A little eye candy...

Here is a little eye candy for you guys. :lol:

Received a truck load of logs on March 19th and finished cutting and splitting today. Just need to stack the last pile. Not bad considering I work 12 hour shifts and did a gear swap on a 1999 AWD Astro (went from 3.42's to 4.10's in both diff's). The stacks are 11' long, 7' high and the pieces are all cut 20"+. There is 1 full cord in each row. So that means there is 5 cords stacked! The rest of the space in the lean-to will hold around 3.75 cords. I am glad my wife and both kids help!





Here is where I started this morning...





Pile left to stack...

RAY_PA said:

nice job, lookin good. How bout that stack in the bcak of the last pic?...is that yours too?

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Yeah, that stack is mine as well. That is for camping and house campfires. There are 2 rows 4' high and 12' long there.

jdeere5220 said:

Would that be considered "Burner Porn" ??

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I guess it would be...especially if it gets you excited!

karri0n said:

We want to see the lifted 4 x 4 Astro...

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I actually sold it last fall to a buddy of mine. I will post up a few pics sometime soon.

You know what they say...it's not the size of the wedge, it's how you use it! :wow:

I have to say that I didn't build the wedge and foot. I bought them and the I-beam from a buddy at work who was moving to Atlanta. He is an awesome fabricator and always overbuilt everything! The wedge is 14-1/2" tall. I also picked up the Honda motor and cylinder and valves from him as well. The tank was an old hydraulic test stand scrapped out from work and the axle/tires are from another buddy who scrapped an old trailer. All told I have about $420 into the splitter so far. I am going to be building a log lift off the side over the summer.

Almost done with my second load of logs. The lean-to is filled and we are stacking out back in 1 cord rows. We'll end up with about 12 - 13 cords stacked up.

Thanks guys!

The straps are there simply to keep the pile from toppling over. There is no weight on them now and shouldn't be next fall either. Just a safety precaution because of the kids running around and playing. Our 2 kids know not to play on wood piles but the neighbor kids I am sure don't know.

I stacked right on the ground here and the very bottom pieces can get a little wet sometimes but this will be used up next year so I am not too worried about it. If it is too wet to burn, I throw it out back for our camp fire pit.