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Discussion in 'The Wood Pile' started by cribbed ends, Mar 16, 2015.

  1. cribbed ends

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    Get to my new stacks,

    So I decided to build 2 new one cord platforms today. If it dries up so I can get my equipment running, without causing major ruts, I can buck, split and stack another 2 cords.


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    Have about 2 cords of logs on the ground, waiting to be bucked split and stacked, in 3 locations on the property. Itching for some saw time. My splitter misses me!
     
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    Pretty awesome wish i had that much space. Always run out of places to put wood
     
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    Stacks look great! What, if anything, do you cover them with?
     
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    Nice work man! We all need to pray to the Sun God!:rofl: :lol:
     
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  5. JustWood

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    Chit man,,,, we still gotz 2 feet of white !!! A few bare spots but we're a ways from bare ground !
     
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    6x8 tarps for now. Don't have any tin roofing. Got the tarps, just don't have them on yet. Backwoods Savage seems to recommend covering them in the Fall. Maybe I misunderstood his essay on firewood?
     
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    I do feel your pain. No more than I have had, it has been a problem for my plan. I really don't want to push hard this summer. Want to get it going while cool this year.
     
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    Put a ballcap on today. Afraid I was going to get sunburned!!!!
     
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    Decided to start stacking on the level ground. This stuff got hard to get to when the snow started. Good for sun & wind, but on a slope.


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    Great looking stacks there. You have yourself a nice tidy workspace!!
     
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    No. You have it right. Of course the exception is if you live in a really wet area where it rains 3 or 4 times every week. Not sure I'd like to live there.
     
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    Thanks BS. I did check and we normally get about 56" of rain. Not a whole lot more than you get, I would guess.
     
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    I think our normal is around 42" so not a big difference. You get more rain, we get more snow.
     
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    And I'd like to chime in: nice splitter cover!
     
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    Thanks, it did handle the snow well two weeks ago. It is two years old now. Will get another one when this one craps out.