning out debris around the racks. All ready for something to fall my way.

5 racks






I'm still working on collecting inventory. There's a standing dead ash that I'll have a tree service take down. There's also a handful of red maples that have issues with dead crowns and broken tops. I should be able to deal with those.

 

Empty racks are always a sad sight. Got plenty of those myself.

Is it enough to fill them up?

 

Maybe.

 

Nice job on the newly filled rack Mike. Do you have any provisions to sturdy up a wobbly one?

 

Or was the wobble caused by the height of the stack?

 

Solid rack. Wobble from height of splits.