I finally finished this run - 67 feet long, 5 ft 7 inches high with an average length of 20 inches - about 4.8 cords of red and white oak. Should be good for two years and change of overnight wood. Feels good to be done! My stacks aren't quite as nice as others on this board but with two kids and the wife and I both working it's all about volume for me right now. Ignore the scattered pieces on the ground, they didn't meet my overnight criteria and have been moved to the day burn pile.
Very nice. And, you got your family to help. My wife and daughter won't touch the firewood. The boys don't have a choice.
My kids are still a bit small - 3 yo and 18 months. My wife would help but she watches the little ones while I cut. Hopefully when they get older they can all enjoy the time in the woods as much as me!
I misunderstood. I thought your wife and kids helped. One of these days though,,,right? Oh, and welcome to FHC...
I would say that is a very impressive stack! Oak, 4.8 cords, stacked high and dry.... As impressive as it gets to me. Feels good doesn't it?
Nice looking stack of some of the best wood you can get IMO red and white oak Welcome to the club this is great place to hang out
SISU, that's a great looking stack! Premium stuff too boot! And you're right, it's a great feeling to put that last split on the pile and step back and say AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!
Thanks for the warm welcomes everyone! Yeah, that run seemed to take forever. Cutting already downed trees you get a lot of variable quality wood. Lots of split 15 cu foot trailers, I would weed out day vs night wood and truck it over to that stack. I have 170 feet of various quality wood in the back. I should be somewhere around four years ahead - minus pine, I don't have much of that in my woods and don't take down live trees so that kinda comes and goes based on storm damage. The oak is easier as no one has touched these woods for decades - lots of blowdowns and oak and eastern mt cedar hold up pretty good even after being on the ground for years. Next year I will be doing some TSI so I should get some more softwoods. Also gonna be putting in the start of the hops farm in the spring - busy, busy Since everyone likes pictures - check out this little fella (or so I thought)that was in a snapped lightning struck sugar maple (about 40 ft up). After poking it with a stick I realized it was just a burl, haha! Second pic is one of the rounds where the lightning cooked the core out.
Woff woof woof! Whistle whistle! Very nice. Neighbors ask why you need so much or tell you it's gonna rot yet?
Used to get that all the time from the neighbors when we moved to this house, haven't heard that from em in years now.
