oneoldbanjo
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This is our first year with our OWB (Woodmaster) and I was lucky enough to find a reasonably priced metal 18x20 carport for wood storage that was a display model at a hardware store that was going out of business. I installed it right next to our woodburner and have it full of wood....and I thought all was well with the world.
Then the power company came along and decided that the right of way for the large powerline through our property needed to be widened from the 100 feet they had cleared when they built the lines to a full 150 feet - which is the full width of their easement. They cut the trees and chipped the brush and left me the wood to burn. Initially they were cutting the wood up into firewood length - but near the end when they got to the hills I asked them to stop cutting it into short lengths as I wanted to be able to drag it to areas where I could cut and stack it on flat ground. They also were not able to mulch up the brush on the hills as winter set in and the ground got wet and they promised to come back and clean it up later - and yesterday I met with the new company doing the work (The contract with the other company expired).
I need to stack the wood from these 200 some trees in a way that it can survive for several years and still remain good wood (I bet this is 5 or 6 years worth of wood for me - but I need to get it off the ground and stacked ASAP). For the wood that was left in long lengths I am planning on cutting it into lengths that I can pick up with my tractor loader (1,000 pound limit) and stack them on railroad ties. For the wood that was cut I was planning on getting pallets and placing them on the ground and stacking the wood on top of them - then fastening Tyvek to the top to keep the rain/snow off the wood while still allowing moisture to escape.
All ideas are welcome......I have never had to store so much wood for an extended period before. The wood is locust, Oak, Ash, Shagbark Hickory, some Cedar and Maple. I have attached a picture of the hillside that they cut when the wet weather arrived and they have not cleaned up the brush yet - and this photo only shows about 25% of the downed wood. It may be the middle of summer before they can get back in to clean up the brush. I am not sure how I will keep the weeds down so they can find all the brush - I can't mow it with all the wood they dropped.
Then the power company came along and decided that the right of way for the large powerline through our property needed to be widened from the 100 feet they had cleared when they built the lines to a full 150 feet - which is the full width of their easement. They cut the trees and chipped the brush and left me the wood to burn. Initially they were cutting the wood up into firewood length - but near the end when they got to the hills I asked them to stop cutting it into short lengths as I wanted to be able to drag it to areas where I could cut and stack it on flat ground. They also were not able to mulch up the brush on the hills as winter set in and the ground got wet and they promised to come back and clean it up later - and yesterday I met with the new company doing the work (The contract with the other company expired).
I need to stack the wood from these 200 some trees in a way that it can survive for several years and still remain good wood (I bet this is 5 or 6 years worth of wood for me - but I need to get it off the ground and stacked ASAP). For the wood that was left in long lengths I am planning on cutting it into lengths that I can pick up with my tractor loader (1,000 pound limit) and stack them on railroad ties. For the wood that was cut I was planning on getting pallets and placing them on the ground and stacking the wood on top of them - then fastening Tyvek to the top to keep the rain/snow off the wood while still allowing moisture to escape.
All ideas are welcome......I have never had to store so much wood for an extended period before. The wood is locust, Oak, Ash, Shagbark Hickory, some Cedar and Maple. I have attached a picture of the hillside that they cut when the wet weather arrived and they have not cleaned up the brush yet - and this photo only shows about 25% of the downed wood. It may be the middle of summer before they can get back in to clean up the brush. I am not sure how I will keep the weeds down so they can find all the brush - I can't mow it with all the wood they dropped.
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