timothykamp
ArboristSite Member
I like reading and seeing what other members are doing, so I figured I'd finally post a set.
I am an 18 year old highschool grad looking forward to attending Purdue Lafayette for engineering and international business, but right now I'm splitting and selling firewood. I love doing it, it keeps me in shape, and I get $325 / cord of split oak, maple or hickory. I bought a new Speeco/Husky 35 ton splitter that has served me well - and a little 290 with a 20" bar.
I don't have insurance - so I only take down trees that are "no risk" aka - in a field with no wires or houses anywhere close that I can damage. I haul with a tandem axle 14' trailer (no dump) with low sides - I can heap it and get a full cord on loose.
I delivered about 7 cords last year, enough to pay for the splitter, and this year im shooting for 12 or 13.
Here's a few piles of oak seasoning
One of the land clearing jobs I did (with a friend who has a log loader, we milled all the big stuff, cut the little for firewood.
The cavalier that hauls everything, I call it my pickup truck, as shown with a half dismantled Mitsubishi generator
Me and the splitter with a pile of wood - the pile is much bigger in real life
And to the questions....
1. Stacking wood - I need it to dry out as quickly as possible (all my splitting is done by June 15 - and sold by October 30 - so 4 1/2 months at the absolute least for seasoning, and everything is cut to length as soon as it's dropped - and split small. Do those German Holzhauser really work? I'm skeptical, but willing to try, if it will give my customers a better product. Right now, wood is stacked tightly in 8' racks.
2. Tarping wood - the bottom and top layer of my stacks are ususally bark down and bark up, respectively, to shed rain - is it necessary to tarp piles, or does this restrict airflow too much to dry out the wood.
Feel free to leave any comments, suggestions, or helpful hints.
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I am an 18 year old highschool grad looking forward to attending Purdue Lafayette for engineering and international business, but right now I'm splitting and selling firewood. I love doing it, it keeps me in shape, and I get $325 / cord of split oak, maple or hickory. I bought a new Speeco/Husky 35 ton splitter that has served me well - and a little 290 with a 20" bar.
I don't have insurance - so I only take down trees that are "no risk" aka - in a field with no wires or houses anywhere close that I can damage. I haul with a tandem axle 14' trailer (no dump) with low sides - I can heap it and get a full cord on loose.
I delivered about 7 cords last year, enough to pay for the splitter, and this year im shooting for 12 or 13.
Here's a few piles of oak seasoning
One of the land clearing jobs I did (with a friend who has a log loader, we milled all the big stuff, cut the little for firewood.
The cavalier that hauls everything, I call it my pickup truck, as shown with a half dismantled Mitsubishi generator
Me and the splitter with a pile of wood - the pile is much bigger in real life
And to the questions....
1. Stacking wood - I need it to dry out as quickly as possible (all my splitting is done by June 15 - and sold by October 30 - so 4 1/2 months at the absolute least for seasoning, and everything is cut to length as soon as it's dropped - and split small. Do those German Holzhauser really work? I'm skeptical, but willing to try, if it will give my customers a better product. Right now, wood is stacked tightly in 8' racks.
2. Tarping wood - the bottom and top layer of my stacks are ususally bark down and bark up, respectively, to shed rain - is it necessary to tarp piles, or does this restrict airflow too much to dry out the wood.
Feel free to leave any comments, suggestions, or helpful hints.
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