Hi Greg 😮 we have had a brutal southerly storm and snow, freezing and whatnot🥶 southerly winds are bad here because that's the direction of Antarctica 😂
The nights of sleep I have lost worrying about the huge mound of Ash is officially up to Zero! It will be just fine and is just like money in the bank! I do like your wire idea. It will make disassemble very easily compared to nails or screws!👍 Something I do worry about, and it is because I know nothing about it. On my old Kubota tractor. The hydrostatic pump is a little weak from a decade of abuse and use. I have to run it in lower ground speed, with rpms maxed in order to build enough pump pressure to lift the heavy tongue on loaded trailers. My worry is that with your sand bags on constantly and lifting these heavy trailer tongues versus having a removable ballast box. Is it maybe prematurely wearing out your pump working so hard?
@In The Woodyard It would be a good question to bring up on one of the tractor channels...I honestly don't know but my gut feeling is the pump is working very hard with all that weight. The dump trailers have alot of tongue weight to start with alone.
Farm supply stores used to sell "baling wire" in large rolls. About the same size as "electric fence" wire much softer and easier to work with. FYI Electric fence wire higher tensile strength but much stiffer......
That is a great idea, creating a little tunnel for air to flow through the pile. That's the issue I had with this technique, the wood in the "core" of the pile will never get any air or sun. I was also doing this with oak and pine, which both hold moisture and mold easy. I bet it works fine with ash for sure Looks like it's gonna work for ya!
An A-frame tunnel would create air circulation and reduce the volume of wood contained in the rack, maybe as well off use the same pallets and build another narrow rack? or perhaps try 3 pallets wide so that he can end dump the trailer rather than throwing wood over the top? so many combinations to consider.
Good morning Chris, that processor sure can make a pile of wood fast! Just a thought, every time you go out to the pile, scoop a bucket full of resplits. Adds ballast for pulling the trailer plus dump it right in the bins. Stay warm!
Hi Chris, I agree with some of the comments about drying that huge pile. In my experience with firewood, is the dryer the better. I believe that I commented before three years plus on drying will give you no creosote problems in the chimney. I have a book called NORWEGIAN WOOD by Lars Mytting, it's a very interesting read. You are very busy so you might not have time for reading. Take care, stay safe
I have the book. Not all wood or all wood drying conditions are the same. I have talked to several big firewood producers, one sells and delvers 2 full semi truck loads EVERY day and all his wood is in tall cones on the ground for 6 months at most before it is sold..
Hi Chris, Wilfried here from Belgium in Europe. another suggestion to have less work : i cut my logs on 1 meter, than split and than stack the 1 meter pieces in a pile. The wood can dry with the same speed but the big advantage is that you can stack much faster en much higher ( 10 feet is no problem) before it gets unstable after drying. Desadvantage: you can not do it with ugly stuff, which are difficult to split on that length. When you have to deliver you cut the 1 meter pieces in 3 . Not with the chainsaw, but with a circular saw ( pto behind tractor, or electric). Let me know what you think about it.
That is a very cool idea! I like it and have seen other people in Europe do that too! Can you send me some pictures, that would be great to see and share here on the channel??? My email is chrisinthewoodyard@gmail.com
For what it’s worth, you could take a sharpie (indelible marker as daddy likes to say) mark the tank and then add 5 gallons mark it again, and again, and again. Then average it out and mark the rest of the level tube. Just an idea. The weather is wonky here too.
I was gripping yesterday that it 60 and breezy. 😂 In a month or so it will be 80’s maybe 90’s with high humidity. Then I will be wishing for 60 with breeze.
As long as it's no more then about 5 feet to the center it will still dry. You make a pile say 14 feet high, without the pallets. drying time would be massively slowed. . Only other thing I'd do is put a old tarp on the under side to limit sinking in to the ground and ground moisture. And one over the top. . Bit I'm in a very very different climate with little freezing, many feet of rain, and a average of 2.5 hours of sun a day over a year.
I'm facing the same problem your old best friend Tony has ,a old mature hard maple woods with a high crown ,wood definitely drys better thru the winter when the leafs are down,love your videos and incorporated some of your techniques to keep moving along.
Although we stack all of our wood I do think the bins will work out. There is something really satisfying watching you just chuck it in there without stacking🤣 If I had more room we would definitely give it a try. Well done Sir Chris👍🏻👍🏻GNI
I'll bet you dont even need to make an A down through the wood pile with the pallets. If you just stand up a row of pallets down the middle the air will flow. My opinion listed in case you wanted my 2 cents worth if comments.
Good day Chris! I believe you have a great drying area with that massive open field constant air flow no matter what the weather. I know for ultimate drying stacking would be the Best. But in your case with the quantities and saving time you are most efficient with piles cheers 👌🏻🔥🇨🇦
You could go 2 1/2 pallets wide placing the center pallets on top of the outside pallets making a shorter tunnel than you were talking about but still making a better air flow.
