I cut to 8' -10' logs, then usually use log arch to move logs up to splitter, then cut to 18", then load onto splitter, stack right into IBC totes to dry, then move tote with loader to basement door, then bring in a wheelbarrow at a time & stack inside.
With a grapple I could speed it up a bit, (it's on the Christmas list) & I want to build a feed table next to the splitter, so logs get cut right onto table from grapple, then rolled off onto splitter, eliminating picking them up by hand. Kind of like the table Rustyiron built..
Hunt looking at your mill made me think about my log "table" I just built.
I know there's no tractor in the pic but I do load full logs on it with the tractor.:thumbsup:
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I also bought some furniture dollies that I will make into rolling wood bins so I load them from the totes, roll inside, then don't have to restack inside, just leave in the bins. I built a tall one for my father in law before he passed. My MIL wont run the wood stove, so I may have to reclaim that bin.
I also love my hand log tongs, so much easier moving short logs to the splitter.
That’s what I used to do but I decided it was easier to cut to firewood length right where they fall unless it’s in the woods.
