Stacking Logs for Firewood

[dave1949]

I try to avoid stacking logs, I'm usually sorry later that I didn't cut them into rounds before moving them anywhere. But, if for some reason you have extra wood accumulating, it will stay in better shape if stored as logs.

I gather the fresh cut rounds in the FEL bucket and dump them on a pile where I do my splitting. Then when I split, I don't need to get out the tractor or saw. That seems to work best for me unless I get a lot of wood down at the same time.

 

[s219]

To much handling for me. By the time I stacked that up, I could have had it cut into fire wood.

Certainly true, but in my case it's an effort to sort out my log piles into stacks that will last many years before I process them. I was in a situation with way more processed wood than I could burn in two seasons, and unprocessed piles of logs for at least another 2-3 seasons (after we cleared our new land.)

By stacking logs into cribs, I am buying more time than if I left them in piles laying on the ground. The crazy thing is, I still have more piles to go through and crib up. I don't expect I will need to go after new firewood for 5 years at least. And in the meantime, the logs won't rot while they hang around.

As I was told, a benefit to the cribs is that the bark will fall off easier, thus preserving the wood even longer.