My wife gets the credit for this one. She saw a Facebook post in our town group about some trees that were taken down at a house not far down the...
Turned down white oak? The heat getting to you Brad?
Yeah, our mutant sassafras in Connecticut can get abnormally huge. Makes you feel like He-Man when you can lift a whole round onto the truck with...
Pictures, por favor. I am fascinated by this potential project.
My least favorite thing about hoarding is spotting a quality score on the side of the road, finally having the time to go back and get it......
Good friends help you out and understand your proclivities towards wood hoarding. My good friend texted me last week to let me know her landlord...
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I can take as many broken pallets as I can fit in my truck from the warehouse at my office. I cut the slats (that are hopefully free of nails)...
I would step over my own dead family for a free sticker.
My shed holds 2.5 cords, and that's just about what I burn in a season, so it's not a particularly monumental task to load it up in the fall. I...
There's my girl Ollie when she was just a pup. She's 8 now and still hates my chainsaws. This was pre-truck... should this be in the car hoarding...
I season my wood outside, top covered. Once it's below 20% it goes in the wood shed.
If your co-workers know to always come your way and say "Hey, so my neighbor is taking down a tree..." you might be a wood hoarder.
Good stuff! I had a small red cedar tree that I processed into kindling a few years ago. Goes up like match sticks! Nice haul there Brad.
Hey! Thanks for the shout out! Yes, I have several friends that I grab wood from in that town. About 15 min down 95 from me. Cheers!
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Go for it! It is a lot of work, but immensely satisfying to look at year round.
Sounds purdy. Let us know your findings when you build yours.
I'd be interested to see how well supported that could be. The housen in my profile pic actually fell, because as the wood settled it pushed...
The footprint of a holz hausen can be smaller than conventional stacks because you can go higher. The pic of mine is just under 3 cords, believe...
