aggiehortguy91
Silver Member
I've been lurking around here for a while. I've had my '01 BX 2200 for a couple of years now and this board has been very helpful.
Now that I have finally registered, I thought I'd show off one of the projects I was able to do with this diesel-powered little wonder. In fact, I decided that I should share while I was splitting wood. Yes, I know that this wood pile wouldn't get me through the night where some of you live. But down here in S. FL, we would have to run the A/C if we build a fire in the fireplace!
Yes, that is an electric log splitter! Hey, it's not like I'm splitting big pieces of hard maple. Most of the wood on that rack is Australian Pine, which is actually not a pine at all and, in fact, burns clean enough that I use it in my smoker. I do have some Acacia on there, too. The Acacia and the Australian Pine are both invasive exotics down here so cutting firewood also clears exotic pests off of my property. Killing 2 birds with one stone!
All of this vast supply of wood is for our little fire pit that I put in about a year and a half ago. We actually had a place to burn wood before this project, but it was in need of a makeover. I had to move a retaining wall and about 20 yards of soil and then regrade the area before laying the pavers. I was lucky enough to find the perfect pallet of "seconds" at the local paver manufacturer.
I just set the pavers on top of the finished grade because the whole area is just sand anyway and there won't be any vehicle weight put on the pavers. The water in the background is actually our pond, but in the wet season it tends overflow a bit.
Now, it is the dry season so it will give my firewood time to cure before I can use it. I'm just too nervous about causing a fire. This picture of the finished pit shows the current pond level, which is down about 7' from the picture above.
I used 300 sq ft of pavers for the project, but only had to cut a few to make things fit since I was willing to live with some fairly large gaps around the fire pit. I used paver edging to help hold the edges in place, and put down St. Augustine sod for the turf areas. I filled between the pavers with straight paver sand and broomed it in. It took me 2 days (not 8 to 5!) to lay all of the pavers and I had forgotten how much I disliked doing paver work. But it is rewarding to see the finished project and sit around the fire with a cold one.
Now that I have finally registered, I thought I'd show off one of the projects I was able to do with this diesel-powered little wonder. In fact, I decided that I should share while I was splitting wood. Yes, I know that this wood pile wouldn't get me through the night where some of you live. But down here in S. FL, we would have to run the A/C if we build a fire in the fireplace!
Yes, that is an electric log splitter! Hey, it's not like I'm splitting big pieces of hard maple. Most of the wood on that rack is Australian Pine, which is actually not a pine at all and, in fact, burns clean enough that I use it in my smoker. I do have some Acacia on there, too. The Acacia and the Australian Pine are both invasive exotics down here so cutting firewood also clears exotic pests off of my property. Killing 2 birds with one stone!
All of this vast supply of wood
is for our little fire pit that I put in about a year and a half ago. We actually had a place to burn wood before this project, but it was in need of a makeover. I had to move a retaining wall and about 20 yards of soil and then regrade the area before laying the pavers. I was lucky enough to find the perfect pallet of "seconds" at the local paver manufacturer.
I just set the pavers on top of the finished grade because the whole area is just sand anyway and there won't be any vehicle weight put on the pavers. The water in the background is actually our pond, but in the wet season it tends overflow a bit.
Now, it is the dry season so it will give my firewood time to cure before I can use it. I'm just too nervous about causing a fire. This picture of the finished pit shows the current pond level, which is down about 7' from the picture above.
I used 300 sq ft of pavers for the project, but only had to cut a few to make things fit since I was willing to live with some fairly large gaps around the fire pit. I used paver edging to help hold the edges in place, and put down St. Augustine sod for the turf areas. I filled between the pavers with straight paver sand and broomed it in. It took me 2 days (not 8 to 5!) to lay all of the pavers and I had forgotten how much I disliked doing paver work. But it is rewarding to see the finished project and sit around the fire with a cold one.
