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Wood handling efficiency

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  1. Buck55

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    I am very, very inefficient. And I don't care, because I am doing something I love.
     
  2. Stephiedoll

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    Today's splitting adventure.
     

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  3. Cold Trigger Finger

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    Currently mine is, tops deck into truck. Off loaded and stacked simultaneously at home. Sawn to stove length as it lays in the pile. Loaded into and sledded to the wood box hatch in the wall. Stacked in the wood box. Fed into the stove. Ashes shoveled out and carried out in a steep 5 gallon bucket.
     
  4. LordOfTheFlies

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    I take out a buck every 3-4 fires and fill a large galvanized can and cover it once cooked and full I empty into large garbage bags.

    In the winter I used it as ice melt and to give traction. Also sprinkle some for my garlic beds.
     
  5. WinonaRail

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    For me it's all about efficiency. Otherwise I wouldn't have time to process enough wood for inventory. Most of my wood is dumped in my wood yard by tree services or I harvest across the road with my skid steer. Here's the process in either case.
    1. Buck to 16" and stack rounds in racks made from pallets.
    2. Transport rack to processing center behind barn and stage next to splitter.
    3. Split directly to IBC tote.
    4. Move tote to empty spot in drying row.

    That's as short as I can make it without splitting where the logs come in. I really don't have room for that, which necessitates step 2. It only takes 2 minutes to move racks so I'm good with that. I have plenty of room to store racks until I'm ready to split.
     
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