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[all night moe]

How's your woodyard setup?

Some know I have a horseshoe driveway and use the one side. I use the actual driveway to both sides of it. It gets jammed up when I don't have time to process and bring a few loads of wood in. Once this happens it becomes an immediate bottleneck that quickly turns into a major traffic jam. I have more space to work with once I organize and reclaim some of the property of bush and weed growth.

Post up some pics of what you got going on and what works for ya.

 

[Pinesmoke]

I have a gravel pad next to my driveway I put on for a 1k propane tank and my splitter. Since I have to run everything up out of the woods with my buggy I just drop it there. When I get a couple hours of splitting there I light it up and buggy it out to the stack

 

[all night moe]

I have a gravel pad next to my driveway I put on for a 1k propane tank and my splitter. Since I have to run everything up out of the woods with my buggy I just drop it there. When I get a couple hours of splitting there I light it up and buggy it out to the stack

Nice and simple ....

 

[all night moe]

I'm on a larger scale. Currently takes me 10 cord per season to heat this drafty 4500sq ft. I'm sure as I continue working on tightening up the house, and improving the heating system, I'll be able to cut that down to 6ish. Possibly better as I improve the "woodyard'' with species organization. That and accumulation of uglies. I love burning those and saving splits.

The volume of wood I bring in clogs the driveway quick. One busy week at work is all it takes. I get backed up and other outdoor chores, mowing and the likes, takes up time needed to process wood. A second busy week and the driveway is practically done for. From there, incoming wood gets piled on top as I struggle to keep up.

Owning a splitter would help instead of doing the rental, and swinging the Fiskaris in between. I am also trying to get far enough ahead on firewood to have some sales for supplement income. I guess what I'm looking for is, what do others do here for production processing?

 

[MRD1985]

I wish I had a better spot for log drops…my driveway is on an incline and where I store my wood in the back yard is probably 500 feet from the street.

 

[Montanalocal]

I process everything on the slab in front of my attached garage. I have an electric splitter that plugs in, and I can run it into my garage manually for storage.

I process one full pickupload at a time, backing up to the slab and splitter. I go from my splitter right into my batter powered Landworks utility wagon, which I then take to my various stacks.

Now that I am 80 years old, I buy pickuploads of dry wood, and have them unload from their pickup into mine. That way I have the load in my pickup and have control over it to do splitting at my convenience.

 

[Burnin Since 1991]

I process everything on the slab in front of my attached garage. I have an electric splitter that plugs in, and I can run it into my garage manually for storage.

I process one full pickupload at a time, backing up to the slab and splitter. I go from my splitter right into my batter powered Landworks utility wagon, which I then take to my various stacks.

Now that I am 80 years old, I buy pickuploads of dry wood, and have them unload from their pickup into mine. That way I have the load in my pickup and have control over it to do splitting at my convenience.

That's a nifty setup. Can you tell us more about your splitter and the utility wagon. I like your setup!

 

[all night moe]

That battery powered wagon is pretty nifty. With the handle bars and chains on the tires, it reminds me of a snow blower.
Just without the snow stuff....

 

[all night moe]

I wish I had a better spot for log drops…my driveway is on an incline and where I store my wood in the back yard is probably 500 feet from the street.

That's a lot of work.
I hope at least it goes inside through the back of the house.

 

[Burnin Since 1991]

That battery powered wagon is pretty nifty. With the handle bars and chains on the tires, it reminds me of a snow blower.
Just without the snow stuff....

I found them on Amazon. My yard slopes uphill from the driveway all the way behind the house and rises about 25 feet in about 65 feet. I can't push a wheelbarrow of wood up that hill. But I could if I had one of those carts. Pretty cool!

 

[Montanalocal]

The electric splitter I have is a Ramsplitter. https://ramsplitter.com/shop/ols/pr...cTVGEunSRViybRs2qL9uSKaGuShnTX_IjafGpllrl5kQU I really like electric splitters. However, I do not like the Ramsplitter and would not recommend it. It was poorly put together and I spent the first year fixing small errors, like the wheels coming off, leaks, etc. That said, it is just the right size to move by hand, and it does go vertical, a must for me.

