dsm382
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WOW!.. 6 yrs really?
winter 08-09 wood pile pictures
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pwl
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My wood operation. A friend wanted a couple of acres clear cut to expand his lawn. I figure I have approximately 60 face cords. Yes, we in Central New York deal with face cords. Even if someone talks about a cord of wood, 99 percent of the time they are refering to a face cord. The tractor with the grapple really increased my production rate this year. 
danrclem
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Nice pictures guys. I'm starting to breath hard and shake a little bit just looking at them.
I've got 10 cords +. This is the best year of getting wood that I've ever had. I haven't ever had anywhere near this much wood at one time. Most of it is split and in the barn and close to a cord is outside with most of it split.
I'd take a couple pictures but all you would see is what's in the doorway of the barn and the almost cord of locust and oak that's outside.
I've got 10 cords +. This is the best year of getting wood that I've ever had. I haven't ever had anywhere near this much wood at one time. Most of it is split and in the barn and close to a cord is outside with most of it split.
I'd take a couple pictures but all you would see is what's in the doorway of the barn and the almost cord of locust and oak that's outside.
CharlieG
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I have about 10 cords split and stacked for this and next year, and maybe a little more. When my wood guy drops the wood on me for free, what am I supposed to say...no?
. I say thanks.
. I say thanks.
rx7145
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Here is my pile for this year. I will add a little more later this fall.
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oneoldbanjo
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I very well think I may have 6 years of wood gathered up. This was not by choice, as I when I bought my OWB last year I bought a used 18x21 carport and just planned on filling it up every year and using it all winter and my plans were going great.
Then in the fall the power company came through and cleared 25 feet of additonal right of way on each side of their easement. I imagine they cut down about 200 trees. A lot of trees were locust and the straight ones became fence posts - but I probably had about 10 big Hickory/Oak/Ash trees and one big Sycamore that were cut that were about 18-20" diameter. There were probably about 20 medium size trees with 8-12" diameter and there is one White Oak that is 36" at the base and 34' up it is still over 24" and is being cut up for lumber in a couple of weeks. Here is what the back 1/3rd of the property looked like after the tree service left.
After a long year of burning 26 brush piles and cutting wood and hauling it to my wood storage this is what the hillside looks like. The hillside is on the far side of a creek and I have to haul the wood through my neighbors pasture, out his driveway and up the road to my place - the trip is about a 45 minute round trip and added considerably to the time it took to clean the place up.
I had some old metal roofing and some lumber left over from a project so I threw together this storage shed at the front of the property. It is 8' wide and 10 feet long and stacke about 7' high average and holds about 4 chords. It doesn't look like much - but did survive 75 mph winds of Hurricane Ike. The stuff on the side is short little pieces and junk that didn't stack well.
There are some logs that were pretty straight and I didn't cut up and just stacked on top of some railroad ties to keep them off the ground. I figured I can cover them easier if they are logs than if I cut and split them. The logs are about 8-10 feet long and the biggest one is about 24" diameter.
I believe that is the most pictures I can put in a single post - more to follow.
Then in the fall the power company came through and cleared 25 feet of additonal right of way on each side of their easement. I imagine they cut down about 200 trees. A lot of trees were locust and the straight ones became fence posts - but I probably had about 10 big Hickory/Oak/Ash trees and one big Sycamore that were cut that were about 18-20" diameter. There were probably about 20 medium size trees with 8-12" diameter and there is one White Oak that is 36" at the base and 34' up it is still over 24" and is being cut up for lumber in a couple of weeks. Here is what the back 1/3rd of the property looked like after the tree service left.
After a long year of burning 26 brush piles and cutting wood and hauling it to my wood storage this is what the hillside looks like. The hillside is on the far side of a creek and I have to haul the wood through my neighbors pasture, out his driveway and up the road to my place - the trip is about a 45 minute round trip and added considerably to the time it took to clean the place up.
I had some old metal roofing and some lumber left over from a project so I threw together this storage shed at the front of the property. It is 8' wide and 10 feet long and stacke about 7' high average and holds about 4 chords. It doesn't look like much - but did survive 75 mph winds of Hurricane Ike. The stuff on the side is short little pieces and junk that didn't stack well.
There are some logs that were pretty straight and I didn't cut up and just stacked on top of some railroad ties to keep them off the ground. I figured I can cover them easier if they are logs than if I cut and split them. The logs are about 8-10 feet long and the biggest one is about 24" diameter.
