My fall scrounges are now all stacked up. I don't have the space to line up a freight train so I had to settle for a boxcar. Came in at about 6 cords. At the edges it measures 14'x8'x80 high" = 5.83 cords. Add in the mounded over middle and discount some for the cribbed ends (and there are some more uglies and snot on the side also) I'm going to call it 6 cords. I ran some of my old climbing slings through it to tie it together, nailed them to a piece in each row. It is pretty stable. I am hoping it will stay that way. It it starts to pull apart I have some old garden fence that I will wrap it with. This wood is for 3-4 years from now. I think it will be dry, I've never had a problem getting triple rows dry, how much more can a 6 pack be . There is a lot of space under for circulation and I'll have it covered on top soon. Keeping the water out is going to be key. View from the top. Also shows the slope of my yard which makes processing wood much easier, it all flows downhill. The only time I push it uphill is to take it inside to burn. And a review on obtaining the wood. Remember that this is NJ. Scrounging means having tree guys deilver you free wood. It came in three installments. First was the partial PU load of red and one or two pieces of white oak on Halloween. A week or two later came the came partial log load, ash, shagbark, red oak and sycamore. This is how to get wood delivered. Laid out for easy cutting, roll into the driveway for easy cleanup. The 2 most un-manageable logs delivered directly onto the cutting blocks. Had that cut up in two days and then later that week the neighbors 37" DBH red oak was rolled in on top of that. (Still standing.) This is about 50/50 log load and the 37" red oak I prefer the log loads. That way I get every piece is cut at 16" as I want. If you get rounds the tree guys never cut it consistent. I had to trim some of the neighbors red oak and it is a PITA to have a mounded over pallet of 1-3" cookies.
Very very nice! Man getting free quality wood delivered free is an awesome reason to burn! Great pics and nice stacking work! Ray
It's kind of a mystery to me. That tree was cleanly split in half stump to crotch. I'm guessing it was Sandy damage and the homeowner just had it taken down. There was no mechanical or other obvious marks on it. The halves were not cut through at the same time as the pieces didn't line up and I'm pretty sure it was taken down by crane as there were no notches cut in any of it nor was there any dirt on it.
