More free wood, and a bonus of some great help!

[elijah]

On Friday we finally got the box elder load from a couple weekends ago split and stacked. To my surprise the ole' lady came out and said she wanted to help out for a couple hours. Great! In less than 5 minutes I had the splitter set up to split vertically and right next to the trailer ramp. She could roll the rounds right off the trailer and split them and I could wheel barrow the splits and stack them. Saved me half the time! So of course I can't have an empty trailer sitting around. Saturday morning I went and picked up a full trailer load of willow rounds that was only 15 miles from home. Saturday afternoon I split it all with the hydraulic, still have to stack it. Saturday night I get a call from a lady where I had left a message about some mulberry that is already cut into rounds. She said I could come and pick this up anytime, the sooner the better. I said how about Sunday morning, so I'm heading off in a few minutes to pick that up. The mulberry should be my finest score yet!

Here are some action shots of the wife helping - she is a great hard worker, our kids - that we can't get away from the heat of the stove, and the willow before I split it.

 

[NH_Wood]

Nice! There's just that special something about a woman in bibs........Cheers!

 

[elijah]

Nice! There's just that special something about a woman in bibs........Cheers!

Agreed!


I had to postpone picking up the mulberry this morning, darn snowstorm. I'll get it tomorrow after work, thank goodness the people giving it away are okay with that...

 

[SolarAndWood]

That's a great shelter, looks like it is right on the property line? Interesting way to add on to the garage without having to deal with setbacks.

 

[elijah]

That's a great shelter, looks like it is right on the property line? Interesting way to add on to the garage without having to deal with setbacks.

The shelter is a Costco special. They are 10x20, and I ran two of them back to back, so I have somewhere to park the trailer as well as a place to toss the splits after I unload the trailer. They are set bolted into the concrete with Red Caps. These shelters have been through some crazy wind storms over the past year and a half, gusts over 60 mph, and they handle great! I have concrete right to the property line and then the fence. The lot is narrow and long, 0.19 of an acre, so I have 10' on this side of the home and 8 feet on the other side. Definitely have to be creative when maximizing your usage when the property is small!

 

[basswidow]

Nice trailer, splitter and shelter. Nice set up.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Very nice elijah. It makes it super sweet when the wife can help out. Now you just need to get her a nice milk crate to sit on when she is splitting!