Post pictures of your woodpile/splitting area

[ShaneLogs]

Good idea. Our nearest available acreage is 1400 miles away. That wouldn't be too handy for us. That's ok, we're looking at putting a lot of mileage between us and all these asinine zoning laws.

Drop some stuff of here, I got all kinds of room where we can " Hide " stuff at

 

[NHlocal]

Fine looking wood shed there, much like I envision myself building next spring. It'll get the wood off the ground and sheltered, should dry just fine in there. Are all 3 sides going to be tarped in, or just the 2 ends?
The woodpile at the lake is long, but not high, I'd like to have it stacked up about 6 feet high with plenty of space to ventilate between rows.

Thanks Denis,
the tarp on the end stays up pretty much all the time, "most" of the rain/snow we get comes from North or West and that's the North end of the shed so it keeps most of the precip. off the wood. I built in enough of an overhang on the front(East) and back(West) to keep "most" of the precip. out, but I do hang a heavy tarp on the front in the winter to keep that Nor'easter snow out.....

I like the way that turned out. What are the dimensions on that shed? I was actually thinking of building a couple of small sheds like that on my property for wood storage.

Looks like 16'x12'. Them pallets give it away.:tongue2:

Good guess based on the pallets but, they're "small" pallets, maybe an inch or two over 3ft square, I snapped a few pics in between stacking wood.....

.....8ft front to back.....

.....12ft long.....

.....just over 5ft in the back.....

.....just over 7ft in the front.....

.....that gives me enough room to fit about 4 1/2 cord, enough to get me through a long cold winter, and it's just enough pitch on the metal roof for the snow to very slowly unload itself (so I don't have to do it :hmm3grin2orange: )

 

[Mac88]

Nice pics NH, thanks for posting them.

 

[wagz]

paint leaves onto your shingles

 

[Garmins dad]

paint leaves onto your shingles

Camo tarp.. :msp_wink:

nice wood shed..

 

[NHlocal]

paint leaves onto your shingles

I don't think the wife would go for the "real tree" look on the house.....:hmm3grin2orange:

Camo tarp.. :msp_wink:

nice wood shed..

Ayuh, camo tarp, I like that, thanks! :msp_thumbup:
(it's all a very "low budget" operation, if I can get a hold of one "cheap, cheap", also, most of the PT came from a "cull pack" I got from Lowe's right down the street for $20 and the metal for the roof was free!!! )
.....make coffee and get ready for "work" time again.....
Have a good week.

Work safe. :msp_thumbsup:

 

[stihl023/5]

Show some more pics when you fill it up.

 

[bcorradi]

Here is a load of red oak I/we (my family and I) just finished up. We split it all by hand exclusively with the X25 and X27. Out of the whole lot there were about 40 pieces that I'll be noodling later.

 

[NHlocal]

Here is a load of red oak I/we (my family and I) just finished up. We split it all by hand exclusively with the X25 and X27. Out of the whole lot there were about 40 pieces that I'll be noodling later.

Ayuh, that's a nice lookin' pile of Oak you got there, gonna get plenty of heat out of that.....family operation, that's the way to get it done.

 

[zogger]

Here is a load of red oak I/we (my family and I) just finished up. We split it all by hand exclusively with the X25 and X27. Out of the whole lot there were about 40 pieces that I'll be noodling later.

Outstanding! Goes to show you don't really need a power splitter to get some decent..well, your's ain't stacked yet, but heaps 0 loads of wood!

 

[NHlocal]

Show some more pics when you fill it up.

I'm in the process of loading in last year's left overs,
.....when I fill it, pics will come.....:hmm3grin2orange:

 

[wagz]

my god that's a lot of wood...

 

[bkc]

That is a nice pile of wood.

Brian

 

[bcorradi]

Thanks guys. Yeah its a fair amount of wood...a 12 cord log load. I'm about to order a 12-13 cord load of white birch within the next week to play with.

 

[Garmins dad]

Thanks guys. Yeah its a fair amount of wood...a 12 cord log load. I'm about to order a 12-13 cord load of white birch within the next week to play with.

:msp_scared: play??? sheeze.. you and i have different ideas about play time.. BUT.. keep it up man. nice pile of heat you have there.. Can't wait to see your next pile of heat.. :msp_smile:

 

[ShaneLogs]

Thanks guys. Yeah its a fair amount of wood...a 12 cord log load. I'm about to order a 12-13 cord load of white birch within the next week to play with.

Birch bark is an awesome fire starter too. Just let your Birch dry out good and you will love it! Burns hot and nice. Doesn't split really hard too. It's kinda stringy though.

 

[NHlocal]

Birch bark is an awesome fire starter too. Just let your Birch dry out good and you will love it! Burns hot and nice. Doesn't split really hard too. It's kinda stringy though.

Ayuh, for a "natural" fire starter Birch bark is one of the best.....:msp_thumbup:

 

[Denis Gionet]

True, I used a bit last weekend, it burns a damn site better than any newsprint you can find. I gotta knock over a few birch for firewood, just to get some bark ! There's a few nice ones standing where I hunt, I'll be sure to bring a load back on a trip home.

 

[ShaneLogs]

Ayuh, for a "natural" fire starter Birch bark is one of the best.....:msp_thumbup:

Oh yeah, I love it. Awesome stuff!

 

[danthe]

One of our friends just started doing moose calls out of white birch bark. Lucky me he's keeping all leftover cutting for me:jester: I presently have 8 bags (white tire bags). I figure I will have some for a few years cause when the cold season starts I can go a few weeks without needing to start the fire. I take the ash out in covered metal pails when it still has red amber.

Wood is all piles up for the winter. Just need to cover it up soon and getting ready to start over for next years supply. I will send pics soon.