Ive got a bunch of rounds cut and a few loads of small diameter stuff needs to be cut. It is all fairly green and will be for 4-6 years out so I'm curious what alternatives there is aside from stacking? Big split mountain or leave it in rounds and poles? What's the crowd say?
I am on the tail end of some slab wood (oak) I bought probably 6-7 years ago. It did well just piled up and covered. Same thing with your splits.
@J.Dirt I was reading a couple of old threads on FHC and it displayed a bunch of different options that people literally use the same things for similar reasons. For example a bunch of chunks and ugly cuts not really splits or any real shape were put in a range of containers from those big IBC containers with the plastic tub out to those foldable plastic vegetable bins. Some people just used those things for kindling too however they managed to get it split up and stacked neatly. Kind of a minimal work deal but you could use these methods to just store those kinds of chunks for later and they keep them off the ground for the most part. The IBC containers easily moved by tractor or if your truck has a plow option build a pallet lift. Those containers can really hold a heavy load!
Only been on this forum what...4 months now, Still just learning what folks got and who they are. Either way I love it here. Nice to have banter that discusses his or her wood all day!
That's a good thought! I'll have to keep my eyes open for some I've been thinking of that for the uglies at least. I've got a 4x4x4 one I made out of a pallet with 2x4 uprights and brick mesh that most of the uglies are in now. (Originally made it to dry popcorn we grew)
I had an idea in mind for my splitter bait or shaggies, running some hardware cloth in a round about sorta way on a pallet. Only problem is that pile just grows faster than I realized. Then I'm trying to force myself to burn them in the pit, didn't realize how much chaff a splitter really makes!
I have an idea- collect several apple boxes from your grocer. They'll set them aside for you, and when you split and have little chunks/splintered pieces, shovel them into the boxes. Should be easy enough/neat enough to store in a building, garage, etc. When winter comes, you have a nice box of kindling; or if you have an outdoor boiler just throw in a whole box of your pieces/chunks- it would be just as good as several split pieces and nothing went to waste.
You got that right! I heap my one little "crate" pretty fast and the rest gets shuffled around in a pile until I can burn through the crate, usually the first fires of the year
I'm just thinking about the full size splits I guess. I'd love to just go and cut and split everything I've got into a pile with no regards to drying and be able to stack from that pile to my empty racks as they become available through burning. Or I should keep the rounds and poles in their whole form up off the ground and CSS them as I get room and try to keep on the 4 year plan ? Maybe I need to put in a big pad like I see a few of the FHC folks doing then get on the 12 year plan / FHC community wood pile making plan. That would be awesome to cut and split as much as I wanted and not have to worry about space!
Sounds good to me but Im also running low on garage space but likely end of summer will fix that issue.
That's probably the best way anyways. I should have reread your post again but it had sounded like you were dealing with oddballs and I had been reading stuff to deal with that on my own end. Either way its always a good feeling when you get enough to run perpetually and get ahead 3 years in only a few months. At least I think I did but this year is a first for me with a stove. Ive got plenty of wood but its hard to put it all into cord measurements since its a bunch of pallet wood and square wood and blocks all piled into pallet bins. I managed to make and filll one as seen here and then I realized I'm gonna need to make another and while I was filling this thing, I needed it to be big so I doubled it. The starting point Then the left part is the added half. I should re-mention that this stuff isn't splits, just lumber cuts and pallet blocks so it fills up fast! Even splits in these racks add up real fast and I kinda question the drying on that subject since the box gets more enclosed than a single row stack. Oh well I guess another pallet bin is in the works soon, lots of these odd ends around and they need homes.
I piled it on a couple of old 1" boards that were scrap. Those boards are now pushed into the ground and I have to knock off the dirt from the slabs pieces before they go into the 13. Oak being what it is, you don't have to be too fussy about it. I should find out if I can get another load of those slabs! they used to sell them for $35 for a damm near 4X8 bundle and you can imagine just how tight slab wood is packed and banded....makes a great quick fire (once it's dry)
