Finished up a project that has been on my to-do list for a bit now. I have a deck over my downstairs door where I stored some wood last winter with a cobbled-together rack. That came down in the spring, and I made some sturdier ones. Just finished the third, and between the three of them I have enough storage space for two cords of split stacked wood at hand and under cover.
Had a delivery due yesterday of two cords of spruce that's been standing dead for three years (beetle-killed). Mid-day came and went with no call that they were leaving their town as scheduled. By six when I hadn't heard from them, I figured something had gone wrong in the woods. In the evening, I got a phone message saying that they had a tongue break on their trailer (bummer!) and they'd be here tomorrow (now today). It's pushing four and I haven't heard from them, but at least I have some racks if I ever get that wood. They also were interested in a little extra work, cutting wood to length for me. I have three piles, one of which was delivered too long for my stove, another that I paid for to be C/S/S, and came as 8' lengths and a promise (over a month ago), and another pile that someone had started working up from wood on my property and flaked out. I was really optimistic that yesterday was going to put a wrap on my wood worries for the winter. I am more hopeful at this point . . . or yearning . . . wistful . . .
The racks, though, are pretty cool. Designed to easily come down in the spring, and stash under another deck--they utilize the beams that hold up the deck to stabilize the end-pieces. It's going to be so nice to have wood racks. (Assuming I have wood to put in them.)
Had a delivery due yesterday of two cords of spruce that's been standing dead for three years (beetle-killed). Mid-day came and went with no call that they were leaving their town as scheduled. By six when I hadn't heard from them, I figured something had gone wrong in the woods. In the evening, I got a phone message saying that they had a tongue break on their trailer (bummer!) and they'd be here tomorrow (now today). It's pushing four and I haven't heard from them, but at least I have some racks if I ever get that wood. They also were interested in a little extra work, cutting wood to length for me. I have three piles, one of which was delivered too long for my stove, another that I paid for to be C/S/S, and came as 8' lengths and a promise (over a month ago), and another pile that someone had started working up from wood on my property and flaked out. I was really optimistic that yesterday was going to put a wrap on my wood worries for the winter. I am more hopeful at this point . . . or yearning . . . wistful . . .
The racks, though, are pretty cool. Designed to easily come down in the spring, and stash under another deck--they utilize the beams that hold up the deck to stabilize the end-pieces. It's going to be so nice to have wood racks. (Assuming I have wood to put in them.)
