RE: As promised . . . my ugly stacks of wood

[firefighterjake]

Well since at least one member wanted to see my ugly stacks of wood . . .

Yeah, they're not pretty . . . tipping this way and that way, bulging here and there . . . but that's OK . . . to me that means they're drying up nicely since they originally were stacked more or less pretty neatly -- really I didn't stack the wood like this originally . . . and yeah, there's wood in there with crotches, bends and stuff that looks like it was chewed up by the splitter and spit out . . . it ain't pretty . . . but it heats the house.

From here the wood will go to my woodshed this Fall . . . seasoned outside for a year . . . and then most likely it will get another 4-12 months of seasoning depending on how the wood left over in the woodshed lasts.

 

[quads]

Ha ha! They look pretty good to me. I think mine are uglier.....

 

[thewoodlands]

Well since at least one member wanted to see my ugly stacks of wood . . .

Yeah, they're not pretty . . . tipping this way and that way, bulging here and there . . . but that's OK . . . to me that means they're drying up nicely since they originally were stacked more or less pretty neatly -- really I didn't stack the wood like this originally . . . and yeah, there's wood in there with crotches, bends and stuff that looks like it was chewed up by the splitter and spit out . . . it ain't pretty . . . but it heats the house.

From here the wood will go to my woodshed this Fall . . . seasoned outside for a year . . . and then most likely it will get another 4-12 months of seasoning depending on how the wood left over in the woodshed lasts.

They look fine to me, dry wood is dry wood.

Zap

 

[smokinj]

Looks like one of mine fell down for the 2nd time last night.

 

[PapaDave]

Jake, mine start doing that when the weather gets warmer, like it is now. We get a little "shrinkage" goin' on.

 

[PapaDave]

Jake, mine start doing that when the weather gets warmer, like it is now. We get a little "shrinkage" goin' on.
I tend to put the uglies on the top of the stack, then sometimes, those end up in the firepit.

 

[PapaDave]

Weird how I stopped the post, it didn't come back to the thread, yet it still posted.
Sorry for the somewhat double up post. :cheese:

 

[SolarAndWood]

Looks good to me. How do you throw into such a neat pile on pallets from the splitter?

 

[maplewood]

These are nice stacks - they're still standing!
I've got some twisty pine and yellow birch that don't stack well, either, but they burn nicely!
When I haul ashes out of my nice warm home, I can't tell if they came from neat stacks or ugly stacks....
Happy burning!