It turly is a kind of sickness. I check FB/CL everyday for wood. It has been pretty slim pick'ns lately. A lot of wood for sale. High priced. Boat loads of cotton wood. No thanks! Been watching a FB ad for a couple of weeks. We talked about it off and on. The better half....who is the real hoarder.....cleared out behind the tool shed and I came up w/the idea of putting a cord+ behind the trailer. We kept looking at the pictures and decided we could still do it. Made a date to go get it this am. We arrived on time. Lady was asking $20 for the pile. She refused to take any money. YIKES!! It was much bigger than it looked...… or our hoarder sense made it look much smaller. So I cut a load that we could barely load and got the hell out of Dodge. We learned a cruel lesson today......we can no longer handle 16-24" wood. It is just too heavy. But, we got it home and stacked. This puts us somewhere into the 6-7 year plan. ....and now that we have the extra....empty space.....we feel like we are not stocked up. It's kind of a sickness.
Nice score! Time for the sledge and wedge. You will ache for a while but the satisfaction from your stacked splits will last a long time after the pain is gone! And you are right. It is a sickness!
The sledge and wedge..... ….I know. Just never have had to do that. Usually that only happens after I get it home. We talked about that coming home. ….we'll keep talking about that.
Couple ramps and you'll be rolling those big rounds into the truck without a back ache.. I use my 2x12 ramps for everything from firewood hoarding to unloading the new Ideal Steel that followed me home on Saturday right into the dining room...
I think you made a good score on the wood. Even though it was tough you will say to yourself on some cold winter day that it was all worth the effort. Good for you.
Wow! Looks like there was almost a log truck load of ponderosa, FREE . Don't be afraid to noodle those rounds, much less work than a heavy splitting maul. Nice score.
Not to derail the thread or anything, but... Nope, don't see it. I even checked here.. Exterior chimney thimble Hmm, gotta get this phone checked.
Lol! You caught me! It's all undressed now from the move and sitting on a dolly. As soon as she gets dressed I'll get some pics up. Promise.
You put an empty wood rack in a hoarders yard and it won't stay empty for long, no matter how much wood they have. How could you possibly walk past an empty wood rack day after day and not get the urge to fill it.
I need an empty rack, for micellaneous wood. It's either buy another 4 two by fours (I already have the brackets), or empty a rack of oak into the basement. Nice to have in case of a blizzard. I'm looking forward to burning, instead of just shuffling it around.
I can’t think of a single thing that’s better to hoard than firewood. Is there even such a thing as too much? Great job justdraftn
