After what seems like far too long, I was able to spend some quality time out in the wood pile this afternoon. I haven't been able to do much more than add to it since that summer like weather back in early February. I didn't have any pallets other than two that were buried under the pile of locust, so just enjoyable time with the isocore and X27 for today. Here's what I started with. Mama isn't happy it's been getting closer and closer to the swings lol. And then after a few hours of splitting and tossing onto the existing pile, and chatting with a neighbit that visited, I had this done.
Lol probably not until I move that pile of Oak on the far left. I'd say that would be my lowest priority, but there's a pile of maple under it that I need to get drying asap. If I can track down some pallets I will get the locust and maple that's already split stacked tomorrow.
I'm real curious what your auto-incorrect was thinking here........ Nice job gettin' at that pile. It's a good feeling, isn't it?
I think my autocorrect has has just thrown its hands up and quit at this point. Its certainly a great feeling to finally make some progress! If I can find pallets and get myself motivated tomorrow, I hope to get all of the locust CS&S. I had some big locust rounds that I busted in half to get up to the truck when I cut them 2 months ago. I was quite surprised just how much lighter the splits off those halves were than the fresh splits off the full rounds already.
Mwalsh9152 if you don't find pallets and don't have small logs to lay down, you can make 2 rows using the wood you have then stack across them like you would if they were log logs. It works. Then when you use up the stack, take those 2 rows of splits you sacrificed and put them in another stack to dry for another year and all is well. I should have mentioned for this you don't even have to split; just use rounds laid down. Split them later. Another way is if you have some junk wood or wood that is marginal; use those to lay down. All in all, you can probably tell I don't like stacking on pallets.
Im curious, to each their own...I know pallets have their place but specific ones too. I just use them because it's easier for me to getthe the pallets than to put wood on soggy ground. Just to let you know how soggy it gets around here, rounds just dropped on the ground go in about 3 inches deep. Its really close to mud consistency but not quite there so I gotta get the wood up high enough so the moisture isn't soaking the wood. Will likely be another 6 months until the soil is better to walk on. Rain is really unwelcome now.
ya 0allet have draw backs they break rot and easy to get your foot caught in them... but with a loader with forks.. real easy way to Transport stacks around.. just saying.. awful nice to stack it once and move it.. vs unstack restack.. now ya got a .. maybe some of those aluminum ones
Yeah I was getting my foot caught a bit in the pallets stacking some cedar last night. These are long 10 footers. The spaces are a bit more than usual so I was struggling to make sure the spaces were getting filled with larger pieces first. Thing is I was trying to do this at 9 at night. Not real optimal without light. At least I got about half the stack split. Will work on it later today as it warms up. One thing I dont really mind at all is when wood is dry or much lighter, I will move it into better areas because I know I have areas for optimal drying then just better for keeping it in one spot. Yeah yeah I know Wood becomes less efficient the more you move it but honestly I don't see it that way from a human standpoint. That's like saying cutting wood is mundane and purpose-less. Entirely untrue. When I have a small yard, the distance isn't a problem for me but the use of the space is just like setting up Tetris pieces so I can use it more efficiently. The wind and sun make it great to season wood in the warmer months for sure but gotta use that well so Im not figuring that out later.
understood FatBoy85 .... I guess my yard (over 20 acres) I dry wood out in processing area a couple acres with great sun and wind.. but 200 yards from house.. so stack it dries stack into trailer and re-stack every fall onto wood deck.. worst part of wood is stacking and soooo.. WRAP it and do it once works for me...
Thanks, was able to find some not too far away. They may not be the best solution, but it works for me now. The land I'm stacking on isnt too level, so I can easily shim a pallet so it sits flat and makes my stacks neat. If this doesn't work for the long run, then I will explore new options. Unfortunately, once this is ready to burn the shoulder wood will go onto the enclosed porch, and the second half of the winters wood will go into the shed. Once the shoulder wood is gone then the other half will go into the porch. I'll have handled this wood far too many times from where it fell to my stove, but that's how it has to be for now.
Well, stacking might not be fun, but at least it is an absolutely beautiful day! The pile of locust splits was a little over 1.5 cords. I figure/hope theres about another 1/2-3/4 of a cord left to be cut and split here, and then a little more where I got it from. I spent about 20 minutes in the white oak pile with the axe after I was done....just in case my back hadnt had enough yet. Gonna add that to the 19-20 pile when its done.
I like using these heavy plastic pallets. They won't rot and ya don't get ya foot stuck. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
