Work Done 2023

[thewoodlands]

Do you cross stack or single rows?

Some of our stacks and the brook that runs through our property, not the lot our house is on.

 

[redyute]

If you cross stack like in the pic, and if you have long splits (as in the pic) it'll be more stable.

I'm 6'4", so 7' is easy for me. But the risk of a stack keeling over.gets.larger the higher the stack is.

Its pretty stable i can stand on top of it

 

[Wildflush]

I have various stacks in different places on my property. 5’ Woodhaven steel rack with a 4’ metal rack next to it under my deck. This is my emergency wood.

Also have a 14’ single stack 4 ft high, 3x 8’ single stacks 4’ high, 1x 10’ 4’ high stack and about 50’ single rows along my retaining wall of my driveway about 36” high, finally 3 pallets together cross stacked 4’ to 5’ high. My setup holds about 5 cords.

 

[Wildflush]

Some of our stacks and the brook that runs through our property, not the lot our house is on.

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Wow looks great! Nice and neat. Wish I could get a cord of Ash. Love the brook! I also have a stream and a small pond on my property. I can see the pond and stream from the side of my house. Unfortunately when the trees bloom I won’t be able to see either anymore until the Fall.

 

[thewoodlands]

Wow looks great! Nice and neat. Wish I could get a cord of Ash. Love the brook! I also have a stream and a small pond on my property. I can see the pond and stream from the side of my house. Unfortunately when the trees bloom I won’t be able to see either anymore until the Fall.

No ash in your area? Once the snow and ice melt, I have a few more that I'll fell before EAB gets them.

 

[Wildflush]

No ash in your area? Once the snow and ice melt, I have a few more that I'll fell before EAB gets them.

There is but most sellers sell a mix of hardwood usually red oak, maples, cherry, Ash etc. I have lots of oak and would like a cord of just Ash since it seasons quicker.

 

[Woody Stover]

That is a nice haul! Locust and elm I’ll take any day.

For sure, but the first thing I grab will be the Locust. 😏

 

[orlkc]

I've finished cutting, splitting, and stacking everything I had on hand in the new shed, plus a double trunk red oak that fell a month ago and crushed a few fence sections.

Altogether I now have about 15 full cords stacked under cover (7 in the old shed, 3 in the barn, and 6 in the new shed). This winter has been so strange, I've only used two cords. Three is closer to normal, but that's still many years ahead at this point.

I do have one space for one more row in the shed, so hopefully that'll convince some of the standing dead oaks to stay standing for a couple more years.

 

[Wildflush]

I've finished cutting, splitting, and stacking everything I had on hand in the new shed, plus a double trunk red oak that fell a month ago and crushed a few fence sections.

Altogether I now have about 15 full cords stacked under cover (7 in the old shed, 3 in the barn, and 6 in the new shed). This winter has been so strange, I've only used two cords. Three is closer to normal, but that's still many years ahead at this point.

I do have one space for one more row in the shed, so hopefully that'll convince some of the standing dead oaks to stay standing for a couple more years.

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Sweet shed is it commercially built?

 

[orlkc]

Sweet shed is it commercially built?

Yes, I built it from a pre-cut kit. Pictures from the builds are at https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/show-us-your-wood-shed.181210/page-11#post-2627302 and https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/shed-build-underway.183281/

 

[qwee]

It was a pop-u-lar kind of day - about a cord. It was windy and cold. Oh well, it is the start of the collecting season for me. Mostly noodled around for a few hours (trying to save the back from those large rounds).

I've decided to move on from one of my saws - kind of sad. It was my first real saw obtained 13 or so years ago (Dolmar 6400). It was the saw I learned on so it has taken some abuse. One or two more loads of poplar and I'll be poplared out for the year. My pride shall return and poplar won't be good enough for my piles anymore!

 

[Woody Stover]

One or two more loads of poplar and I'll be poplared out for the year. My pride shall return and poplar won't be good enough for my piles anymore!

What do you get that's higher BTU? Are any of the Pines better? I guess you have some hardwoods available as well?
I think some guys like that 6400, but I don't really know all that much about saws..

 

[Dieselhead]

1/4 up some big boys last week.

