Now that I have this, I’m thinking about a corral I can scoop out of, maybe a deck of railroad ties I have to cut split scoop off of, but I need some kind of backstop to scoop against. I’ve also thought about using a 20’ seatainer with the splitting deck in front. Split, shove it in, scoop out later. Seems we only get rain in the desert around the holidays when campers want to buy wood.
How about the proverbial “Mafia Blocks”? A lot of the material places (mulch, topsoil, stone) use them around here. (New England)
Need a cementcrete pad for it to set on. I tried bulk loading via bucket from a pile and ended up with messy wood.
used to be a couple loads a winter, but it’s turning into quite a few this year. I do removals on the side and have almost unlimited access to log piles because most can’t or won’t do the work to turn dry hard dirty eucalyptus into firewood. I have a couple loose slabs I could use but IIRC the top Surface is very rough for some reason. I will have to look. Maybe a skim coat of some kind of floor leveler or patch. Tele might bust it up though
Half a cord per camp per weekend is pretty common. Sometimes I bum a big dump trailer but mostly I use 8x12 truck or 16’ car trailer with low sides.
Interesting developments.. Skier76 calls them mafia blocks we call them Jersey barriers yes that used to separate materials here
It might not be as much a problem for you in your climate. We have clay soil here and other than when completely dry is messy. (you may also be a better bucket operator than I lol) I used to pile but found that method without some sort of pavement to just create a moisture trap at ground level which made scooping the rounds up tough to do without getting mud/dirt. Have settled on 2 row wide on pallets with top cover. Best method for what I have to work with and where I am.
Before I went and spent any money on anything else, I'd first look at becoming bigger. Personally, I'm a big fan of keeping the equipment to a minimum and just doing more labor to keep profit up. Obviously, there is a point where bigger equipment becomes necessity though.
I agree. Log yard is in the “back 40” of the machine and welding shop, so I use what’s available from there. I normally hand split on lunch breaks and after work here and there all winter, but this year has been pretty bad. Due to father in law passing from cancer I’ve been out of town at least 10 weekends, 5 weeks. I picked up and 8300 lb load of unsplit rounds in the mountains last summer which was good because I wouldn’t have had much to sell otherwise this year. They were mostly small enough to sell mixed as is. Holiday weekends are the big offroading camping weekends, sometimes I need to make more inventory faster and have it ready to go.
…at least cut and ready to sell. Started feeling a little better and walked the yard. I need to get cutting. Who wants to escape old man winter for a GTG in sunny southern ca?
Close, that’s looking towards San Diego from the other (west) side of the valley. Right close to where the Blue Angels winter. My grandfather who started the shop I run was pretty tight with a lot of them back in the day. Got to go for a ride and was made an Honorary.
