2017/2018 Glamour shots

[Soundchasm]

OK, here are the totally gratuitous glamour shots. 2017's great achievement was pouring concrete footers for the rest of the fence line stack. That was a pretty big dang job, and I'm glad it's over. What's hard for me to believe is that I got everything I poured straight and level. You can see the drop where I joined the stuff I did a few years before, but I had I done it all this year, it would have been Straight and Level. Here are a few pics.

Other noteworthy bits-
Everything on the property is split. That's a first.

OK, back to the fence row.


Now it's full. Sadly, it's only 1.9 cords. I thought it was more.



Not only the Borg have a Cube. I'm calling this 2 cords.


And another cube under the wood shed. I call this at 3.5 cords.




So I'm at 7.5 cords, maybe 8 with the most favorable count. I used 3.6 cords 16/17. So definitely on the 2-year plan. Still, burning dry wood is totally worth it.

Lots of effort, but I enjoyed it. Now I have to get some rounds on the property. Can't happen too soon.

 

[SeanBB]

If you are like me you probably go out and look at the stacks at least once a day!

 

[Easy Livin’ 3000]

OK, here are the totally gratuitous glamour shots. 2017's great achievement was pouring concrete footers for the rest of the fence line stack. That was a pretty big dang job, and I'm glad it's over. What's hard for me to believe is that I got everything I poured straight and level. You can see the drop where I joined the stuff I did a few years before, but I had I done it all this year, it would have been Straight and Level. Here are a few pics.

Other noteworthy bits-
Everything on the property is split. That's a first.

OK, back to the fence row.
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Now it's full. Sadly, it's only 1.9 cords. I thought it was more.

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Not only the Borg have a Cube. I'm calling this 2 cords.
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And another cube under the wood shed. I call this at 3.5 cords.


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So I'm at 7.5 cords, maybe 8 with the most favorable count. I used 3.6 cords 16/17. So definitely on the 2-year plan. Still, burning dry wood is totally worth it.

Lots of effort, but I enjoyed it. Now I have to get some rounds on the property. Can't happen too soon.

You've clearly been assimilated.

 

[kennyp2339]

Neighbor: Hey Soundchasm whatcha doing? SC - nothing, just watching my wood dry.

 

[WoodyIsGoody]

Well, that looks pretty damn nice!

Unfortunately I was expecting to see glamorous bikini clad vixens wearing Santa caps lounging in front of a fired up woodstove.

 

[kennyp2339]

Well, that looks pretty damn nice!

Unfortunately I was expecting to see glamorous bikini clad vixens wearing Santa caps lounging in front of a fired up woodstove.

This is way better

 

[WoodyIsGoody]

This is way better

Ummm, OK. I support diversity...

 

[Soundchasm]

If you are like me you probably go out and look at the stacks at least once a day!

I try not to linger too long and appear overly eccentric... Pretty tolerant neighborhood, really.

 

[Soundchasm]

Well, that looks pretty damn nice!

Unfortunately I was expecting to see glamorous bikini clad vixens wearing Santa caps lounging in front of a fired up woodstove.

Ummm, these are the only "photo props" I can afford!!

 

[Soundchasm]

This is way better

Less maintenance and I get new models every year, no matter how much older I get!

 

[Jan Pijpelink]

OK, here are the totally gratuitous glamour shots. 2017's great achievement was pouring concrete footers for the rest of the fence line stack. That was a pretty big dang job, and I'm glad it's over. What's hard for me to believe is that I got everything I poured straight and level. You can see the drop where I joined the stuff I did a few years before, but I had I done it all this year, it would have been Straight and Level. Here are a few pics.

Other noteworthy bits-
Everything on the property is split. That's a first.

OK, back to the fence row.
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Now it's full. Sadly, it's only 1.9 cords. I thought it was more.

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Not only the Borg have a Cube. I'm calling this 2 cords.
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And another cube under the wood shed. I call this at 3.5 cords.


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So I'm at 7.5 cords, maybe 8 with the most favorable count. I used 3.6 cords 16/17. So definitely on the 2-year plan. Still, burning dry wood is totally worth it.

Lots of effort, but I enjoyed it. Now I have to get some rounds on the property. Can't happen too soon.

Impressive!!

 

[Easy Livin’ 3000]

This is way better

Seek help immediately.

 

[kennyp2339]

Seek help immediately.

Don't think that wood pile talks back or takes dollars

 

[Easy Livin’ 3000]

Don't think that wood pile talks back or takes dollars

Well, I'm not without injuries and scars from accumulating stacks. And, along with the lovely straight stacks, I have quite a few piles of confounding unsplittables, as well as uglies that result from the imperfection encountered in the process. Actually, not a terrible metaphor, now that I think about it. The wood does get the upper hand in some situations (it doesn't call the cops when I show it my pimp hand when it fights back).

 

[armanidog]

A suggestion arising from experience: Instead of mixing and pouring concrete, just use two concrete cap blocks in the hole laid perpendicular to the concrete blocks. A lot easier and about the same cost as bags of concrete. It will keep the blocks from sinking into the ground.

 

[Soundchasm]

A suggestion arising from experience: Instead of mixing and pouring concrete, just use two concrete cap blocks in the hole laid perpendicular to the concrete blocks. A lot easier and about the same cost as bags of concrete. It will keep the blocks from sinking into the ground.

That's a good idea. After so many years of erosion, that old fenceline caught all the dirt. I had to dig at least a foot to get to clay. So it's been too soft for every idea I tried. The other big problem I encountered were the tree roots. As it turned out, I cut some and left others. And I'd dig slightly to the left or right to avoid some big ones. I hear exactly what you're saying, but in this case, something that flowed seemed to be the best option. And I knew that gravity would help me get it level.

 

[WoodyIsGoody]

And I knew that gravity would help me get it level.

If you mix concrete thin enough that it almost self-levels, you have bigger problems than whether it's level or not. Because it doesn't take much extra water to dramatically lower the final strength.

 

[excessads]

Not only the Borg have a Cube. I'm calling this 2 cords.

lmao!

 

[Soundchasm]

If you mix concrete thin enough that it almost self-levels, you have bigger problems than whether it's level or not. Because it doesn't take much extra water to dramatically lower the final strength.

Yeah, OMG, concrete is a doctoral subject all to itself! We didn't really do a stiffness test, and there wasn't excessive water, but we did exceed manufacturer's recommendations. I guess I mean once we got it mechanically leveled, it wasn't going to tilt to one side...

I saw a demo where a guy filled one cardboard tube with X amount of concrete and a half gallon of water, and a cardboard tube with X amount of concrete and a gallon of water. The gallon tube must have been three feet tall and had all the strength of a dried sandcastle. That really opened my eyes. When the water molecules evaporate, that's all empty space inside there. Another moral of the story was the bigger the aggregate, the greater the strength. Amazing stuff.

 

[Easy Livin’ 3000]

I don't think you need an enormous amount of strength in the concrete for your application, so I'm pretty sure you'll have years and years of level woodstacks in that area. I just placed salvaged concrete blocks right on the surface, with just enough digging to level things out. I prefer the results of your method, but I just wasn't ready for the commitment or labor. I'll think of your nice permanent installation as I'm restacking mine when they tumble!