 

[qwee]

Dieselhead, what kind of wood is that? Ash?
Woody Stover, Siberian elm (~21 btu) is available. It has special properties that allow it to survive in low water areas. Russian Olive (~19 btu) is another tough one that can survive in low water conditions. Ironically, they are both invasives. Pine and fir types are available, but they are up in the mountains. Even poplar is better than no wood. I get excited when I get locust, ash, or oak, because it is uncommon.

So most local available trees come from people's properties - that is planted trees or the invasives. Cottonwood/poplar is another tree that can survive on little water. People plant them for wind blockage. The Dolmar has been a good saw, but I've upgraded to a new Makita 7900 (same saw w/bigger piston). I like the logger's mentality - every few years get a new saw so you'll have less hassles. I think I'll stretch this into 5 to 7 years.

 

[Woody Stover]

Yeah, my sis is in NM, and driving into the mountains west of Santa Fe, I saw a good bit of Crottenwood as we got up in elevation.
We have some here as well. In fact, there's a big one a couple hundred yards from the house. I haven't yet come across any to try out in the stove. I'm guessing it would be similar to Tulip Poplar, which I have burned a bit of.
I should be good on saws for a while. I found an old boat anchor FB 028 lying in the road one night, just got a little top-handle rig, and I stumbled across a smaller Husky that I bought a couple years back from a guy who wasn't using it for like $100 or something. Haven't even fired it up yet, but now I'm curious.. 🤔

 

[thewoodlands]

After putting in two loads of pine this morning, I hauled the splitter out of storage and then split some pine. The rounds are from the dead trees I felled about a week ago.

Pictures 3533,3534 and 3536 are from two smaller pine trees, 3535, 3537 and 3538 are from the trunk of a topped off tree, the top I took care of last year.

 

[Woody Stover]

and then split some pine.

Vertical...Dennis would be proud. 😏

 

[Wildflush]

Not bucking rounds or splitting like you guys are doing. Just finished some stack maintenance. Had a 10 footer start to collapse at each side with the constant freezing and thawing so wood shifted. Redid each end and pounded T post in better. Top covered. Came out good. Also got a jump start splitting 1-2” pieces for next season. Use these for my top down starts. Bringing in two cords shortly so will be getting some exercise stacking. Actually enjoy it.

 

[thewoodlands]

Vertical...Dennis would be proud. 😏

I'll be splitting vertical until the shoulder season area is full again. We have burned 10 face cord and we just started on the 12 face cord of pine, that was two seasons worth before this year.

 

[thewoodlands]

Another dead white pine was felled today and then c/s. I wanted a few bigger dead white pine but between the ice and some snow I pushed next to the trees, I'll have to wait for the snow melt so my escape route is opened up more.

 

[Woody Stover]

A couple days ago me and nephew started busting down with mauls, the White Ash heap he helped me get from an off-site score in 10/21, that we stacked next to SIL1's shed. Still looks in good shape, even though it's on the ground, uncovered.
I wanted first to get Big Red Elm cut, split and stacked in SIL1's shed to try to get it dry by fall (dead-standing tree with bark fallen off.) But my wife and SIL1 been chomping at the bit to split the Ash, so I went along with it, even though most of that will need two years drying.
But some of the smaller chunks felt pretty dry so I split and shedded that stuff as we came across it--short row close to the camera, with the chunks, in the shed pic.
Wetter stuff by the splitter will go into pallet stacks for two years.
So we gnawed off the front row of the heap, plus some on the near side, so far. Yikes, I'm realizing that's a lot of woot in that heap! 😲
The little Hickory stick, maybe 5", is OK despite being down for a while...due to being off the ground I guess.

 

[mpaul]

Threw this little 2+ cord pallet wood shed together over the weekend. Starting to fill it with some dead standing ash I had on my property.

 

[Woody Stover]

Threw this little 2+ cord pallet wood shed together over the weekend. Starting to fill it with some dead standing ash I had on my property.

Wood heats you three times; One time when you cut, split an stack it, another when you squat and reach to get wood from the back row in there..

 

[mpaul]

Wood heats you three times; One time when you cut, split an stack it, another when you squat and reach to get wood from the back row in there..

Yea I originally wanted to go two pallets high but got vetoed by the wife. I’ll definitely be spending some time crawling around either loading or unloading wood from the back of this. But should at least keep the wood dry. Loading and unloading will help keep this 50+ year old in shape.

 

[thewoodlands]

Another small dead white pine was cut and split today. The next dead pine that will come down is in the last picture on the right just across from the tire.