We just built this rack out of ash. Its 16 ft across, 12 ft deep and about knee height, sitting on flat stones.

We usually cut trees in long lengths over the winter and cut them into 16" blocks in the summer.

I think this will be a huge improvement over cutting on the ground.

Sorry for the rant. We are a lumber mill/custom furniture maker. I spent a year working to box our kiln dried fire wood into ~25-30 lb boxes so we could sell them on Amazon. Our goal was to make $20 per box. Every time we got closer to market, a new fee arose. At this point, we have to sell the f'in things for $59 just to make our nut.

Yeah, that's right. To make $20, Amazon is going to make $40.

I wasn't sure where else to rant but don't buy firewood from Amazon.

Mostly Oak Maple and Ash. This picture was taken in May.I now have that whole area filled..Three bush cords.. Another two bushcords on the other side of the yard

The guy offered to give me 2.5 loads rather than the usual one, because I had the space (and he had the wood obv). I’m so pumped!!

He said it was locust - Anyone able to tell if it’s black locust or honey locust? I’m in NY in case that matters. The reason I’m asking is because I’ve heard you can grow shiitakes on honey locust but not on black locust. 🤷🏻

Looking for est 1/4 or 1/2 cord on this 5'x8' trailer

Just noticed the mesh out of chimney top - guess I knocked it loose while sweeping - I can get up there to fix but would rather avoid, have a pretty severe pitch up there

First year using fire place I decided to hunt down
Free wood. First place had a whole willow tree cut and mostly split. Looked like it had been seasoned already owner said willow. A nice start for a 900 sq foot apartment.

Ugly Shed needed to retire. It was built from scrap lumber and put together with the structural engineering knowledge of a 9 year old just discovering Legos. Over time lumber was added to it to shore up weaknesses and it was quite sturdy, to the surprise of many.

However, Boss Lady wants that spot for a patio….and where it was built is on a stone path and once snowfall covers the stones, you risk twisting ankles every time you go out to collect wood.

So, a new shed was to be built. This time, I set out to do it with a bit of attention to detail and with respect to the high art of carpentry and structural engineering…sort of….
Brother in law who actually is an engineer began to use fancy words for fancy calculations…”load bearing”, “static load” and a bunch of other scary terms which resulted in me rushing out for more lumber and footings and bases and more shoring and bracing.

I got 4 bases that are sunk a few feet using a pretty sweet auger. Those weren’t cheap. The rest is a mix of composite and those cement bases. 24 total.
I’m pretty confident it’ll hold. If not, I guess I’ll just add more lumber.

I also bought a solar powered motion spot light and a solar powered shop lamp.

Overall dimensions are 20’x8’ and the front is about 6.5’ sloping down to 5’ in the back.

... but my roof does not seem to be watertight. What did I do wrong? Any help is appreciated.

If you had the choice, would you run Horizontal, or Vertical?
Horizontal seems like your lifting often, and Vertical seems like your bent over alot.

Which would you choose?
I'm in my 60's with a "tired" back, and I choose Vertical. less lifting but more bent over time.

Took a couple of weekends between sporting events. Mostly level. Mostly square. Mostly plumb. Now need to split some wood.

I'm cleaning up my property and just bucked two dead Birch trees that had been laying on the ground for at least a year or two.

It certainly is easier to split, some parts of it are practically exploding when my axe hits it. But it's been sitting on the ground and is definitely moist.

Should I expect it to take the same amount of time to dry as if I had freshly felled a birch? Or will it dry faster or slower than that?

44 Bins of firewood ready for the winter.

Going to cover up next week. Palletizing firewood was the best thing I've ever done for efficiency!

The remnants of my woodpile after I grab the easy stuff. Sifting the dirt, bark and other debris

Got out there today to stack over a cord of firewood for a customer who is recovering from surgery and unable to do heavy lifting. About a quarter of the pile was made up of 24" logs that were too big for their stove, so I sorted those out and bucked them in half with my chainsaw before carrying everything roughly 100 feet over to stack into their wood shed.
It was a nice day on Long Island and it was great to help someone out in need. They really appreciated it.

Scored a massive dump a friend helped me collect. Been working it through the summer. Still a bit to go, but getting there.

Just got my delivery for the following season. Roughly 4 cords so this ought to keep me busy for the fall.

I made a few cuts already pretty sure I have hickory and that birch, but Im no identification expert so is anyone able to shed some light as to what I have

Hello all,

Quick question. I split and stacked most all my firewood in the spring. I only cut down and split red oaks that were dead standing. I made a fresh split today and measure the moisture content and I got between 24.2 for the lowest 24.6 on the highest. (Split 3 different pieces of wood) How long would you guys estimate until it would get to 20%? I’m in Virginia and here is my current stack. Any insight would be appreciated.

I pick this stuff up for 55/cord. It's all hardwood. I like burning it cause its inexpensive. I can throw a nice tight stack in there and get a long burn. I burn this early and late in the season and save the "good stuff" for the coldest months.