I've seen some pictures on here of rounds that have been stacked but not split. Since everything I have read here tells me it doesn't dry worth a darn, what are the reasons for not splitting before stacking? Longer storage?
Stubborn Dutchman said:I've seen some pictures on here of rounds that have been stacked but not split. Since everything I have read here tells me it doesn't dry worth a darn, what are the reasons for not splitting before stacking? Longer storage?
mecreature said:just plain lazy
Kaptain said:mecreature said:just plain lazy
Not always.
I have a pile of rounds stacked from a few scrounges from over the summer.
The main reason is that I like to have a nice pile before using the splitter - since I currently rent one. I'll split a few here and there by hand but I have some nasty and huge rounds that need some hydraulic love.
mecreature said:Kaptain said:mecreature said:just plain lazy
Not always.
I have a pile of rounds stacked from a few scrounges from over the summer.
The main reason is that I like to have a nice pile before using the splitter - since I currently rent one. I'll split a few here and there by hand but I have some nasty and huge rounds that need some hydraulic love.
only kidding.. look at those rounds pagey has. That is beautiful. good photo too.
I have intentionally set some rounds back also, same reasons.
CountryBoy19 said:For me, I split by hand. I also take a score when it presents itself. So if that means I cut up 10 trees in two weeks (because they'll be gone if I don't get them asap) then that's what I do. I pile the rounds, then splits as I can. I don't kill myself splitting, just a few hours every day, slow and steady.
jlow said:Stacked this last fall because my wood shed was full. I did not want to split, stack and then restack in the spring. When I split it the MC was 16% after the winter. I don't think of myself as lazy, just conserving needed energy.
Pagey said:I stack some rounds for storage purposes. We've got the lean to in the barn full of standing dead beetle kill pine, for example. Since I already have at least a full burn season's worth of pine split and stacked, we just store the extra in the round. It will season in 6 months, easily, in our climate so I just make sure to work it up at least 6 months before I need it.
My Oslo heats my home said:Pagey said:I stack some rounds for storage purposes. We've got the lean to in the barn full of standing dead beetle kill pine, for example. Since I already have at least a full burn season's worth of pine split and stacked, we just store the extra in the round. It will season in 6 months, easily, in our climate so I just make sure to work it up at least 6 months before I need it.
pagey, no problems drying under the lean-to? The summer heat and wind is enough to dry that wood in short time? Even the logs in the center?
Wood Duck said:What else would I do when I get a big bunch of rounds? I guess I could toss them in a heap, but it doesn't take much more effort to stack them, and it keeps more of them off the ground until I split and stack them more permanently.
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