I'm Gettin' Me Some Piles !!

[Bacffin]

They be growin!

Wife helped me split today after I decided to stick my finger between the wood and the backstop on my spliiter.

It is smarts for sure. And it happened so fast. good thing it is not crushed or broken....just a little black and blue. I'm lucky.

Cold wind had a real bite to it today.

 

[JOHN BOY]

Looks great..! and yes you are starting to pile.. up there ! Iam sure your gonna get that stuff stacked too. Oh and you know will want pic's too

 

[jdp1152]

Wind was brutal today. If you're down my way with something to haul with, you can have some of this willow I've got quartered up. Saw you burned pine and hemlock so thought you might be interested in some. The dirty work is all done.

 

[thewoodlands]

Nice work Bacffin, hope the finger is feeling better. The pile on the left an in the middle, is that maple?

 

[bogydave]

OUCH! (splitting horizontal or vertical when it happened? )

Piles growing up all over the place rather nicely
You planted some good seeds. LOL

 

[Gasifier]

Nice work bacffin. Good to here the wife is helping you. My wife helps me when it is close to the house. Always good to have help when moving and stacking.

 

[Pallet Pete]

Does your house look like that stuff laying all over . Nice wood piles Bacffin !

Pete

 

[Bacffin]

Nice work Bacffin, hope the finger is feeling better. The pile on the left an in the middle, is that maple?

Yep, left is the soft maple with it partialy stacked behind it. Middle, hard maple in front of the ash and some black cherry next to that damn stump.

 

[Bacffin]

OUCH! (splitting horizontal or vertical when it happened? )

Piles growing up all over the place rather nicely
You planted some good seeds. LOL

Horizontal

 

[Bacffin]

Nice work bacffin. Good to here the wife is helping you. My wife helps me when it is close to the house. Always good to have help when moving and stacking.

O...she won't stack....but she's a trooper.

 

[WellSeasoned]

Your real lucky you didn't lose your finger. Geez! Nice woodpiles. Looks like you got alot done

 

[Gasifier]

O...she won't stack....but she's a trooper.

My wife has lots to do with the three kids so I get it all down to ready to be stacked and then she and the kids help through the rest of the job. The dogs try to help out but they..... Oh wait, no they don't. They just want food.

 

[Bacffin]

Wind was brutal today. If you're down my way with something to haul with, you can have some of this willow I've got quartered up. Saw you burned pine and hemlock so thought you might be interested in some. The dirty work is all done.

Thanks for the offer jdp, but I have alot on my hands right now between the grapple load and the 4 cord of pine logs in the yard.

Bruce

 

[Bacffin]

So, because is split I can start the clock...right? Or does it have to stacked.

 

[jdp1152]

You can start the clock, but it's not ideal if it's not stacked. That's what grants air and sun access to all the splits and keeps it off the ground allowing more airflow. Piles on the dirt will dry on the outside pretty well, but the bulk of the mass is on the inside and will not shed moisture. Go to amazon and buy a cheap moisture reader to have a better ballpark of where you're at come next year. I'd stack em before it starts snowing however.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Horizontal

And right there is where you went wrong.

 

[Bacffin]

And right there is where you went wrong.

You know, I knew that. Kind of hard to get your finger caught on the bottom when doing it vertical.