Well I think I put my new chainsaw to work this year! I have got 3.5 cords under my deck css this spring all dead standing barkless elm and a little bit of barkless oak tops. A half cord of boxelder I'm going to dig into in the next week according to the forecast. And about another cord of dry oak/ash combo stacked along the garage I plan on mixing in with damp wood, If I come across some in my piles or it will be bumped to the 15/16 stash.
Here's the makings of 2015/16s wood already css this spring in the first and second rows from the left. 16/17 wood is being stacked in the 3rd row and will be adding more rows.
What you see in the photos should come out to a little over 6 cords. It is mostly red oak, a cord of elm, face cord of white oak, a face cord of poplar, and a face cord of cottonwood/boxelder mix. First row is 44'x5'x1.3'(16"). Second and third rows are/will be 40'x5'x1.3' each. I will be adding 2 more rows where the Green Ram is sitting! Once those are filled by the time the snow flies or early next spring, that should be darn close to my 3 year cycle by the time those are full.
The wood thats under my deck was cut on shares on 2 properties and I had to leave them each a cord to a cord and a half. My most recent find has been oak wilted red oaks. Have taken about 7 truck loads so far out of 6 trees and there is over a dozen more trees left! So with my calculations so far I have cranked out a conservative 13.5 cords of which 11 are mine!
I worked mostly this spring and just recently these last 2 weekends about 2/3 of a day for 4 days. All wood was cut with the help of my pops, and some with my lovely better half and the 2 little ones (5 and 3 yrs old) and my mom. Cutting and splitting is like an addiction this first year. I'm sure that will wear off in the coming years though.
Thanks for reading.
Paul
Here's the makings of 2015/16s wood already css this spring in the first and second rows from the left. 16/17 wood is being stacked in the 3rd row and will be adding more rows.
What you see in the photos should come out to a little over 6 cords. It is mostly red oak, a cord of elm, face cord of white oak, a face cord of poplar, and a face cord of cottonwood/boxelder mix. First row is 44'x5'x1.3'(16"). Second and third rows are/will be 40'x5'x1.3' each. I will be adding 2 more rows where the Green Ram is sitting! Once those are filled by the time the snow flies or early next spring, that should be darn close to my 3 year cycle by the time those are full. The wood thats under my deck was cut on shares on 2 properties and I had to leave them each a cord to a cord and a half. My most recent find has been oak wilted red oaks. Have taken about 7 truck loads so far out of 6 trees and there is over a dozen more trees left! So with my calculations so far I have cranked out a conservative 13.5 cords of which 11 are mine!
I worked mostly this spring and just recently these last 2 weekends about 2/3 of a day for 4 days. All wood was cut with the help of my pops, and some with my lovely better half and the 2 little ones (5 and 3 yrs old) and my mom. Cutting and splitting is like an addiction this first year. I'm sure that will wear off in the coming years though.
Thanks for reading.
Paul
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