Post pictures of your woodpile/splitting area

[bartman23]

Figured this fall I'd try and save as much of my wood stash for next year in attempts to get ahead by just cutting and splitting standing dead stuff and burning that. So far so good, already been through over half cord.

 

[captjack]

Just drug a nice oak out of the woods behind house - had to go all of 25 yards into woods ! nice and straight not to big - easy splitter !

 

[NGaMountains]

QUOTE="ri chevy, post: 6065716, member: 85783"]Nice and neat.

Could you please show some closer up pics of how you set up the racks with the cinder blocks please? That's a great idea. Thanks[/QUOTE]

Sorry this took so long, been fighting with a new computer and the photo app for too long trying to get these pics to upload. I'm going to try to finish this up on my phone, apologies if something doesn't come through right.

The beauty of this rack is its simplicity. Here's a photo of the overall rack. 5 blocks, 4 landscape timbers (2 on each side of the blocks, meeting in the middle over the center block), two 4' 2x4s on each end.

Here's a closeup of the end blocks, with 2x4s inserted into the blocks, inboard of the landscape timbers. These blocks have to be oriented up/down to accept the 2x4s which form the ends of the rack that hold the wood in place

Here's a picture of the middle cinder block, showing how the two 8' landscape timbers on each side meet in the center of the middle block.

Here's a photo of one of the middle three cinder blocks, showing how these are laid over on their sides, as compared to the blocks on the ends. I have seen some suggest you can skip the blocks in the middle of the landscape timbers, but I choose to use them given I am stacking hardwood and think the timbers would sag significantly under the weight. If you are stacking lighter wood you may be able to get away with three blocks instead of five.

Also, I have used 4' 2x4 ends, but if you want more capacity I think you could use 6' 2x4s and stack higher.

I hope this was helpful. Let me know if you have further questions and happy building!

 

[ri chevy]

Cool. Thanks for taking your time to show us. I think I will try your setup. [emoji106]

 

[jehu]

Just another day in paradise.

 

[NGaMountains]

Just another day in paradise.

All those hardwood rounds laying there it looks like paradise. Nice work!

 

[jehu]

Thanks, don't get me wrong I love it!

 

[ri chevy]

Hey neighbor. Lol

 

[tnichols]

When we moved onto this property, the barn was in bad shape (sorry for the crappy picture of a picture) so, I spent a long summer fixing, rebuilding, etc...(I'm a glutton for punishment). It turned out pretty nice, and now it's our wood shed. Structure is 48'x60' if I remember correctly. The bays that the stacks are in are 12'x12' and the horizontal cross member in the back of the bays is at the 7' line for perspective. Quick math has each bay holding 4-6 cord. We use approximately 2 cord a winter, so I try to stay ahead as the stacks don't get sun or wind. 99% of the wood pictured is oak, hickory (either butternut or shag), or mulberry. Shorts and uglies go in a bin I made out of an old pallet or outdoors by the fire pit.

 

[ri chevy]

Very nice refurb. And neatly stacked piles.

 

[Philbert]

Very pretty wood, and clean work area. Nice how you 'turned' that old barn around too!

Philbert

 

[tnichols]

Thanks fellas! Rebuilding the barn was A LOT of work, but I'm glad we did. To replace that structure with same/similar materials would be pricey. They were built hell for stout back then and I'm guessing it will still be standing when most other structures are in a pile.

 

[Plowboy83]

I wound up getting another 2 cords cut and split today with the help from one of our workers. I think there should only be another trailer load left

 

[Logger nate]

Getting started on next summers campfire wood sales

 

[Toy4xchris]

sent from my electronic leash

 

[JCMC]

I finally got some pictures of my set up it works well for a one man operation. Cut l headed for the splitter Split and Stack then Burn .

 

[ri chevy]

Photo doesn't seem to work

 

[JCMC]

They are working on my end

 

[certified106]

I finally got some pictures of my set up it works well for a one man operation.View attachment 541001 Cut View attachment 541003l View attachment 541005headed for the splitter View attachment 541007 View attachment 541008 View attachment 541009 View attachment 541011Split and Stack View attachment 541012 then BurnView attachment 541013 .

Looking Great!

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[ri chevy]

Lol. They work now. I must have clicked on it when you were still loading them.
Really cool process