~2 Days Work

From this to this:


I have another 2-3 cords split in a pile and have to work the stacks another 12-16" tall. I try to make them 6' tall but was sloppy when I started and carried the sloppiness through evenly. This wood won't be touched for a few years. I'd play around today but I don't want to look at it for at least one 24 hour period.

Thanks, all.

It's mixed hardwood, mostly elm, red oak, hickory, and maple. I used to stack it based on type but ended up with all goofy looking stacks which weren't stable. From the side it looked like the NYC skyline so now it's all mixed.

I've actually stacked it right up to the eave of the garage before. That takes a lot of time because now you introduce a ladder or drywall stilts into it and need a second helper to toss you the wood to stack. The base is mixed gravel and dirt, leveled, and then stacked on two pallets which overlap 50%. The stuff sitting on the driveway is actually on metal roofing panels I couldn't bring myself to throw out and knew I could find something for.

Boxing the ends take the most time to make them straight and stable and once I got going on the interior parts, it was pretty easy to keep going. The finished product is below; even all done with the cleanup. 5 years ago I remember being able to split one cord per hour but that's when I had more space to move around. This should bring my running total to about 28-30 cords. I'd like to have 5 years worth on-hand but space is the limiting factor for me.

True cords. Behind the garage are about 40 more pallets of wood, another 4 pallets on the other side, and more off-site. Last year I burned about 8 so 30 isn't very much.

Haha. That was the tease. 1991 F250 7.3 IDI N/A. Pics can follow if you're really interested.

That replaced my other wood hauler: a 2000 Ford Explorer. The Ex carried more than 125 documented cords (in log form) throughout its lifetime. Just put in gas and oil and it was good for another trip. 190k when I was done with it and whoever got it should be able to get another 100k from it. It was a nice upgrade to the pickup; I just needed more carrying capabilities and I wanted one. Mostly the latter. For what I have into it and for what it already carried, it's paid for itself. I would have kept the Ex but that meant less room for wood and plastic doesn't burn like oak.

Ok. Tomorrow after the yardwork...

It's about 2000sq/ft and 90 years old. There's always room for wood, especially when there is off site storage available. I probably have in the low 20s available on site.