woodman6666
ArboristSite Guru
Yes, real estate is expensive. Labor is not cheap like it used to be years ago.
None of the guys working for me make minimum wage. They are way above that.
Two of them have bought homes while working here.
I just figured that would be the only reason for hand stacking the wood. Just to save space. A number of years ago my wife was in Ca and drove past a large firewood operation near muscle beach (maybe yours not sure) but they had the same program going alot of hand work and high stacks. Which when she showed me the pictures I figured they were trying to save precious real estate space.