Well.... This ain't happening fast.

Camben said:

My father in law thought it would be 5-6 cords. I'm not sure though, what do you think?

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6 is a good starting point. Post some photos with the entire pile in one frame if you want a better guess.

It looks like 8 at least. I've seen a few 10 cord piles that neighbors have bought from the local loggers and this looks like that much but the ones I've seen here are stacked better. Your load looks like it was in a dump truck and dumped all at once so it's hard to say for sure.

There is a nicely restored Peavey pickaroon on eBay right now with one bid on it. It looks like new and the bids at $15 right now and $10 to ship it. Not bad, I just paid over $50 shipped for something similar.

Camben said:

I was thinking of trying to get an app to help out with tree/wood ID. I can tell cherry,maple,sycamore and some oak but that's about it. All the other stuff I haven't a clue. Question about the cant hook... Can that move big logs or will I need to cut them down? Is it just used for leverage so I can get something under the log for sawing? Can I buy one at Lowes or Tractor Suppy? The splitter will go vertical but I've never used it like that, maybe I'll give it a shot this week. I going to keep at it a little at a time. It's a great excuse get some alone time!! Lol. No kids and wife for a couple hours does a body good.

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Our cant hook has a 4' handle. Just about an hour ago I was moving some logs that were 38" in diameter. Naturally the length of the handle can help determine how much you can roll and the 4' is a good all around length. Many on this forum prefer a 5' handle. To be honest, I still prefer a 3' handle but when I bought this one (old one was stolen), they had no 3 footers in stock so I just got the 4'. No problem.

One of the best uses for a cant hook when bucking up firewood is when the log is on the ground and you can't cut all the way through without hitting the ground with the chain. Cut 3/4 or more through the log and make several cuts like that until you find a spot where you can cut all the way through. Then once that portion is free, just use the cant hook to roll the log and then finish the cuts. This way you aren't taking the chance of cutting dirt which really is the very best way of dulling a chain fast.

One big difference between a cant hook and a peavey is like what I was doing this morning. I could not roll the logs into the trailer but could flip them end for end. With a cant hook, that is super easy but not so easy with a peavey. The difference is that there is a toe on the cant hook but not on the peavey. Still the peavey is still good but I much prefer the cant hook and so did everyone I knew in the logging business many moons ago.

You have a good start with ID on the trees. Just add a couple every now and then.

WiscWoody said:

Is that you by that mountain of splits Backwoods? Nice setup! How many cords is that supposed to be Camden? It looks like 10+

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Yes, that is yours truly by the splits. There were 9 cord there. Still have almost a cord of that left and it was stacked in 2009.

Nice score.....sorry I am late to the party or I would have told you to buy a woodchuck quad tool. It can be used as a cant/peavey, but it is also a timber jack. Many of those logs I see in your photo are small enough that they could be rolled onto my quad tool. This suspends a great portion a few inches off the ground for cutting. An awesome tool for bucking small to medium logs. When dealing with big logs, I just use it as a peavey and roll the logs to finish the cut.

First question is how was it unloaded, by a crane or did they just dump it?
thats one of the most rediculous piles i have ever seen if it was done by an unloader. did you pay for this load or was it free.
if you paid for this and it was done off a logging truck with an unloader, call them back and have them come and pile it properly.

Funny you brought this thread back up. I was thinking about. There hasn't been much change in my pile either. Maybe 2 cord have been c/s/s
I've been super busy with work and getting the house and yard ready for my daughter's graduation party. Which is coming the end of this month. So I am also hopeful to get to it in July.

Camben said:

Still working at it. With the kids sports almost finished for the summer I'm hoping to get this finally taken care of.View attachment 133902

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Is it mostly black walnut?

Well, I finished my latest tri-axle load of logs 5/31. The black flies were pretty bad here. Good to be done with it.

Wood Cube 2013 (right)= 7.7 cords
Wood Cube 2014 (left)= 8.9 cords
Both triaxle loads came from same guy. Don't know why the difference. The logs in this load were smaller diameter.

The logs you get will depend on where they are cutting at that time. I'd imagine smaller diameter logs would pack more densely, giving you more wood from the same trailer.

Backwoods Savage said:

The old fart below sits on a milk crate (hot seat on the crate) for splitting. No lifting required.

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Hey Dennis. That old fart seems to know what he's doing. He also looks a lot like a guy that has helped me a bunch learing this wood burning thing. So, don't give him too hard a time.

Camden. Backwoods Savage also had a great idea spiltting verticle using an ass jack(milk crate). It will really save your back. I started splitting horizontal because it seemed faster. In fact it might be, but, I can split for a much longer duration sitting down splitting verticle so it's a wash. laying in bed at night with a back that isn't stoved up and cramping is a huge bonus.

Well at least you don't have to go out in the woods and cut trees down.

Sooo, Did I beat ya?


I finished last week.

When I first got the load I would cut split and stack. I filled the racks and

Then I just started cutting and stacking rounds.

Wow, InfinityMike! I've got some serious stack envy. Nice work!

7acres said:

Wow, InfinityMike! I've got some serious stack envy. Nice work!

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Awh shucks, thanks.