Post pictures of your woodpile/splitting area

[tomtrees58]

well some trees 12'' other 5' dba i am thinking 60

 

[Whiskey_Bravo]

Wow. I am nowhere near the level most of you guys are. Here are some of my feeble pictures taken from the deck and around the yard at Cassa De Whiskey_Bravo!

Saturday Morning's Work:

Tree is a 32" diameter red oak that I dropped with a friend a couple weeks ago behind my house. We also dropped three other red oaks roughly 20" in diameter. You can see the remains of one in the background.

Bucked up one of the smaller trees into 18" rounds. Quartered them with my Brave Industries Mega Maul and then split hem further with the Fiskars X27.

Building my first Holzhausen with all of the red Oak. Roughly 4' tall in this picture. Will be 8' tall when finished.

Looking a little rough in this picture, but I straightened it out this weekend.

One of the dogs trying to "help".

Thinking about making a chair out of this stump...or a beer cooler holder.

Still have A LOT of clean up to do in the front yard too!

The trusty old 346XP decided to throw a chain on me while cutting. That pissed me off. Then I lost a bar nut with no spares to be found. It was a frustrating morning to say the least. The saw has been an absolutely phenomenal tool so far, but I have really reached its limitations with most of the wood that I am cutting right now. I need to step up my game and get a bigger saw, but I can not decide which one to get or settle on a size. CAD has hit me HARD, but I can not afford multiple large saws right now.

 

[Whiskey_Bravo]

DOUBLE POST.

My bad.

 

[740jsmayle]

Whiskey how many pallets is your Holzhausen setting on ? I would like to try making one is it very hard ?

 

[Sagetown]

Nice pics. You can never have too many extra bar nuts on hand. They always disappear when you least expect it.

 

[Whiskey_Bravo]

Whiskey how many pallets is your Holzhausen setting on ? I would like to try making one is it very hard ?

Mine is actually sitting on a platform that I built out of 4"x4" posts and 2"x8" boards for decking with an 1.5" gap between them for drainage/airflow. I gathered the lumber scraps from construction projects to build it. The Platform is 8'x8' and the pile is 8' in diameter.

Building the Holzhausen really is not bad at all. Maintaining the proper pitch on the wood is the real pain of it. The key is to lay down a ring of wood on the platform/ground first to outline the structure and then stack the first layer of wood for the ring with one end resting on the base pieces. This makes the ring/body of the pile pitch in towards the center. For every 2 vertical feet that you rise, add two crisscrossing poles to give the structure some stability. I cut some tall straight poplar saplings that I had growing on my property to 8/8.5' lengths and use those. I lay them across the pile and lock the ends in with the wood stack. I also fill the center in with splits as I go. Makes the pile more stable in my very novice opinion.

As of today my pile is ~6' tall and 8' in diameter. Still need to add another 2 vertical feet. Hoping to have it done this week. It is made of all red oak.

 

[shutup-n-cut]

next years wood

Hi Tom from accross the pond.
Amazing pictures as always.

Piles get any bigger i'll be able to see them from here.

 

[740jsmayle]

Thanks Whiskey ! I have quite a few 4'x8'. pallets that I could use . I some wood needing to be split ( oak & hickory) when I stack I think I'll try building one. Less space and from what I've heard faster seasoning of the wood. I'll post some pics when I get started .

 

[tomtrees58]

Hi Tom from accross the pond.
Amazing pictures as always.

Piles get any bigger i'll be able to see them from here.

 

[shutup-n-cut]

Tom are those pictures from right now. Is that the snow headed my way , looks like winter is finally here.

 

[marcomjl]

Tom are those pictures from right now. Is that the snow headed my way , looks like winter is finally here.

Look out the window man, its already been here for a couple of hours lol.

 

[shutup-n-cut]

Sounds like you are getting more than we are here at the moment. Light snow here and no accumlation as of now. Have to wait and see.
Be safe.

 

[tomtrees58]

Tom are those pictures from right now. Is that the snow headed my way , looks like winter is finally here.

yes this morning now its rain

 

[Vermonster]

Here's a couple pics taken today. My wood for home heating, probably about 10 cords. All from old fence line thinning on the back 140. Maple, ash, birch, black cherry, etc. Next year's wood.
Consolidating piles with my TN70.

 

[zogger]

@Vermonster...man, that's cheatin! You own every single square inch of flat land in Vermont!

 

[terryknight]

^^^ hahaha

 

[Vermonster]

@Vermonster...man, that's cheatin! You own every single square inch of flat land in Vermont!

Naw. It's not all that flat here in the foothills, in between the mountains and the Champlain Valley.

 

[hardpan]

Whiskey_bravo
In your pictures I see a 2-wheeled garden cart and a 2-wheeled wheel barrow. How do you like the 2-wheeled wheel barrow? Does it have an over sized "tub" on it? I'm considering one. Sweet cutting area btw.

 

[shutup-n-cut]

I'll give you my two cents on the two wheel wheel barrow. It is a great thought , however if the terrain is not flat it does not work out too well. One wheel allows you to keep it level and the two wheels control the angle it is on. I would not do two wheels again , in fact I have considered converting mine back to one wheel. Tired of stuff falling out of it when loaded over the top.

 

[hardpan]

Good points. Thanks.