Finally got my big stack filled in, it's 36' long 5.5' high and 6' wide which is a wee bit over 9 cord. It's mostly ash with some cherry, locust, hickory and sugar maple as well. The other pic is the wood I have left over from last yr. it's mainly cherry (visible) and locust ( stacked behind the cherry) It was split and stacked in fall of 14' so it should be fairly primo by next winter
That's outstanding Splitsnstacks Shoot, that Cherry/Locust stack was good in '15 by our drying times on the Resource tab...... Unless y'all stay cloudy and humid often? Overall- looks Great! :stacke:
The weather was beautiful out today so like you I got some work done as well. I run an ad on Craigslist because I get so much wood this month it is Oak, selling it by the pick up load. This guy shows up today to buy a load a 14' trailer for $100.00 as I am loading his trailer with my tractor he asks if he can split some wood for me while I load him. He has an OWB and splits by hand. Sure why not I say and this guy went to work and I mean he worked hard, fast and didn't stop, I think he fell in love with my splitter (Timberwolf ) he was moving the rounds to the right of him splitting ( not visible ) and lifting them I would use the thumb on my back hoe. He split for like an hour after I had him loaded. Charged him $75.00 and told him he was welcome to come back anytime. Next time he shows up I may make him a deal to rent him my splitter for a week end, can't imagine how much work he could get done, he made me hurt just watching him.
It was indeed very good stuff this past burning season! I have never had very much wood left over at the end of the winter so this stuff will be treated like gold next year. It does stay fairly humid here year round as I live in a valley with 2 fairly large lakes. takes about 18 months to get below 20%mc with the locust and a year is perfect for the cherry.
Nice work, Chopy! I can totally relate to that guy. graduating from a maul to a splitter is like going from a wheel-barrow to a skid steer with a bucket. That's awesome he helped out, and way to go for giving him a deal!
Chopy, you should have taken this glorious opportunity to teach him the right was to split wood. He'd really be sold then by not having to lift those logs onto the splitter!
Eric, Kyle is . The more I thought about it after reading Slitsnstacks reply to my post I don't think he would have cared. Think about having a wheel barrow and then getting a Skid Steer don't matter how much it hurts you're having fun. Plus it doesn't go vertical. I use my thumb to pick up the big rounds or the smaller ones go in the bucket no lifting just sliding.
I admit I love the fellowship and good-natured ribbing here we so enjoy-you guys have helped me through tough times you don't even know the half of...nice to have a place like this, where opinions are valued and respect is ensured...Sooooo, I'm admitting nothing Sir Backwoods!!!!!
We got a quick break from the rain this evening, so I finished splitting my hickory and oak I've never had the pleasure of burning hickory, I was blessed with a good amount of it this year though.
A warning then- shagbark hickory's one of the very best fuel woods. (The bark on some of the splits looks very much like shagbark.) It's SO good, that it makes sense, to me at least, to go out of your way to help it dry thoroughly. One caveat about hickory in general- it's susceptible to powder-post beetles, little borers that chew into the sapwood. AFAIK one of the best countermeasures is to help it dry as much as possible as soon as possible. Some insecticides may help, but dunno.
Looks like both shagbark and pignut-some quality BTU's there Splitsnstacks -Nice work my neighbor friend! Shagbark is the chit...right there with locust and beech