If I were to get a new electric splitter I would get a Swisher 22 T. https://www.swisherinc.com/categori...20-volt-electric-full-frame-log-splitter.html They look better in every respect. You will love an electric splitter.

The Landworks electric cart is a must have for me. At my age I would not be able to be doing firewood without it. Especially here where my property is steep in some places. https://greatcircleus.com/products/...rnYsujjndiyrl6lCx8goTw-_GUEEw8Fz469cFEIaSf4cy

 

[MRD1985]

That's a lot of work.
I hope at least it goes inside through the back of the house.

I have to wheel barrow loads to the porch….front of the house. I can fit about a face cord on my racks

 

[all night moe]

I have to wheel barrow loads to the porch….front of the house. I can fit about a face cord on my racks

Definitely a lot of work.
Hopefully you're burning a 1/3 of what I go through.

I'm sure you're like me though. Wouldn't have it any other way. I enjoy burning wood for heat.

 

[MRD1985]

Definitely a lot of work.
Hopefully you're burning a 1/3 of what I go through.

I'm sure you're like me though. Wouldn't have it any other way. I enjoy burning wood for heat.

About 3ish cords a season. In January temps I get 7-10 days for 1/3 cord. If we do get the cold winter they are predicting it may be a little more, used about 3 last season.

You betcha bud! Nothing like wood heat

 

[Pinesmoke]

I'm on a larger scale. Currently takes me 10 cord per season to heat this drafty 4500sq ft. I'm sure as I continue working on tightening up the house, and improving the heating system, I'll be able to cut that down to 6ish. Possibly better as I improve the "woodyard'' with species organization. That and accumulation of uglies. I love burning those and saving splits.

The volume of wood I bring in clogs the driveway quick. One busy week at work is all it takes. I get backed up and other outdoor chores, mowing and the likes, takes up time needed to process wood. A second busy week and the driveway is practically done for. From there, incoming wood gets piled on top as I struggle to keep up.

Owning a splitter would help instead of doing the rental, and swinging the Fiskaris in between. I am also trying to get far enough ahead on firewood to have some sales for supplement income. I guess what I'm looking for is, what do others do here for production processing?

Man I hear ya. Before I moved south I was running 6-8 cords a year and it can be..... work. I am glad I'm only running 3 or so now.

 

[all night moe]

Man I hear ya. Before I moved south I was running 6-8 cords a year and it can be..... work. I am glad I'm only running 3 or so now.

I need to up my game. Better yard organization with space and some automation.

 

[Woodsplitter67]

Way back when I used to use the back section of my driveway. No I have the back portion of the backyard dedicated to splitting. I normally am sitting on 12/14 cords CSS and 6/8 cords in log length
I need enough room to move the machine around and the 2 splitters as well as my pile of splits

 

[all night moe]

Way back when I used to use the back section of my driveway. No I have the back portion of the backyard dedicated to splitting. I normally am sitting on 12/14 cords CSS and 6/8 cords in log length
I need enough room to move the machine around and the 2 splitters as well as my pile of splits

Nice setup. Looks productive....I like it.
To be 3yrs ahead on cut and split, I'd be sitting on 30ish cord.....LOL.
You're making great use of that space for what you have going on.

 

[Woodsplitter67]

Nice setup. Looks productive....I like it.
To be 3yrs ahead on cut and split, I'd be sitting on 30ish cord.....LOL.
You're making great use of that space for what you have going on.

Thanks man. I laid all DGA like 20 tons so it's nice in the winter, not muddy. The area for cutting into rounds and splitting are great independent areas. Iv had over 5 cords split in that one big pile and can sit there tarped until a woodshed is ready to be filled.

This made things easier because I don't have to clean up all the time, I can just tarp my stuff until I feel like working on it again