Good morning, Planet Earth To take a phrase from the Arches, I AM LOVING IT. Your McBins are sweet. I have a project to make with pallets, and your wire idea has solved an issue I had in moving toward completion. Macy and Peri loved the barking cats. The meanie head cat reminds me of Cruella DeVil from 101 Dalmations.
Wise method of trying different ways to dry wood. After a season you'll have the answer and then can use that. Maybe 4 pallets is too wide and 2 is too narrow and 3 wide is the answer? We will all find out soon enough's.
Another possibility for a cheaper drying bin is to consider making a partial enclosure consisting of 2 parallel strings of fencing made with steel fencing posts with the strung wire (possibly just barb wire) spaced maybe 8-12" apart (I know that some of wood might "leak-out", but since your wood length is 18", probably not much would come out before a "plug" would be created). As the upright posts with their strung wire have to prevent the piled wood from pushing them over, you probably can't space the posts more than maybe 6' feet apart. At least you might start with that spacing and you could always infill with a tighter spacing if needed. You might need to support some of the posts with a 2"x4" x 8' piece of wood at ~45 deg angle from the post top back to the ground if you find the piled-up firewood is causing the fence to bow out excessively. An example might be a 50' x 8' corral with the 8' sections open so you could dump and retrieve the wood and hopefully 8' would be narrow enough to still get adequate drying? Of course, you'd probably want to put down your pallets onto the ground prior to dumping the split wood into your wood corral.
Chris better put something across every so many feet or the middle will eventually bulge out. Love the dea of not stacking everything as before. Save a lot of time. Might not look as "orderly" as before but agree it will dry because it won't be "stacked" so tightly as before. Looking good!
We piled wood like that all the time, it will be fine, especially on pallets. It’s evaporation. When it’s split as small as you split it, it will dry in a few months. It’s no different than the middle row on your stacked wood. 👍🏻
Hey you know Chris. You could make a few concrete box's. Fill them with concrete. Some 2 by 4's and plywood on the inside. Mabe 3by 3 wide and 3 foot high. Put a piece of 2 inch pipe up and down sticking out the top 6 inches or whatever. Have a hole in the top with a shackle on it. It's your rigging point for your tractor to move them around. A couple of these around would help you secure any corners that are giving you a pain in the ass for falling over. Oh and weld a couple of pieces of metal on each side of that pipe. 2 down low and 2 up at the top. Mabe a foot on each side of the two inch pipe. This way the concrete will have something to grip onto when you pour that concrete slab. Keep your eye out for some free pipe and metal. Your making you're own personal jersey barriers for wherever you need them. I know this is easier said than done. And concrete isn't cheap. You could mix your own concrete to. The mixers don't cost that much either. Here is the basic mix my dad tought me back in the 60s. It's 4 buckets of stones. 2 buckets of concrete sand. I bucket of Portland cement. And one bucket of water. If it looks to dry give it a little more water. All this can be adjusted with whatever you want in it. Don't make it to weak. I know this sounds like to much. But there's nothing worse than when you build something and part of it falls down. All right we need some warmth and I hope you keep making money. See ya. And I do like watching your videos. I forgot about the one bucket of lime. We were doing sidewalks and his driveway. It's in case you want a extra smooth finish and look. I don't thing you need lime though. Bye
Yes, fuel is still expensive but you can save on your diesel. Check around for a gas station that sells "off road diesel". It is the same stuff but you don't have to pay the road taxes. My local shell station sell s their regular diesel at a discount for off road use and all you have to do is sign a form. This is what I use in my tractor.
With the A inside the pile was my idea as well. Meanwhile I though: shall I limit the bin to the sides by vertical pallets or should I just lay the last pallet on the ground? I came to this solution: instead of laying them on the ground or installing them vertical I tend to install a Half A on the sides. Do one Pallet in a 30 to 45 degree angle upright. This will not stop the air to flow under the pallets and will increase the volume of the pile more than upright pallets. Will not be possible with wire but with boards that support the pallets from outside the pile. Needs some weed control but in my opinion the most efficient use of the pallets.
Hey there Chris! I’m liking the wood bin set up, thats gonna work well for sure! Like that tunnel idea also for firewood mountain there! Great vid that day really enjoyed it! Take care! Andrew from NB :)
Has Andrew contacted you about a 12 or 16 way wedge for the processor to reduce your resplitting? That would make a difference I'd bet. Years ago I got into TONS of hackberry, (hackberry is about the only tree I'll cut down live, they're more like weeds in my neck of the woods) and I made big piles like you have here... but no pallets. I just piled it on the ground. The bottom layer of wood was basically sacrificial, but everything that wasn't touching dirt stayed in pretty good shape. I had no problems getting it dry in a year's worth of seasoning time doing it like that, and I think ash dries even better/easier/faster. I've even done big piles of oak like that and it will dry pretty well in piles also, it just takes about 1 1/2 - 2 years. That's a really good idea about the "air tunnel", but I don't think you'd need to do that unless you were making a Really big pile, like 3-4 pallets wide -Air Tunnel- then 3-4 more pallets. It would be an interesting experiment! Good night Irene, wherever you are!