I believe that is the most pictures I can put in a single post - more to follow.
dsm382
ArboristSite Operative
Nice Tractor. so how do you like the Branson Tractor?My wood operation. A friend wanted a couple of acres clear cut to expand his lawn. I figure I have approximately 60 face cords. Yes, we in Central New York deal with face cords. Even if someone talks about a cord of wood, 99 percent of the time they are refering to a face cord. The tractor with the grapple really increased my production rate this year.
been shopping for a U-tractor about that size but had not looked at those yet. off-brand was not sure just how good they are?
oneoldbanjo
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Now that I have the back hillside cleared I ended up with a lot of smaller branches that are not worth stacking under the carports - so I am making a pile and plan on burning it all winter until it is gone. This pile is currently about 14 feet long x 9 feet deep and about 6 feet high.
This is the piles of branches that I have to cut up and add to the pile.
This is the 2nd used carport that I bought for $ 450. Since the wood very well may last me 5 or 6 years I thought I would need to cover it. I have about 1/3rd of it full and the wood outside should be enough to fill the rest. If it isn't - I still have about 5 trees that came down in Hurricane Ike that have not been cut up yet.
And finally here is a picture of my loaded trailer which has been getting a lot of use.
I figure that is about 38 chords in the 2 carports, 4 chords in the little shed, 6 chords in the stack outside the carport and who knows how much in the other stacks for a total that has to be over 50 chords. I don't know exactly how much wood I burn a year as last year I kept adding to the stack and didn't keep track of it growing and/or shrinking. This year I will try and keep track.
This is the piles of branches that I have to cut up and add to the pile.
This is the 2nd used carport that I bought for $ 450. Since the wood very well may last me 5 or 6 years I thought I would need to cover it. I have about 1/3rd of it full and the wood outside should be enough to fill the rest. If it isn't - I still have about 5 trees that came down in Hurricane Ike that have not been cut up yet.
And finally here is a picture of my loaded trailer which has been getting a lot of use.
I figure that is about 38 chords in the 2 carports, 4 chords in the little shed, 6 chords in the stack outside the carport and who knows how much in the other stacks for a total that has to be over 50 chords. I don't know exactly how much wood I burn a year as last year I kept adding to the stack and didn't keep track of it growing and/or shrinking. This year I will try and keep track.
toddstreeservic
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I think you win!
johncinco
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Holy cow, some of you have a LOT of wood piled up. Those pictures of the large rounds make my back hurt!
I see I am not the only one that swipes a few pallets from the back of the grocery store. Looks like someone was actually cutting them up and using them for fuel.
I picked up some beat up apple crates, the orchard size, 4x4x4, after a couple repairs I filled em up with all the short and odd size pieces. I will move them up by the house with the front end loader and forks when we start burning. The girlie and MIL like the lil pieces that they can handle throwing into the stove, and they burn just like any other wood. I just hate dealing with trying to stack em.
I see I am not the only one that swipes a few pallets from the back of the grocery store. Looks like someone was actually cutting them up and using them for fuel.
I picked up some beat up apple crates, the orchard size, 4x4x4, after a couple repairs I filled em up with all the short and odd size pieces. I will move them up by the house with the front end loader and forks when we start burning. The girlie and MIL like the lil pieces that they can handle throwing into the stove, and they burn just like any other wood. I just hate dealing with trying to stack em.
rx7145
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Here is my 09-10 wood pile. Still have some work to do with cutting and splitting.
coppermouse
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deeker
Tree Freak
A bunch of good looking wood piles.
Kevin
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HittinSteel
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Here are my stacks, mostly Cherry and Red Oak. Right around 6 cords. Should get me through this winter and in to next.
cfabe
ArboristSite Lurker
Here's my wood pile so far. We just bought this place in May so I'm behind where I'd like to be on wood. It's mostly birch, maple, pine and hickory. I'm not sure how many cords this is, what do you guys think? I'm guessing this is about half what I'll need for this winter for my Woodmaster 4400.
gink595
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Here's my wood pile so far. We just bought this place in May so I'm behind where I'd like to be on wood. It's mostly birch, maple, pine and hickory. I'm not sure how many cords this is, what do you guys think? I'm guessing this is about half what I'll need for this winter for my Woodmaster 4400.
My guesstament is 5-6 cord, thoughit is hard to really see how big those stacks are.
Zodiac45
Paleostoveologist & Sawwhisperer
Here's 5-6 cord plus a barn full and my "watch" log.
Blazin
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Ha! might wanna consider puttin teef on your "watch" log, dirtballs are stealing everything that's not nailed down now a days! I have a 450 marlin on watch 
