The Old Folks Home

[bruceha2000]

But Deb, snacks for later!!

 

[pennyJo1960]

okay got my shower and all shorts t-shirt weather suppose to be 90
the restaurant we are going to has air conditioning BF put ours in yesterday so can come home to a cool house also

 

[1muttsfan]

My neighbor cuts and splits his wood, then stacks it neatly onto palets. He stores the palets under a lean-to roof on the back of his garage, and moves them around with the forks on his tractor. It is quite the system. Not sure if I'm organized enough for anything more than a regular stack.

 

[microchick]

In all honesty, when you have to split 9+ cords of work, stacking it would be nice but I'd never get anything else done.

We got home from the run to the Vet's office and immediately headed back to the timber. Just called it quits for the day. It's 93 outside and we are both toast. BUT we got the last of the big rounds trundled back to the barn, only leaving 3 rounds behind. There is a dead tree near the one that fell that we are hoping to cut down and harvest and we figured we could pick up those three smaller rounds (maybe weigh 40-50 pounds each) when we drop the dead tree.

Now the fun begins.....splitting. Going to get a picture later.

 

[bruceha2000]

In all honesty, when you have to split 9+ cords of work, stacking it would be nice but I'd never get anything else done.

Agreed. If it can dry without being stacked, it is wasted time. You can just toss the split pieces into your 3 sided barn. DW used to make cross piece towers at both ends of the rows in the little barn. Total waste of time if you ask me. I could stack an entire run in less time than it took her to find the square pieces and make 2 towers. No real pressure on the wall and the "open" end doesn't need to be vertical. There is enough space for the stacks to taper down to the pallets and not need any support. Last year I had actually thought about just throwing the wood into the barn since it was already dry. Not sure if it would fit though. Maybe if I threw it in an organized manner But I don't plan to move what I am cutting this year into the barn once it is (presumably) dry.

My neighbor cuts and splits his wood, then stacks it neatly onto palets. He stores the palets under a lean-to roof on the back of his garage, and moves them around with the forks on his tractor. It is quite the system. Not sure if I'm organized enough for anything more than a regular stack.

How does he keep the wood on the pallets while moving it with the tractor? The ideal is picking up each piece of wood as few times as possible. With the wood Al delivered, I had to pick up and put down each piece of wood 5 times by the time it went in the stove. Quick math says 4 cords x 1 ton/cord * 5 moves = picking up 20 tons of wood each winter. I should look like Charles Atlas! (I don't). Now cutting it myself I get to pick it up and put it down even more times and the first 2 "lifts" are a lot heavier!

 

[getaclue]

It says I got my 5 year trophy today. I guess they don't put them on the avatar space like before. Good thing I checked. My premium membership has run out. Funny, they didn't notify me this time. Usually they do.

 

[1muttsfan]

That's what I can't understand, he does cross stack it but seems like it would still fall off. I'll have to stop over there one day and be nosy.

They do say that firewood warms you up several times by the time it is incinerated!

 

[ronott1]

It says I got my 5 year trophy today. I guess they don't put them on the avatar space like before. Good thing I checked. My premium membership has run out. Funny, they didn't notify me this time. Usually they do.

The Admins are still working on the anniversary badges. It wold be nice if they were back!

 

[bruceha2000]

Oh yeah, especially when you find out you need to cut your own for the year and it is already mid-May. Kind of rearranges the #1 priority items. I think I'll be cutting in the fall as well for next year.

 

[pennyJo1960]

made it back in one piece hotter than hade's here upper 80's
do not like this heat but BF put out air conditioner in the windows yesterday
had lunch with other Son and his wife about noon Olympia mall called pints and quarts
not too bad a place decent place.. Glad to be home