the 14 times I handle fire wood, tree to ashes

14 steps (probably a few double touches in the process along the way)

1 fell & limb tree


2. mark every 17" & cut into skidable size logs
3. skid logs to trailer with ATV


4. cut into 17" rounds


5. Load rounds in trailer

6. Drive home


& off load round to a pile at the splitting area:

 

7. split & throw into a pile near where they'll get stacked for a year


8: stack in double rows on pallets


9: after a year, ATV trailer to wood shed,

10 Stack in wood shed for 2 years

11: From shed to ATV trailer to the house

12. Down the "wood chute" into the wood box in basement
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13. Go to basement & stack in wood box

 

12 load in stove


13 shovel ashes into a bucket


14 haul bucket out & dump in the garden

 

Lost your pics after the first post Im probably up near 25+ after stacking then restacking then restacking again

 

Yours is the same as mine except I don't do #2, #3, or #7.

 

Only allowed so many pics per post.
So I make the thread & quick to reply then go back & edit & add pics to get it all in order
Should see pics now

 

Nice Dave. Thanks for posting that. I am going to make a chute like that for next season. And build wood holding bins so I can stack the wood in bins once split. Then let it dry, and move a bin at a time to chute with Bobcat, and drop it into bin in the cellar through the chute about four feet from boiler! Hoping to get my handling down to a minimum.

 

BK king , ultra, catalytic
model kej1107 I think

 

So, we're doing this again, eh Dave?
Varies depending on whether I get log loads or cut in the woods here, or at my sis-in-laws.
I'll need time to cypher all that info.
I do know that it takes longer to do the same amount when I cut in the woods, as opposed to doing log loads and I handle it more....I think.

 

Delivered log loads, good way to get ahead.
Doing tree to ashes , saves $$ & you get time in the woods & more exercise

 

How much do you actually save for the garden? I mean too much is bad correct? Like once a year or?

 

That's very interesting...in fact my muscles are sore just from reading your posts. Now where is the Ibuprofen?

 

I dump it all on there thru winter.
I have raised beds filled with compost,
ashes go between them to keep the weeds & bugs down

 

Right by the coffee.
4 go down with morning coffee.

 

So no ash on the actual beds? Ash is good to raise pH in acidic soil but most plants need acidic soil to grow....... I use the ash to kill the moss problem areas in my yard.

 

That view from the splitter should be worth 14 steps of wood processing. Very nice

 

Wow...got tired just reading thru the post Dave! For a sec, almost made me think twice about burning wood...almost.