Moved the first wood for the upcoming season today..

Well I decided to move the first wood of the season up to the house today. I had built a holder when we first bought the house that I cut down a little today and it's gonna be the woodshed..lol.. Next weekend I'm gonna build a slanted roof for it and use the tarps from my neighbor to roll down over the front and sides so it stays dry even in a sideways rain or snow.. Here's a lot of pictures..lol.. Still have a lot to split as the last pic shows. The wood I moved today was silver maple, black walnut, and some Bradford pear. Not the greatest stuff in the world but the silver maple is low teens even as low as 11 on the mm, the pear is all below 20, but the walnut was between 18 and 23%. I'm gonna mix all year so I don't use the silver up too fast. I have some 2 year hard maple and oak that I'll mix in later this winter with the silver. I've really managed to get ahead so from next winter on we will have some really good btu wood that's had 2 plus summers in the stacks..

 

Nice work!

 

It's like the tractor is your shopping cart and there's aisles of wood.

 

I wish there were more aisles to choose from with dry wood..lol.. I guess it's all in time.. I followed some fhc advice for fast drying wood and I'm glad I did.. This year is mediocre btu stuff for the most part but it's gonna be dry. Starting next winter it's all Oak, sugar maple, white ash, and black locust with a little bit of apple and Hackberry mixed in..

 

Good lookin' production you got going there, Drvn. Your burn plan for this winter sounds very doable. Next year's gonna be a blast!

 

Very nice man! I put some wood up on my front porch a few weeks ago. I am still hoping it's a few more weeks before I need it.

 

Drivin,

Good idea getting a place close to the house to bring some under cover. I do the same thing... I see you have two rows you managed to fit in there. Also like your idea of covering it to keep it dry, I guess if you don't, you might as well leave it outside in your stacks. For me, I like to really not expose it to any rain for a while before its ready for the stove.

Here's mine under cover... The first to be burned this fall/ winter. I'm planning on cutting a bunch this fall to get ahead a little more... Can't have too much dry wood on hand!

 

I wish my overhang on the house was a little longer. We had a perfectly straight rain and it just got the ends a little. Last winter I put some wood up in our carport too which always stayed dry. I'll come up with something tomorrow. It won't be the prettiest thing in the world, but for this year I just want something that works.

 

Fake it til you make it! looks good so far.. just saying my wife wants things to be pretty but she thinks about that on tablet in winter next to warm stove!

 

I bet some woodworking shops would love to have that black walnut; even small pieces can be used for boxes and such.

 

Bought some plywood that I was gonna use to build a shed off of my rack, but after looking at it further I should wait till next year when it's empty and do it right. So for now, the tarp system is gonna have to work. I did get the 17/18 stack finished and covered today though! Noodled up some bigger hard to split stuff and boxed the noodles for fire starter rather than waste it..

 

What does this mean?

 

Basically splitting a round with a chainsaw, because it's too big to handle.

 

I don't know why but I just like seeing pictures of stacked wood and chainsaws

Great pile of wood you have there.

 

It is when you cut with the grain of the wood. The saw will throw long chips that look like noodles when cutting in that direction.

 

I have learned a lot by joining this forum, thanks everyone for being patient with a noob.

 

As they say up in New York.... nice woik!

 

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