At Home In The Woods

[clemsonfor]

i heard that they wont come close to unloading firewood or gravel, mulch?????

 

[CurlyDave]

I just noticed that the $40 HF model is for compact pickups. Northern Tools has a full-size truck model for $110. I have to consider a little harder at the $110 price.

Around here, I can get 15 yards of anything delivered for $75, plus the cost of the mulch. If I need a lot of anything: sand, gravel, or mulch this is the way to go.

 

[Bill 55]

I am not familiar with that one, but I have a Load Handler that I have used to unload gravel, crushed limestone, leaves, and firewood. Has always worked great for me. I can unload about a ton of stone in a couple of minutes. If you have a driver you can spread rather than dumping in a pile. You can't use it with the spray, or paint on bed liners, but they also sell a slick pad to make it work with those liners and rusty or wood beds. Little more money but I have used the heck out of it. I think I paid $114 at Loadhandler.com

 

[Obed]

I added some shingles to the round firewood stack.

 

[ENG18LT]

Obed that stack of wood is amazing. I am going to go back and reread the posts about the building of it. Supposed to keep the wood from the weather better as I recall, correct?

 

[Larro Darro]

The wood pile reminds me of making quick lime from oyster shells. I burned a few shells, just to see how the lime mortar worked. My rick was much smaller than the one pictured. This one was at Colonial Williamsburg. I used a round rick like theirs, but it was only about waist high and three feet across.

 

[clemsonfor]

Glad to see you posting again.

I too did a bit of splitting and stacking yesterday. I personally think i am way behind on my wood work. I need to get in gear.

Dont get me wrong i have at least 2.5 cords maybe closer to 3 i cant remember in my shed for this winter that was cut and stacked mostly over a year ago. I also have close to 3 cords cut and split for the future. But my goal is to be burning 3 year cut adn split wood so i still need about 3 cords before say february to feel good.

 

[Obed]

Obed that stack of wood is amazing. I am going to go back and reread the posts about the building of it. Supposed to keep the wood from the weather better as I recall, correct?

Lee,
They have been using round firewood stacks in Europe for centuries. I don't know if they actually work better than a straight stack. Round stacks have some benefits.

You can throw all the irregular sized logs in the middle without need to stack. This is my favorite reason.
You can build a "roof" over the top with logs to shed water.
You can stack the wood in a smaller space than a long straight stack.
It is easier to stack the wood high without it falling over.
I find the round stack more attractive and interesting looking than a straight stack.

Obed

 

[Obed]

The wood pile reminds me of making quick lime from oyster shells. I burned a few shells, just to see how the lime mortar worked. My rick was much smaller than the one pictured. This one was at Colonial Williamsburg. I used a round rick like theirs, but it was only about waist high and three feet across.

I never heard of that. Of course we don't have a lot of oyster shells in Tennessee.

 

[Obed]

Glad to see you posting again.

I too did a bit of splitting and stacking yesterday. I personally think i am way behind on my wood work. I need to get in gear.

Dont get me wrong i have at least 2.5 cords maybe closer to 3 i cant remember in my shed for this winter that was cut and stacked mostly over a year ago. I also have close to 3 cords cut and split for the future. But my goal is to be burning 3 year cut adn split wood so i still need about 3 cords before say february to feel good.

Yes, I'm still behind. I wonder if I will ever catch up. We didn't burn much wood last winter while my mother was living with us. That helped.
Obed