Ok so I finially unloaded my trailer this evening, because I need it tomorrow to go to the farm! Unloading the big one.
I used the saw to cut the top layers off and the tractor to remove that lower layer as it was the biggest and was laying close to the trailer and I didn't want to cut my trailer.
clemsonfor I would stack the full height of the fence. I do that here and it works well and looks fine. Neighbors only see fence from their yard Your bigger problem is you can't stack new splits on top of the older wood and lock it in. Take. 1/3 of the older wood and restack on top of the other old wood freeing up space. Restocking is a pain
One thing that helps me sort the wood is its color. The sun bleached color to freshly cut is diffrentiated but that's likely to change easily based on the wood type and where its at in the yard. Some black locust I got had a yellow green then it went from that to an orange in the sun then it turns a faded orange to a weird bleached tan. I know when it was split but to the untrained eye this is a mystery.
Funny, I'm around 7 years ahead now with mostly oak but I have a few skids of locust split and had a hell of a time finding it last winter. All the ends were looking like oak Boy did I feel stupid and I know what they both look like . they were so faded and aged they both lost their color
Mine changes if it's out in open or in the shed different. But that spot has soft dirt and for some reason those stacks lean bad to the drive. I think it may be that end dries faster as well since the sun hits it that side.
Oh I agree I get a lot of wood that is sunbleached aged but yeah its just a matter of time before my recent split wood turns that color. But if you find some chalk spray spray the wood stack in a big number so you can "self-save" That to memory. My yard isnt that big but I also keep my stacks less similar so I can tell which is which. I also have probably over 10 different kinds of wood in different shapes and piles. First year as a wood hawdah extreme but some differentiation in the piles may help in the future so I can figure what new and whats up for rotation. You have this down pat as a routine so no wood looks different. Nothing against that, if the wood is consistent, its only that way by default and you have your own way of identifying it when its ready for the stove. Good thing is that you have a system, im still trying to figure mine out but i have limited yard space and people have started asking me what in the world am I doing? I always tell them "Im changing to wood heat and putting in a wood stove" nothing warms my heart more knowing I enjoy the hoarding and the work involved.
clemsonfor these stacks are all 6 or 7 ft high and 2 skids deep all are red oak Except there are a couple of pallets of locust and one of black walnut hidden like where's Waldo The last pic with red plastic on ground shows cherry I just split and there are 2 rows of red oak behind them
Reading about the faded color made me remember this stack of wood. All white ash. All cut the same winter. All split and stacked in early April. I'm quite sure this wood had been stacked for almost 2 years when this picture was taken but just look at the difference in color of some of that wood. Amazing to me.
Hmm. if I stare at that picture long enough I can almost see a hidden message in the lighter colored splits...wait what?
