Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[SS396driver]

Just back from Home Depot the water heater sprung a leak and they had a propane unit in stock . Same brand Rheem the last one was about 20 years old. I bought some ball valves to replace the gate valves that didn’t work well any more. And to my surprise the everbuilt brand were made in Italy . Made my day not buying Chinese junk

 

[JustJeff]

I do round stacks, kind of a modified holzhauzen. I stand the center pieces vertically.
Crazy day was 14°C earlier now 0 and snowing. For the muricians that's about 57 down to 32. Lost almost all our snow. Friday there was a few spots 3ft deep. Lot of flooding in the area.

 

[Woodtroll]

Yesterday's Doug Fir is split and the start of a holzhausen for winter '27.
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That's a nice start! Good looking ring.

I have a general curiosity question about stacking split wood that this photo prompted me to ask. Certainly not picking on Haywire at all:

When you're stacking split wood that either is not going to be covered for a while or may be exposed to some rain (like the wood on the sides of a stack that that is covered on top only), do you think it makes a difference whether the bark side is up or down? I try to stack mine with the bark on top and split side down, thinking that since bark is somewhat of a moisture barrier that it will shed more rain than the split side wood. I even wonder if the moisture in wood will drain to the bottom of a stick (like a pair of pants hung on the clothesline to dry will do - drying last at the bottom of the legs) and evaporate better if the split side is down. But that may be stretching my imagination a little far, I don't know, especially since moisture runs better with the grain and vessels in the wood (end to end) rather than laterally to them.

These are just ideas based on random thoughts I have while doing manual labor sometimes, and I dont really have any scientific evidence to base this on. I'm just curious what y'all think?

 

[JimR]

Can't say I agree with you guys. I refuse to **** around with bald, dry-rotted tires that need to be inflated every other day. Everybody's budget and perspective is different, but my time, my vehicles, my personal safety and particularly the safety of others is worth way more a decent set of tires.

Tires are like life insurance.

 

[sean donato]

That’s a huge rim @75 inches
tires about 9 feet tall ?

I was at a Sam’s one day and a guy was getting some tires put on his F350 I was getting them on my 3500 Dodge . I had to special order them because they didn’t stock E rated tires . Casually talking with the guy and I mentioned it took two weeks for them to get the tires in . He said he just stopped in because he had a flat and decided to put all new tires on . I told him he better check the rating . Sure enough they were putting D rated tires on it . Man was he pissed they had to take them off and get some from a local tire shop .

Communist tire size.... think they equate out close to a 35x12.5. at over $300.00 a tire I'm not really interested. Not liking 17" wheels so far.

 

[JustJeff]

That's a nice start! Good looking ring.

I have a general curiosity question about stacking split wood that this photo prompted me to ask. Certainly not picking on Haywire at all:

When you're stacking split wood that either is not going to be covered for a while or may be exposed to some rain (like the wood on the sides of a stack that that is covered on top only), do you think it makes a difference whether the bark side is up or down? I try to stack mine with the bark on top and split side down, thinking that since bark is somewhat of a moisture barrier that it will shed more rain than the split side wood. I even wonder if the moisture in wood will drain to the bottom of a stick (like a pair of pants hung on the clothesline to dry will do - drying last at the bottom of the legs) and evaporate better if the split side is down. But that may be stretching my imagination a little far, I don't know, especially since moisture runs better with the grain and vessels in the wood (end to end) rather than laterally to them.

These are just ideas based on random thoughts I have while doing manual labor sometimes, and I dont really have any scientific evidence to base this on. I'm just curious what y'all think?

I stack bark up especially on top of the stack no matter what type of stack

 

[Haywire]

stand the center pieces vertically.

Might try that on this one, probably can get more in there that way.

That's a nice start! Good looking ring.

I have a general curiosity question about stacking split wood that this photo prompted me to ask. Certainly not picking on Haywire at all:

When you're stacking split wood that either is not going to be covered for a while or may be exposed to some rain (like the wood on the sides of a stack that that is covered on top only), do you think it makes a difference whether the bark side is up or down? I try to stack mine with the bark on top and split side down, thinking that since bark is somewhat of a moisture barrier that it will shed more rain than the split side wood. I even wonder if the moisture in wood will drain to the bottom of a stick (like a pair of pants hung on the clothesline to dry will do) and evaporate better if the split side is down. But that may be stretching my imagination a little far, I don't know, especially since moisture runs better with the grain and vessels in the wood (end to end) rather than laterally to them.

These are just ideas based on random thoughts I have while doing manual labor sometimes, and I dont really have any scientific evidence to base this on. I'm just curious what y'all think?

Thanks. Always have stacked splits sunny side up until the top row, but it probably doesn't really matter. This wood will sit there stacked for a couple years, then be moved into the shed before it gets burned for the winter.

 

[SS396driver]

Communist tire size.... think they equate out close to a 35x12.5. at over $300.00 a tire I'm not really interested. Not liking 17" wheels so far.

I put wranglers ATs on my dodge . The Kevlar reinforced ones. Never heard of the Kevlar ones but the price was right and they have been good so far . Put them on two years ago . Price was 275 a tire then