My setup

[Ratman]

My setup

Wood goes from the landing after split to the long drying row in the sun and wind.
Then after a full year it gets moved into the corral.
Then after the burn season the dryest comes into the garage.
Then gets carried into the woodbox in a wallpaper wetting tub.
Then into The CleanAir Elm.

 

[bogydave]

Nice set up!
wish i knew what a wallpaper wetting tub is ??

 

[Ratman]

Nice set up!
wish i knew what a wallpaper wetting tub is ??

Didn't know what to call it.
It's a plastic tub about 2'x3'x6"deep.

 

[SolarAndWood]

Your supply line sounds like mine. By the time the ash gets dumped in the garden, the wood has been handled 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, yeah lose count times.

 

[certified106]

Your supply line sounds like mine. By the time the ash gets dumped in the garden, the wood has been handled 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, yeah lose count times.

Lol, that is what it feels like!

 

[thewoodlands]

My setup

Wood goes from the landing after split to the long drying row in the sun and wind.
Then after a full year it gets moved into the corral.
Then after the burn season the dryest comes into the garage.
Then gets carried into the woodbox in a wallpaper wetting tub.
Then into The CleanAir Elm.

Nice setup Ratman, I also like the looks of your stove.

Zap

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Hey Ratman, good to see you posting again or have I just missed some of your posts? I like your method of handling the wood too. Yes, it requires some extra labor but is worth it in the end.

 

[woodsmaster]

Nice looking stove. I used to handle my wood a lot but Now It goes from the woods to 20' of where it will be burned. The spce around my boiler shed is getting full so I'm going to put
the wood on pallets with sides and move it with the 3 point on the tractor. Moving wood by hand is way over-rated.

 

[CTYank]

Looks like you're happy with the setup, which is what counts most.

But, for me:
too many fingerprints on the wood (too much handling),
stove located where much heat can be dissipated to the great outdoors. (lots of metal-framed windows)

My problem: splinters and avoidable consumption.

 

[PapaDave]

Too much handling is what I have.
I c/s then throw in the trailer.
Trailer gets taken to stacking area where I ......stack it.
Two years or more after stacking, it goes back into the trailer for a ride to the woodshed.
From the trailer, it goes into the woodshed.
From the woodshed into the house, and some is loaded onto the porch for easier access.
That's for the log loads.

 

[bogydave]

1: cut tree into 16â€/18†etc logs
2: move rounds to a pile
3: lift to split *
4: lift to split (sometimes this can expand to several)
5: throw to a pile
6: load wood on truck, trailer & haul home*
7: off load to a pile **
8: stack (if stacked in wrong place add 1 or 2)***
9: load in wheel barrow/trailer
10 off load wood by house
11: stack in wood box in the house
12 load in stove * ***
13 shovel what’s left into a bucket
14 haul bucket out & dump
*Sometimes : 3 is 6 then 3,4,5 move down 1.
** could add more if unload place is not near where you can will stack
*** wife may want the wood pile in a different location or need to move it to build a shed

I've improved some since this but only 1 or 2 less steps. The shed is nice but I sometimes stack it out in row to dry better then move to the shed.
Hyd splitter helped too.

I guess I'm more efficient than before I joined Hearth.


The 14 times I handle fire wood:
I think Quads had the most efficient system.

https://www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/forums/viewthread/47616/

 

[ohio woodburner]

[quote author="zapny" date="1314033862[/quote]


Nice setup Ratman, I also like the looks of your stove.

Zap[/quote]

+1
Ratman wood box looks deep. Long arms?