Lots of wood but.....................snow

Why would a foot a snow stop you? No boots? Duck tape around your pant cuffs and go get it. It only really gets tough going when it's waist deep.

Ditto. Woke up Christmas AM with a three foot drift from the back door to and around my pile. Winds a blowin. I have a blue tarp cover that has bungy cords around concrete blocks holding down my access area. Wind pulled the blocks four feet towards the pile allowing snow to blow clear to the back of the pile. The next two days I just backed the wifes Envoy up to my shop where my main piles are stacked. Loaded up the back and then pulled into the garage. This was kind of nice. I also have 2-3 cords up in the tree line that I need to get moved. And just like you neighbor the ground is not frozen below the deeper drifts.
Good luck to you.
Brad

Do you have a sled you can pull behind you?

Just hitch up the team and go for it.
Ed

Similar problems here, just have to shovel a wheelbarrel path, a little at a time and go get the wood. It' will also warm you up; if that is any consolation!

Todd said:

Do you have a sled you can pull behind you?

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I got one of those cheap molded plastic sleds with no runners to haul wood in from the stacks over winter snow, and it's about the best 15 bucks I ever spent.

EatenByLimestone said:

I have one I use for ice fishing. I use a tote to carry wood from the stack.

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It'd take a really, really long time to bring down a couple days of the OP's wood 100 yards through deep snow one tote at a time...

gyrfalcon said:

EatenByLimestone said:

I have one I use for ice fishing. I use a tote to carry wood from the stack.

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It'd take a really, really long time to bring down a couple days of the OP's wood 100 yards through deep snow one tote at a time...

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Ja, one would be better balanced with two totes.

First, Go wash your mouth out with soap for even saying such a thing. A foot of snow keeping you from your woodpile? I'm embarrassed for you. Now get out there and get that wood.

100 yard haul is gonna get old, even if it's only a foot of snow. Time to think ahead to spring for that small shed-like structure to be built somewhere at or near the door of the house!! Even just a simple little shed roof bolted to the side of the house would do it. It is ok to carry an armload of wood that far for a fireplace fire but not for feeding a stove regularly.

Our 5-cord shed is about that far from our door, hundred yards thereabout. It is a challenge when the snowfall hits 2 feet or more, though the dogs run along and help break path and make it easier. However, I've built a place to keep a couple or three days' worth right up at the house and I refill it whenever the chance comes. I also have a tractor with a bucket so can now carry a bunch of wood right up to the back door and then simply unload the bucket.

westkywood said:

First, Go wash your mouth out with soap for even saying such a thing. A foot of snow keeping you from your woodpile? I'm embarrassed for you. Now get out there and get that wood.

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http://www.thinkkentucky.com/KYEDC/pdfs/climatky.pdf

12 inches, most of it rain,drizzle or sleet, who should be embarrassed.

zap

SteveKG said:

100 yard haul is gonna get old, even if it's only a foot of snow.

I also have a tractor with a bucket so can now carry a bunch of wood right up to the back door and then simply unload the bucket.

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Uhhh...won't the tractor go through a foot of snow?

I use the snowblower to make a path to my pile.

When I was a boy, we used to have to carry two armfulls of wood, through 3 feet of snow, backwards, in the dark. :lol:

Naaaahhh.
This is alot of snow.

NH_Wood said:

When I was a boy, we used to have to carry two armfulls of wood, through 3 feet of snow, backwards, in the dark. :lol:

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and it was uphill to boot

Sometimes Mother Nature likes to throw obstacles into your path, but it doesn't necessarily have to stop you. I hope you are able to get some wood soon!

Yeah a foot is nothing. Man you could even get the wheel barrel through it if you wanted to. SHOOT!!

realstihl said:

I have lots of wood but can't get to it because snow is about a foot deep. I'm down to about 2 days worth now. With the forcasted snow and cold -13deg It's going to be tough. Last time I checked the ground wasn't frozen under the snow. Anyone else having problems?

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Snowblower? Snow shovel? Nothing to it. How do you get the wood to the house when there isn't any snow?

devinsdad said:

NH_Wood said:

When I was a boy, we used to have to carry two armfulls of wood, through 3 feet of snow, backwards, in the dark. :lol:

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and it was uphill to boot

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Both ways!

I solved this problem--I only burn in the summer. And if I use green wood, the smoke keeps the mosquitoes away.

Send out a distress call for DOROTHY AND TOTO!!Last time I heard they were still in KANSAS!!