Post pictures of your woodpile/splitting area

[tnichols]

Finished the top of a course and over half way through the final course for this bay this afternoon. A few of the the rounds were 26"-30" across. My back tonight tells me I should have noodled those in the timber!

 

[ri chevy]

Real nice! Looks good. Both of you guys. [emoji2][emoji106]

 

[treebilly]

Damn is that some clean looking wood! I'm ashamed to post my split pics now for sure

 

[tnichols]

Thanks, and don't be. We have a small insert that we run from October to March nonstop, BUT, we only burn 1.5-2 cord per winter, so I don't have to process a lot. Therefore, I've become somewhat of a wood snob . I don't need much, so I'm pretty selective when heading into the timber. My saw and splitter don't care what they're working on. And, for the record, I've burned everything from Cottonwood to Hedge over the years. I still mix some soft wood with the Oak and Hickory to burn up the coals or for morning to get things going again.

The wood in this pic was standing dead oak that I tipped over late last fall. That wood out of the stem/butt log is really nice stuff. This will be burned 3-4 years from now, if I live that long .

 

[Oldmaple]

View attachment 556011 Finished the top of a course and over half way through the final course for this bay this afternoon. A few of the the rounds were 26"-30" across. My back tonight tells me I should have noodled those in the timber!

Nice stacks. I agree with treebilly, I can no longer post pictures of my stacks. Too ashamed.

 

[johnnyballs]

View attachment 556011 Finished the top of a course and over half way through the final course for this bay this afternoon. A few of the the rounds were 26"-30" across. My back tonight tells me I should have noodled those in the timber!

i'm envious...i'd eat a sandwich off of that ground...cheers...

 

[tnichols]

LOL. Knowing me, I probably have. Actually, it's not THAT clean, I just sweep up when I'm done splitting.

 

[Guswhit]

I'm getting closer to finishing up the pile for the year. I have another couple of weeks before I have to be out of commission for awhile so I hope I get done.

 

[svk]

View attachment 556562 View attachment 556563 I'm getting closer to finishing up the pile for the year. I have another couple of weeks before I have to be out of commission for awhile so I hope I get done.

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It looks incredibly dry there!

 

[Guswhit]

It looks incredibly dry there!

My pile is right next to a large sand prairie on the edge of the Mississippi river. Well above the flood plain. It has not snowed over an inch in over 50 days here now, but we have had some rain. I think we are still above the average precipitation for the winter, but this sand flat I'm working on just stays/looks really dry.

 

[tnichols]

Nice, clean operation you're running! What part of eastern Iowa?

 

[Guswhit]

Nice, clean operation you're running! What part of eastern Iowa?

Right on the Mississippi north of Clinton. I try and keep up with it, but some of you guys have the most perfect looking stacks I'm embarrassed to even take any pictures. I basically split this stuff for production. Anything that looks like it is not going to split evenly/cleanly gets tossed/stacked on the other side of the pile that I take home for personal use. I have about 2 big pickup loads stacked off to the side now to get out of there that are the big gnarly crotches that I can knock down with my hydraulic splitter.

 

[tnichols]

Right on the Mississippi north of Clinton. I try and keep up with it, but some of you guys have the most perfect looking stacks I'm embarrassed to even take any pictures. I basically split this stuff for production. Anything that looks like it is not going to split evenly/cleanly gets tossed/stacked on the other side of the pile that I take home for personal use. I have about 2 big pickup loads stacked off to the side now to get out of there that are the big gnarly crotches that I can knock down with my hydraulic splitter.

We're just north of Hwy 30 about 6 miles, SW of Anamosa.

 

[Jere39]

Hey guys, I have my stacks scattered around my property, mostly in the woods, or along the edge of the woods. This time of the year I am mostly restoring my supply. I cut, split, and stack all winter long. I have been marking my stacks with a magic marker to monitor the age, and when to start to use them. I always just wrote on the end of a clean split near the top right of the pile. Well today after tripping over one of the face-cut wedges for about a week, I decided to pick it up and use it as my date marker for this pile. So, no big deal, just a use for them other than my firepit, and to get them out from under foot. Anyone else come up with a use for these wedges?

 

[briantutt]

Hey guys, I have my stacks scattered around my property, mostly in the woods, or along the edge of the woods. This time of the year I am mostly restoring my supply. I cut, split, and stack all winter long. I have been marking my stacks with a magic marker to monitor the age, and when to start to use them. I always just wrote on the end of a clean split near the top right of the pile. Well today after tripping over one of the face-cut wedges for about a week, I decided to pick it up and use it as my date marker for this pile. So, no big deal, just a use for them other than my firepit, and to get them out from under foot. Anyone else come up with a use for these wedges?
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I burn the goofy shaped stuff early in the fall.

Brian

 

[rarefish383]

Hey guys, I have my stacks scattered around my property, mostly in the woods, or along the edge of the woods. This time of the year I am mostly restoring my supply. I cut, split, and stack all winter long. I have been marking my stacks with a magic marker to monitor the age, and when to start to use them. I always just wrote on the end of a clean split near the top right of the pile. Well today after tripping over one of the face-cut wedges for about a week, I decided to pick it up and use it as my date marker for this pile. So, no big deal, just a use for them other than my firepit, and to get them out from under foot. Anyone else come up with a use for these wedges?
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Good idea. I just thru one on the truck and was going to paint it like a water melon and use it as a door chock. Just a tad big tho, it's about 22 inches wide and weighs about 40 pounds, but it would keep the door open or closed, Joe.

 

[svk]

Good idea. I just thru one on the truck and was going to paint it like a water melon and use it as a door chock. Just a tad big tho, it's about 22 inches wide and weighs about 40 pounds, but it would keep the door open or closed, Joe.

What a cool idea!

 

[Guswhit]

Hey guys, I have my stacks scattered around my property, mostly in the woods, or along the edge of the woods. This time of the year I am mostly restoring my supply. I cut, split, and stack all winter long. I have been marking my stacks with a magic marker to monitor the age, and when to start to use them. I always just wrote on the end of a clean split near the top right of the pile. Well today after tripping over one of the face-cut wedges for about a week, I decided to pick it up and use it as my date marker for this pile. So, no big deal, just a use for them other than my firepit, and to get them out from under foot. Anyone else come up with a use for these wedges?
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I want to know how you guys get those trees to grow without the bark? Now that is some pretty looking wood! Can I say that on this site without getting into trouble?

 

[Ronaldo]

I usually just burn em, but I like your idea.

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[cantoo]

I usually just use them to trip over in the snow. Keeps me on my toes or on my back.