Update on wood pile

[Backwoods Savage]

Most of you will remember a thread where there were many guesses on how much wood I cut this past winter: Old post

There were many guesses as to how much wood was there. Some were close and some were a bit off. To be honest, there was more than I though and I think rdust can verify that my guess was 4.5 cords. Today I finally finished the stacking and all that is left is to clean up a few oddball pieces that are laying by the stacks. They are odd sizes and some from one log that I simply cut too long.

We had many who ventured a guess.

The lowest guess was either mhvond at 2.5 cords or quads with 9 jeep loads.
The highest guess was zap with 7 cords.

My guess was 4.5 cords. Here are some others:

Smokinjay 4.75
Got-Wood 3.5
hoosierhick 6.5
savageactor 4
Mainstation 5 to 5.5
Cluttermagnet 4-5
Spikem 6.25
Jags 4.33
KYrob 6 cords plus 3 pieces
BeGreen 3
Rich L 3.5

Here is one picture before stacking.

Here are a couple more pictures after stacking.

So after stacking I headed to the house for the camera. Then I put the tape measure to the stacks and here is what I got: 5.75 cord total plus those extra pieces (special for KYrob).

so mainstation and KYrob gave the closest guesses. I was off by more than a cord! I could hardly believe I was off that much. Must have been a bad winter. lol

 

[quads]

That's great! My guess of 9 Jeep pickup loads was a little low (3 cord).

 

[smokinj]

Wow That is some stacking you got going on there, very impressive as always!

 

[thewoodlands]

Nice pictures Sav and great stacking, oh by the way thanks for the 1.25 cord of wood you sent.

Zap

 

[rdust]

Good Job Dennis! What are the dimensions on the stacks? I need to start stacking tighter to reduce my foot print.

 

[savageactor7]

Nice work Savage.

 

[patch53]

Nice stacks indeed, what kind of wood is that?

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Good Job Dennis! What are the dimensions on the stacks? I need to start stacking tighter to reduce my foot print.

The stacks are 9' long and 4.5' high. Most are stacked 3 rows together but one of them is only 2 rows stacked together.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Nice stacks indeed, what kind of wood is that?

99% is white ash. There was one very small dead elm and maybe 1 small soft maple.


Thanks everyone for the comments. It was hard work for me this year but I got it done!

 

[thewoodlands]

Nice stacks indeed, what kind of wood is that?

99% is white ash. There was one very small dead elm and maybe 1 small soft maple.


Thanks everyone for the comments. It was hard work for me this year but I got it done!

Vertical or Horizontal?

Zap

 

[LLigetfa]

I dunno... those cribbed ends look kinda sparse. Some of that 5.75 cord is air.

 

[CJRages]

Dennis,

Did you happen to record the dimensions of that pile before you stacked it? I am curious if anyone has developed a good formula that we could test for converting cubic feet of a cone-shaped wood pile to cubic feet of stacked wood?

It might be fairly easy to develop a formula, but to be precise we may need you to unstack that wood into a huge heap again...lol

 

[KYrob]

Those are some of the finest stacks of firewood I've ever seen. My stacks are kinda like trying to build a house of cards. You keep adding to it hoping it doesn't fall down til you get to scared to add any more.

Rob

 

[Cowboy Billy]

Cool Dennis

I didn't even try to guess. Even at work the boss ask how much dirt I need to do something and I always tell him to keep hauling and I will call when I have all I need!

Billy

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Zap, its vertizontal.

LLigetfa, yes, some of the ends are not filled yet. I usually try to fill most of them with kindling if possible. So yes, there is a bit less but the last stack, which doesn't show up well in the pictures is not a full row so I measured that a bit light.


CJRages, no, I didn't. But that is a good idea and if I can remember, I'll do just that next year. I will say that my initial guess was 4.5 cords and that was before it was split so I was way off on that guess this year.


KYrob, just keep at it and your stacks will get better every year. Like I had stated, this certainly was not my best stacking job and I almost didn't take pictures just because of it. But they should be solid enough to stay upright for a few years anyway. I guess my hurting body really showed up in that stacking job this year. But, I got it done anyway and am glad it is done too.