wood put up for the winter

[Coal Reaper]

just sharing. first year burning for heat so we will see how far this gets me. ~4.5 cords of ash, maple, and black birch with a little oak and locust mixed in that was cut dead, all around 20%. the ends in the racks are 1.25 cord oak cut spring '12 that is still at 25-30%. if that is not ready by the time i need it i can bring in more ash from outside. the doors on the ends of the barn stay open unless its raining. i think it will be nice to have everything inside already a mere 20' form the boiler.
gotta add half cord more birch to the 15/16 stack to finish that out and then replenish the stack i just moved in for 16/17!

 

[Richie]

Is that a pole barn you have?

I season all my wood in a pole barn. It is a 40' X 60' with on of the 60' sides completely open. I just split a piece of red oak that was towards the back and in the middle of the pile. It was c/s/s in Oct of 12. Came in at 26% moisture. Does anyone else on the board season in a pole barn? I know there are quite a few here that would be "against this practice". I hate restacking twice!

 

[Coal Reaper]

yeah, 25x50. i have 3 rows of double stacks behind it that my idea is to bring in one row each winter. my justification is that it might not be bad practice to stir things up a bit in order to continue seasoning, also gives an opportunity for a decent ammount of bark to fall off the splits. i hate moving the wood, but i think i would hate more to give up the realestate in the summer months. thats project floor space!