5# Plumb rafting pattern - one of the best wedge drivers if you can find one.
Here's mine:
Ron
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5# Plumb rafting pattern - one of the best wedge drivers if you can find one.
Here's mine:
Ron
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Here's my firewood area. It is all set up to be a streamlined one way operation, because I don't like picking anything up more times than I have to.
I can back a pickup/trailer in, right up to the splitter, pull rounds off the tailgate and split, then toss right into the shed. If it's dry enough to be going straight into the shed. I also keep a big round next to the back door of the wood shed for hand splitting. Otherwise I usually prefer to store rounds for seasoning, and have put together a few skids to stack on.
Here's a view from the inside of the shed looking out. It was a perfect straight shot backing in until my in-laws decided that was where they wanted to park their camper. To be fair we invited them to move on to our land and build a cabin, so they're doing the best they can. I can still get in around the camper.
Here's a picture of the current dry supply. This is the latest I have ever gone in the year without a full woodshed, and I've been in emergency mode this week trying to remedy that. I would say the shed is roughly 5/7 full at the moment. I'm disappointed with how warm it's been getting into mid-Nov this year. Only had a little snow this week and it doesn't last.
And lastly is a pic showing from the door to the house to the wood shed. We just drag a little wagon out to the wood shed here and can get 2-4 days of wood at a time. I was never a fan of making 10 armload trips to load the rack/box in the house.
This is only our 2nd winter on this property, and we run a small family construction company, so the wood pile isn't as "developed" as I'd prefer. We burn Doug Fir, Larch, Grand Fir and Lodgepole Pine. Most else I pass on, though a little Cedar mixed in here and there is pleasant. If I had time to be picky I'd skip the Grand Fir and Lodgepole, but it's easy to get real close to the house. Though the Grand Fir does smell nice. We have a little Hemlock & various Birch around but it's not yet been convenient to take for burning.
I can back a pickup/trailer in, right up to the splitter, pull rounds off the tailgate and split, then toss right into the shed. If it's dry enough to be going straight into the shed. I also keep a big round next to the back door of the wood shed for hand splitting. Otherwise I usually prefer to store rounds for seasoning, and have put together a few skids to stack on.
Here's a view from the inside of the shed looking out. It was a perfect straight shot backing in until my in-laws decided that was where they wanted to park their camper. To be fair we invited them to move on to our land and build a cabin, so they're doing the best they can. I can still get in around the camper.
Here's a picture of the current dry supply. This is the latest I have ever gone in the year without a full woodshed, and I've been in emergency mode this week trying to remedy that. I would say the shed is roughly 5/7 full at the moment. I'm disappointed with how warm it's been getting into mid-Nov this year. Only had a little snow this week and it doesn't last.
And lastly is a pic showing from the door to the house to the wood shed. We just drag a little wagon out to the wood shed here and can get 2-4 days of wood at a time. I was never a fan of making 10 armload trips to load the rack/box in the house.
This is only our 2nd winter on this property, and we run a small family construction company, so the wood pile isn't as "developed" as I'd prefer. We burn Doug Fir, Larch, Grand Fir and Lodgepole Pine. Most else I pass on, though a little Cedar mixed in here and there is pleasant. If I had time to be picky I'd skip the Grand Fir and Lodgepole, but it's easy to get real close to the house. Though the Grand Fir does smell nice. We have a little Hemlock & various Birch around but it's not yet been convenient to take for burning.
The pic of your current dry supply reminds me a lot of grandfather's wood shed. Good memories.
Just about have my splitting area cleaned up for the winter. I'm sure I'll get a new pile going next spring. Each rack is a full cord of wood. Primarily oak, ash and hickory. A bit of other mixed hardwoods here and there.
I love having a large wood shed for personal heating wood. It's a game changer, from covering piles, and dealing with snow. Especially with the shorter daylight, it's not a problem going out and getting a wheelbarrow load of beautiful dry splits after dark.
I agree.
Older pictures from previous years.
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^^ That's not a wood shed, that's a wood Barn
It was going to be two wood sheds facing each other, with shed roofs when I started. Drive between. One side for one year, one side for the next, and rotate. Got started, and decided to connect them.
The left bay had repurposed board fencing for flooring where the small ramp is. The rest is 2" x 4" on edge, cleated on the top in places, to stack firewood on. 8' removable sections. 4" x 4" x 8' vertical posts in the dirt 2' to stack against. Wasn't much of a plan to start with, but
worked out well enough. The header should have been higher. It ended up about 32' wide x 24' deep. I have patched the roof many times due to falling limbs poking threw.
The left bay had repurposed board fencing for flooring where the small ramp is. The rest is 2" x 4" on edge, cleated on the top in places, to stack firewood on. 8' removable sections. 4" x 4" x 8' vertical posts in the dirt 2' to stack against. Wasn't much of a plan to start with, but
worked out well enough. The header should have been higher. It ended up about 32' wide x 24' deep. I have patched the roof many times due to falling limbs poking threw.
4WD club splitting day, it’s our only fundraiser. We buy what we need to clear trails with the money.
Stacked some more . Need to move this pile tomorrow and split some more
I can’t see the camper, must be behind that travel trailer...
Cambium
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That time of year I just enjoying scrolling through and seeing pictures of others firewood. Awesome.
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Nearly done with this seasons wood. One more batch of larger wood, then split & stack.
So far November has been colder than average & the first part of December at least looks to be the same.
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Still building the pile.
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Got some more oak had to use the 72 . Driveshaft u joints and center carrier bearing are being replaced on my Dodge . There's one load left of this oak and three or four more loads of mixed hardwood . 
That’s awesome. Even having an open shelter like that for toy parking etc is great.
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