We had great weather in southern Ohio this weekend and spent the majority of my time being with my youngest daughter, and Emma the pooch, cutting, splitting and stacking. I was proud of my daughter who worked hard helping with the wood. Wore her out I think, but that's good for kids. I had some cherry that has been stacked in the woods for at least 5 or 6 years that needed to come out in the sun to be ready for this winter. Checked the moisture on a split and it was at 15%. Pretty sure it will come down a bit more in the sun this summer. What a pleasure using the Hydro splitter!! What was I thinkin all these years? The oak had a few crotch pieces that I never would have messed with before and ended up being quite a bit of wood that I use to leave in the woods. The rest of the time we cut, split and stacked almost a half cord of scarlet oak from a storm damaged tree. Had to hand split the 22" rounds in half, so I could pick them up and get them out of the woods to the splitter. I'll cut up another cord of oak next.
Seeing pictures like this make me jealous. I need to get to work. Nice work. That's gotta feel pretty good to have those up.
Nice set up ! Nice stacks ! Single row , out in good air circulation. Prime seasoning conditions. A top cover possible ? ( To get you thru the spring rains ) Great weekend to be out cutting wood.
Thanks guys... It was a great weekend for cutting wood. I have a lot of shoulder wood cut and stacked. I really need to focus this year on getting more oak in the pile since it takes longer to season. I might try to find some of that black rubber roofing material to cover the tops of the stacks at some point.
Nice stacks of wood Looks like a red oak behind one of the stacks need to come down - the one with the bark popping. The best firewood trees are those within 50ft of the stacking area
Isn't that the truth, and good eye you have! Its a scarlet oak that the top blew off in a storm and I have the top cut up but not the 25 foot tall, 24" around trunk. which will land right next to the woodpile. How's that for luck?
Luck, yeah right. You know you bought the land and built the house there cause those trees were in JUST the right place…
Boy wasn't a nice weekend in Ohio Fan.....I split most of the day Saturday other than a little mower repair. Got everything moved around so I can start stacking my split pile then took some measurements. Have 14 cords split and stacked and a big pile of fresh split to stack.
That would be nice, but no it's a JD 825i. I use it all the time for just about everything including getting wood in. It was nice having my buddy with us all day.... That's a crazy amount of wood you have done already! You should take a few pictures. It was a nice weekend!!
That is indeed an XUV series vehicle then! 625i, 825i, and the 850i are all closely related and serious workhorses. The 825i is my favorite. That's the Suzuki 3 cyl powered model IIRC. Enjoy it, a blast to drive, durable as the tractors that bear the same name, and some serious off-road hauling capability you have there. I like your style. Also digging the trailer, 12 ft tandem axle?
You're right, I guess I was thinking of the RSX series which is their high performance cross over Gator. It is a work horse and something I use almost every day. Power dump is nice too. The trailer is an odd duck being only a 12 footer with tandem axles. I didn't have the space for a 14 or 16 at the time and needed the extra weight capacity for the JD2720.
Not so odd, I was considering one that size myself, the 12 footers can take the heaviest loads. Tube rails too, nice...... I doubt the dually knows it's back there however. 2720..... sweet machines they are too. Like I said, I like your style!
