Post pictures of your woodpile/splitting area

[WIslxer]

The firewood empire - as the wifey calls it. Little Bota can lift about a 1/4 cord but 1/6 is a much safer load.



And I bought a bundle of slabs for the first time and cut those up. Was advertised as 7/8ths of a cord but was more like 6/10ths. Oh well dude didn't know I think. There it is stacked up in a couple of my crumby racks. The tractor barely lifted the one on the right. Also in this pic are my beloved 94 Yota, aka 'The Battle Axe' or 'BX', on 31s and my kinda-loved 08 Power Wagon, aka 'The Douche Wagon' or 'DW' on 35s.



Two anecdotes to end my post on.

1) You jerks with these gigantic pics are killing me with my sh1tty rural internet connection.
2) I had those racks basically blocking off the driveway for the better part of two days and wifey was nagging me about the ever-expanding empire and I was doing the "yeah, yeah dear" thing but maybe she was on to something. I moved em out of the way off to the side and the next day the kid next door collapsed and we called 911 - he's fine seems like he just fainted - but I was damn glad I had those damned things out of the way for the first responders and EMTs who used our driveway for easier access. I should know better I'm a wannabe firefighter myself - but just something to keep in mind everyone. Cheers!

 

[al-k]

Finished all the stacking today, ended up with about 2 cords from that last pile.

 

[KiwiBro]

1) You jerks with these gigantic pics are killing me with my sh1tty rural internet connection.

I feel your pain. Wonderful as they are, the photos would still be wonderful if 1/4 the file size.
How about those who want to learn post a pic and we'll collectively find a way they can reduce the file sizes. But, like most things, there has to be a will before the way.

 

[SS396driver]

Ani idea what type of snake this is

 

[95custmz]

Ani idea what type of snake this is View attachment 832120

Looks like an Eastern Garter snake


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[sean donato]

Dead if it was in my pile.... dont like snakes. Few of my stock piles. The shed needs cleaned out this year so I ran it close to dry. And the home built splitter in no particular order

 

[SS396driver]

Looked it up it looks like a northern brown snake.

 

[Iowawoodguy]

Going to fill her up this week.

 

[thewoodlands]

Finished all the stacking today, ended up with about 2 cords from that last pile.

Great looking stacks al-k , very neat area too.

 

[sean donato]

May be a tad off topic, but do most of you let your piles sit outside once split? Weve always had a wood shed.

 

[svk]

May be a tad off topic, but do most of you let your piles sit outside once split? Weve always had a wood shed.

Yeah. I’ve done many different ways but eventually resorted to racks like this so I can move them if needed in the future.

 

[sean donato]

Thanks mate

 

[TheDarkLordChinChin]

I stack a lot of timber outside, I cover it in winter though. Well, mostly.

 

[Cowboy254]

Looked it up it looks like a northern brown snake. View attachment 832180

Hmm. Brown snakes down here elicit a 'fight or flight' response. Mostly due to the deadliness being a different type of snake. Cowgirl nearly stepped on one going out the back door a month or so ago, sure gave her a wake up.

A few years ago, I was hunting around the place for crickets to go fishing with and had the kayak lying upside down beside the house. Great, I think, there will be some crickets hiding under there. I lifted one end of the kayak and saw no crickets. But there was a bloody big tiger snake. Normally I'm a live and let live kinda guy but the kayak (and its resident snake) was right beside the path my kids run up to go inside. So I drop the kayak on the snake, go and grab a shovel and lift the end of the kayak again. Snake is stihl there, so I belt it with the shovel and break its back.

Then I stop and think. I'm wearing shorts and in bare feet. There's a snake in the world's top ten most venomous. And I'm holding up a kayak. If the snake decided to have a crack at me I wouldn't have time to move before he hit me. Anyway, at the end of the day, it was Cowboy 1 - Tiger snake 0, so it worked out. Funny things you do when you're looking out for your kids.

 

[Cowboy254]

View attachment 832227
Going to fill her up this week.

Looks like stacked $$$ to me.

 

[SS396driver]

May be a tad off topic, but do most of you let your piles sit outside once split? Weve always had a wood shed.

My wood sits outside for at least a year on full sun, then gets stacked in the barn

 

[al-k]

I try and keep the top covered any way I can. Full sun for me is hard to come by because I'm in the woods. I have a wood shed with 2.5 cords in it for backup. 3 cords in crates with plywood tops for this winter, 4.5 cords stacked on pallets with plywood on top and 10 cords half stacked on the ground kinda covered.The 10 I will try and sell this fall have 5 sold already.

 

[Cowboy254]

I feel your pain.

All those sheep videos must be eating your bandwidth

 

[Ductape]

Finishèd splitting my rounds yesterday.

 

[TheDarkLordChinChin]

Thats a good pile, good idea to cover your plates too.