Empty wood racks. Even though I have still have plenty of wood to fill them, the racks need attention. First time around for them. They developed a lean since they were built and loaded, a few years ago. That's 3 8ft racks wide, and 2 racks long. The empty rack on the right, is snow covered. From the right side. I emptied the 2 left ones this morning. From the other end So, I need to wait for the snow to melt and the ground unfreezes before any leveling can take place. I'll probably split the wood anyways and pile it to stack later. At least I can start the 3-yr clock.
If there is an area in the yard I need to use, I will clear the snow with the blower and cover what remains with wood ash to help Mother Nature melt what is remaining to give me earlier access... of course your timeline may not require acceleration of the process..
Mike the way I look at empty wood racks is, "Thank God Spring is near!" I would not be too happy about moving them though.
I actually sift out the chunks and char. Run around with a bucket of ash, a sifter and a bucket to dump the chunks in. It absorbs quite a bit of sunlight and accelerates the melting process. Looks ugly. But who cares.
My situation too. I'm not going to stop splitting, just because I have nowhere to put it. I ordered some new brackets, they were backordered, so I called, and they have some at another warehouse. Maybe next week I can put up some new racks!
I gave up on racks out in the PNW. Everything I tried rotted in a year or two with all of the rain we get. Now I just figure in some rot, and even that will burn when it dries. One thing I did do was get thick rubber conveyor belting from the mill and that keeps the wood from sinking into the soft ground. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
1 of the three is empty. It holds about 1.5 ish cords. Still another 3 cords or more in the other two.
Thanks for the tip. I may have to do that to get my ariens GT17 tractor out so I can figure out what's wrong with it. I'll need to tow it from the side of the house to the front by the driveway with the ATV.
All my pallets are on cinder blocks, so they 6 or 8 inches off the ground. So I don't get much rotting of said pallets, they just sorta get real tired and saggy from all the weight after 4 or 5 seasons. Into the bonfire pile they go and new fresh pallets are called to duty.
Hey MikeInMa , how are you making out? My paths are just about down to bare ground. Some areas are mud during the day but refreeze at night. Need to do work in the morning to avoid tearing things up... the rest of the yard is covered in a dense 6-8” snow and ice pack...
Still a good amount of snow cover here. Ice under it from earlier in the season. Not stopping me from working in the woodyard. Amazing how much traction can be had, spreading wood ash around, on the ice. 60's and rain this coming Friday, should get the snowpack down a bit. I use 2x4 racks, mostly. The ones that developed a lean, will be getting 12in diameter, concrete stepping stones under each corner. The smaller bricks I used, must have been pushed into soft dirt. The larger stepping stones will provide a better base.
It was too nice outside the past couple of mornings, so.... That pile is about 4ft high. Some of the red oak I've had for about a year. It's been stacked in rounds, and half rounds, on the right above. The pieces I couldn't power through, are now laid out to be noodled. Probably tomorrow morning. I could have split more off the rack, but stopped when it was at the right height for me to noodle. The pieces all across the top, have been declared noodle worthy. One more looking back
The nice weather will be right around the corner before you know it. We are down to 3/4 of a cord and the stacks are not getting re-filled since we hope to be moving in a few weeks. The hard part is not being able to pick up scrounges and I have little reason to run the saw now.
I gave up with single row stacks for oak. They were always falling over from the ground moving, either from soft ground or frost heaves. I'll still try it with pine that won't be stacked for three years.
