What kind of maul ya using? My neighbor told me to get a fiskars. Bought the isocore today what a difference
I will guess that your wood is red maple, which would be decent firewood. Middle of the road in btu's, but it strength lies in the speed it can dry to 20%, under a year, as long as your splits are not super big.
I hope you have fun getting those logs in your when you're done, glad Im not the only one! Looking good and there's really no end to this. You keep burning and scrounging but the bug bites hard and long.
Man, Earl. That's a HECK of a good start. And good to plan ahead like you are. The others are.right, though. You're hooked!
Great place for that! Soon you'll want to scrounge for lumber for those projects if you haven't already. Pallets make great holders. If you find a pallet and then some 2x4's just cut them to length maybe 2 feet and screw to the base or stringer boards as they call them. Soon just small racks are convenient for any wood you may split and stack for free. I already check my local lumber yard about 2 mins away on a regular basis for anything like that and often there is plenty to pick through.
You might want to put some support mid-length in your wood rack. Those 2x4's will sag over time with all that weight on them. Another cinder block would do. Sent from my XT1030 using Tapatalk
yeah mine are starting to do the same thing I just need to find a day to dump out my stacks and do that with some treated lumber. Didn't really think about that but as long as the wood sits vertically rather than horizontally flat the integrity is better.
Yep , I use 3 blocks for my 8' racks like that w landscape timbers. Not a bad way to go though , they cost a little but the treated lumber will last a very very long time and those racks can be moved easy if ya need to
I found that my having the "rails" vertical, there's more of a tendency for them to roll over. I've gone to having them laying on the flat side.
That looks super sturdy . Might have to borrow that idea from you but my pallets are working out pretty well too just waiting for some good weather and my oak will have its place on that.
Y yeah these are actually large skids, 4 by 8 i believe and they are extremely strong maple. So If I get this stacked pretty tight I'll know if i got a cord or not. They built it with larger spaces between the slats so need to fix that up but if I can I might build a makeshift shed out of this. We'll see what kind of a plan I can muster up. The base being the skid is extremely heavy and sturdy so I have no issues with foundation structure. But like you said, as long as its level its good. Only Problem is making sure this isn't an eyesore, which my large limbs from the load is kinda making my yard look a little mismatched. But soon summer is gonna make that look like piles of gold.
