Got started on the Ash tree Pics added

My neighbor and I got started on the giant ash tree yesterday. I got there at 9am and he had already cut the tree into the 16' pieces as I had marked it! I was stunned but he said he was bored on Thursday and had a ball cutting it to size. He also said he really liked having it marked because it saved a bunch of time.

We split for 3 hours and got all but one of the big rounds split (had to quit because of rain). It was great, he pulled his trailer right next to the splitter and as we split we tossed it onto the trailer then we took the trailer to my place were we tossed the wood into the driveway. Then my oldest daughter helped by tossing wood into our lawn trailer and drove it back to the stacks where I built my wall. She asked if I wanted her to help stack and I told he that I would be fine and this way if it fell I could only be mad at myself.....well half the stack tumbled and I had to re-stack :shut: . She sat and texted her friend while I was stacking :smirk: . I had a great time with my friend and my daughter. I'm only a little sore today but it was a great day.

This haul was almost a full cord and we're going to hit it again Saturday. I'll post some pics soon.


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I know what you mean about neat stacks! My previous stacks were cut by someone else so they are various lengths and thicknesses, which make it really hard to stack and look decent. The ash was soooo much easier to make a nice looking stack with wood cut and split the same. It also made stacking VERY easy.

The portion of the stack that fell was sitting on top of smaller round sticks and that made the top slide right off. Looked like dominoes!


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Here are my stacks!

The light colored stacks are the ash from this weekend and the darker stacks are a mix of beech, oak, hickory, and stuff I can't tell from the pile left when we bought the house.



You can really see the lean in this pic!




This one is hickory and oak I had delivered last winter.

thanks!

Oh yeah, it's leaning and going more everyday. I figure I'll have to sure up with supports or re-stack. I'm thinking I might shorten the stack to take some weight off the top and save the hassle later on.


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Any farm store will have them. The heavy posts, used by farmers for fencing, are called T-posts. I am using the light duty ones which are called U-posts. I am trying to not use them on the ends by cross stacking but since I am still learning I use them. I am using them on the sides when the stacks start to lean....which is most of my stacks right now :red: .

All of mine were with the house when we moved in. The previous owner used them for everything!


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