Maple & Cherry Spit

[thewoodlands]

The first half of the day I had some appointments but I did get to split the maple & cherry which I plan on stacking on Sunday.


I still have just over cord of cherry that needs splitting.

zap

 

[NH_Wood]

We must be on the same schedule! Looks good - I'm hoping to split a little more tomorrow - supposed to be a great day (sunny and cold). Cheers!

 

[RORY12553]

Zap how much property do you have? Seems like you own the adirondacks!!

 

[Gark]

Zap, with all the posts and pictures (thanks - good stuff), you must have dozens of cords either staged for processing or ready or drying... Care to give an estimate of your collection in cords? Must be alot...

 

[thewoodlands]

I'm not sure on the cord count but with what we have in the woods & stacked I'm cutting for 2016-17. Next years shoulder season wood is cut, over two cord, so all I need to do is cut some shoulder season wood for each year.

I also want to cut another 2 cord of wood before we start milling again so we replace what we will use this year.

My guess on how much we have stacked is 18 - 22 true cord.

zap

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Zap is a good worker for sure.

 

[Woody Stover]

We must be on the same schedule!

Yep. I just cut a couple of 18" blown-down Cherry this week. I'm keeping one and giving the other to family. I'm hoping that this earlier start will get it a bit dryer this year. Stuff I'm burning now is a little slow taking off...was stacked late in July. It hisses a little and sometimes will show a small wet spot on the end of a split.

all I need to do is cut some shoulder season wood for each year.

Zap, are you using the Cherry for shoulder wood? My Cherry supply has gone down quite a bit since it is still shoulder season here. :-S

 

[thewoodlands]

No, we usually have over three cord of cherry per year we heat with. This was the first year I had shoulder season wood ready so the Cherry is what we usually burn, the sugar maple & beech are for the colder months or overnight burns.

This is the Beech ready for next year.


zap

 

[Locust Post]

Looks good Zap...I see by that first pic you've been to the "University of Sav" for your degree on wood splitting.

 

[thewoodlands]

Thanks Locust Post, when it was warm out I left the splitter in the vertical position (covered) then we received a chit load of rain & cold, I spent about twenty minutes chipping that out today so I guess maybe I should just split horizontal.


zap

 

[SolarAndWood]

This is the Beech ready for next year.

I'm not buyin those are your stacks Zap.

 

[thewoodlands]

This is the Beech ready for next year.

I'm not buyin those are your stacks Zap.

That was after I split them, been up with t-post :coolsmile: since that summer.


zap

 

[tfdchief]

Looks good Zap! I love Cherry.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Thanks Locust Post, when it was warm out I left the splitter in the vertical position (covered) then we received a chit load of rain & cold, I spent about twenty minutes chipping that out today so I guess maybe I should just split horizontal.


zap

Horizontal is for storing the splitter. Vertical is for when you want to split wood.