Hi,
I just ordered a grapple load and it should be delivered Tuesday. I'm looking for any advice on how to attack it. I already have 2011-2012 wood c/s/s so this is for the future. The grapple load should be 7 cords. It will be only me doing the cutting, splitting (by fiskars) and stacking. I have a couple of questions:
1 - should I cut it all first and stack the rounds for splitting later?
- I think I mostly want to clean up the grapple pile and have neater rows of rounds.
2 - once cut and split, should I try to separate the wood in the final stacks by species? (oak in one stack , ash in one stack , cherry, etc.)
- this wood should not be needed until 2012-2013 season and later
3 - Since this will be sitting/seasoning until at least fall of 2012, if I stack it 2 rows deep, how much room should I leave between the 2 rows that are close to the next set of 2 rows
Here is a diagram in case my wording is not clear
if below is 2 rows how much distance to the next set of 2 rows
row1 row2 some distance row3 row4
xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx
xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx
xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx
etc etc
Thanks - looking forward to a lot of hard wood and hard work.
I just ordered a grapple load and it should be delivered Tuesday. I'm looking for any advice on how to attack it. I already have 2011-2012 wood c/s/s so this is for the future. The grapple load should be 7 cords. It will be only me doing the cutting, splitting (by fiskars) and stacking. I have a couple of questions:
1 - should I cut it all first and stack the rounds for splitting later?
- I think I mostly want to clean up the grapple pile and have neater rows of rounds.
2 - once cut and split, should I try to separate the wood in the final stacks by species? (oak in one stack , ash in one stack , cherry, etc.)
- this wood should not be needed until 2012-2013 season and later
3 - Since this will be sitting/seasoning until at least fall of 2012, if I stack it 2 rows deep, how much room should I leave between the 2 rows that are close to the next set of 2 rows
Here is a diagram in case my wording is not clear
if below is 2 rows how much distance to the next set of 2 rows
row1 row2 some distance row3 row4
xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx
xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx
xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx
etc etc
Thanks - looking forward to a lot of hard wood and hard work.