Post pictures of your woodpile/splitting area

[ShaneLogs]

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.

That's pretty cool! Howdy neighbor

 

[bcorradi]

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.

We used to burn a lot of birch when I lived in northern, mn, but I haven't burnt much here in central, mn. However, I will be burning some this winter. I've been selling 1/3 cord loads of split birch to bonfire burners this summer for $125. I sold enough already to pay for my load of red oak and got over half saved for a load of birch. Next year I hope to sell this a whole log load of birch this way.

 

[wagz]

i backpack a good bit and birch is always something i'm on the lookout for as i'm hiking. anytime i can i grab a few of the rolls of bark that are lying on the ground and stuff em in my pocket. they are great for starting a campfire and getting it past that critical 5 minute window from initial flame to coals...

 

[damato333]

How do so many of you guys stack your wood so nicely and keep your splitting area so clean. I'm embarassed to show pictures of my wood piles and splitting area. I'm especially embarassed of my splitting area after looking at all the guys who clean up around their splitter.

 

[Mac88]

How do so many of you guys stack your wood so nicely and keep your splitting area so clean. I'm embarassed to show pictures of my wood piles and splitting area. I'm especially embarassed of my splitting area after looking at all the guys who clean up around their splitter.

This make ya feel better?

 

[Garmins dad]

WOW nice wood stack.. and btw.. THAT'S still a clean area.. :msp_unsure:

 

[Mac88]

WOW nice wood stack.. and btw.. THAT'S still a clean area.. :msp_unsure:

Hehe...you can't see all the area. It's kinda messy.

 

[woodbooga]

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

never gets wet neither, even after a downpoor. Got many a camp fire going in the wet using birchbark and pine twiggies.

The waterresistent properties of white birch was well understood by the various Abenaki, Mowhawk, etc. who used it in canoemaking and basketry.

The wood under the bark's good for burnen, too. Quick seasoning and hot n' fast to prep up the maple and oaks.

 

[Steve NW WI]

never gets wet neither, even after a downpoor. Got many a camp fire going in the wet using birchbark and pine twiggies.

The waterresistent properties of white birch was well understood by the various Abenaki, Mowhawk, etc. who used it in canoemaking and basketry.

The wood under the bark's good for burnen, too. Quick seasoning and hot n' fast to prep up the maple and oaks.

Good to see ya around again, 'booga!

I've not seen the "quick seasoning" in white birch here, seems to hold moisture longer than say maple, but not as long as oak. Yes, it's all split, at least everything over 4". I do like burning it, although it may be worth more to city people around here than it is to me. I've talked to some local members who are getting more $/cord for birch than they are for oak, from the "ambience" burners. I might have to sell the cord I have dried here, and put a nice check in the wallet. I've got plenty of other choices to burn, and I think a stack of bark off oak or elm looks prettier next to the stove than birch does.

 

[Denis Gionet]

This make ya feel better?

Yeah, that looks familiar.... like my cutting/splitting/piling area at the lake. Filled the trailer (7x7) with bark & sawdust the other day !

 

[damato333]

I'll take pictures of my splitting area/wood piles today. But I'll take pics after I split a few cords.:chainsawguy:

 

[ShaneLogs]

This make ya feel better?

Still pretty neat there!

 

[damato333]

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You can see my nicely stacked firewood and my beautifully cleaned splitting area. Now after seeing the pics that my phone takes, I think I am more embarassed of my phone than my non stacked firewood and my messy splitting area lol. Those logs on the side I just scored yesterday. There is some maple, ash, and 2 or 3 pine logs.

 

[Mac88]

You can see my nicely stacked firewood and my beautifully cleaned splitting area. Now after seeing the pics that my phone takes, I think I am more embarassed of my phone than my non stacked firewood and my messy splitting area lol. Those logs on the side I just scored yesterday. There is some maple, ash, and 2 or 3 pine logs.

Looks like a work in progress. I don't see a thing to be embarrassed about. When you've got that much going on it's pretty hard to keep it cleaned up.

 

[Rudedog]

You can see my nicely stacked firewood and my beautifully cleaned splitting area. Now after seeing the pics that my phone takes, I think I am more embarassed of my phone than my non stacked firewood and my messy splitting area lol. Those logs on the side I just scored yesterday. There is some maple, ash, and 2 or 3 pine logs.

Man, you've got a crap ton of wood. Your splitter looks like a Timberwolf. I always have a huge mess of bark because half of what I scrounge is Honey Locust. That's a mess to split but burns great. I'm guessing you sell wood because that would be a lot to burn in one house.

 

[Ronaldo]

damato333, those pics look pretty good to me and looks like a nice area to cut and split in. Good Work and lots of wood--I like.

Ron

 

[Denis Gionet]

Bah, the little stuff in the last pic is good for land fill, it'll dry and firm up the muddy areas ! Nice big stuff you have there, good score !

 

[damato333]

damato333, those pics look pretty good to me and looks like a nice area to cut and split in. Good Work and lots of wood--I like.

Ron

When I first looked at them I think my computer zoomed in on the pictures automatically.

 

[damato333]

Man, you've got a crap ton of wood. Your splitter looks like a Timberwolf. I always have a huge mess of bark because half of what I scrounge is Honey Locust. That's a mess to split but burns great. I'm guessing you sell wood because that would be a lot to burn in one house.

It's not a timberwolf. It's an All Wood Log Splitter. It's almost a timberwolf but just a little cheapier.

 

[NHlocal]

O.K., got the "first part" done, leftover firewood I didn't burn last year is in the woodshed. I was a little surprised to find out there's just over 1 cord, burned less than I thought, but it was a very mild winter. Not sure when I can move wood from my Church property to my woodshed, hopefully within the next few weeks.....:msp_thumbup:


.....my woodshed/splitting area this afternoon, ayuh, aside from the pile of bark and "chunks" I do like to keep it clean.....

.....and this is where I'm pulling the wood from, more than 80% Red Oak with a mix of Ash, Beech, and Red Maple.....:biggrinbounce2:

.....I'll be adding to the "log pile" on my Church property soon, I'm cutting an Elm and Cherry for my brother in law either tomorrow or Monday. :msp_w00t:
Have a good weekend!

Work safe. :msp_thumbsup: