- Nov 20, 2005
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Here's my pile from wood hauled over the late summer through the fall. My friend Sam, the guy on the left, has the rig consisting of a Ford Expedition and a utility trailer with a ramp (a must have for the 30"-40" rounds we handled). This wood is 80% soft maple and white ash, with some white oak making up most of the remaining, hauled from my parents' property 30 miles away. This was all leftover from a logging operation. We just had to buck and haul.
I have approximately 50 hours into splitting and stacking it. I roughly estimate the stack to be 15 cords. I have another 5+ cords already on the property for this season and probably into next. I have burned approximately 2 cords already this season in a Quadrafire 4100i insert. The 7 cords for this season are almost entirely from 3 large maples I had cut down from around my house when we first moved in last October.
Equipment in the picture includes Stihls - an 026 and an MS290, a Husqvarna 353, and a Central Hydraulics 22 ton log splitter that I bought from Harbor Freight tools when they had reconditioned ones available a couple months back ($640 delivered to the door). The splitter certainly slowed down many times but it split everything I had (and I had some large, crotchety stuff).
As you can see I am very proud of this pile. Like you, I have a lot of time and work invested.
Mark
I have approximately 50 hours into splitting and stacking it. I roughly estimate the stack to be 15 cords. I have another 5+ cords already on the property for this season and probably into next. I have burned approximately 2 cords already this season in a Quadrafire 4100i insert. The 7 cords for this season are almost entirely from 3 large maples I had cut down from around my house when we first moved in last October.
Equipment in the picture includes Stihls - an 026 and an MS290, a Husqvarna 353, and a Central Hydraulics 22 ton log splitter that I bought from Harbor Freight tools when they had reconditioned ones available a couple months back ($640 delivered to the door). The splitter certainly slowed down many times but it split everything I had (and I had some large, crotchety stuff).
As you can see I am very proud of this pile. Like you, I have a lot of time and work invested.
Mark