@@InTheWoodyard Hey Chris, Im a carpenter and have spent a number of years working outside in the cold. When it comes to gloves and dexterity, youve simply got the wrong gloves for the job. Those leather gloves are great for throwing firewood around or running the splitter, but not good for little things. If you need to use your fingers to manipulate things, they have insulated nitrile gloves that are both warm and waterproof. Great for winter. If you need even better dexterity a pair of mechanix (or similar work gloves) are great, but not waterproof...but you can also throw on a pair of latex gloves to keep your hands warm and dry under the mechanix gloves. I used to wear those for tying chain link fences in the middle of winter (in Canada). They work great, just be sure to dry them for the next day. Hope this is timely advice for next winter.😂
@@InTheWoodyard Colder than a well digger's tukas. We call that a brass monkey warning. But what the heck. After you're frozen, colder doesn't matter. Idea; Maybe we could run a big duct from Washington D.C. to Wisconsin. I'll bet you could pipe enough hot air to heat the entire northern half of the country. LOL Shalom/gw
Im with you on the weather! I'm so frustrated, we cant take salt spreaders out of our trucks because every 5 days or so a stupid low pressure system from Canada meets up with these damn systems coming from California and we get rain, rain and more rain then drops to teens for a couple days and freezes up everything which means we cant transition to spring/summer mode and I dont like working in 30's and below. People in the south don't know how lucky you have it.
G’morning Chris. I think I saw your truck almost explode…. Sweet idea fer moving da air. I’ve heard of people using stove pipe in the center of a beehive stack as a chimney fer da air. GoodNightIrene
Interesting technique with the wire. I would have also put a wire across one side to the other, but probably not necessary even. I really like the 2 palettes width! Edit: I see you later did that!
It would appear, that your firewood finished stock is much lower than the same time last year in the old wood yard? You may have inventory shortages of good to go wood this year.
You should Look into getting a big barrel and having the diesel fuel delivered and getting it off road fuel which would be ruby red around here it's called anyways then you don't have all the taxes on it you just can't run it In a diesel pick up R if you get caught you're in trouble
They can also deliver gasoline at a discount also most places will anyways around farmfields if found a couple of About 250 gallon tanks. It may seem like a lot.
Could always add fuel stabilizer they make it for diesel fuel also. 200 or 250 gallons May seem like a lot But if you use 10 gallons a week that's only 20 weeks not even 6 months for 200 gallons
You need some warm weather out there Chris to open up the streams so you and Kenny can get after the beavers. There good $ this year! Been at it for a week here in upstate NY
Just a suggestion. You may want to think about finding a way to store it in a manner that you'd be able to access it with your tractor or skid steer bucket, so that in the future, when you're loading a face cord in the back of your truck for delivery, or even a dump trailer load for a full cord delivery, you don't have to handle it, which appears to be the slowest part of the entire process now. Not to mention, the most labor intensive. Buying loads of logs is fast. Processing them through the processor is fast. But then loading face or full cords for delivery, not so fast. Just a suggestion to possibly help with efficiency?
If your water's only built the bottom as you were going you wouldn't be able to back the dump trailer up and dump it right in and then just extend the sides and the bottom out as you go this way. Here you're gonna have to toss it off the. Other? Thing is. Is that back row in there? Maybe you could stack it at the very back?😊
What a shame that the longhair nasty orange cat disappeared and was never seen on the farm again. Oh well, all the remaining woodcats lived happily ever after
@@InTheWoodyard U NEED THEM IT MAKE YOUR LIFE SO BETER NICE TO NO HOW MUCH U GOT LEFT I P;LAN ON USE MY SELF HAVE IN THE PASS LAN MOWER AND STUFF HOPE THIS HELP U OR SOME ONE
the first shot of you taking out the pallets looked like the "frozen tundra" those cribs, using the wire turned out pretty good. March has been fickle this year. its been unseasonably warm here in the Chesapeake Bay/western shore area of Maryland. We received only one day of measurable snow and that was only about a 1/2 inch. we've had temp swings from 20s (occasionally) to 70s. it would be warm for a couple of days then cold for a couple of days. i only went through about 1.5 cord of wood when i normally go through @ 3 full cord. you needed your BIG coat today with that wind. the other day i asked you about what was on the back of the tractor and you said they were tractor weights. obviously not in the traditional sense. Are they sandbags?
With the impending spring thaw, I am curious that if you have though of using geotextile or larger gravel such as 4" minus on the soft ground before putting in the smaller gravel on top?
Nice video for us Chris. Not so nice for your gloveless hands though. Change the subject, what do you think of the Demco ball hitch on Bert's PJ trailer? I have a PJ trailer with one of those and I love it. GNI
Good morning Chris. Hey this was a very interesting video. I am very curious how your new drying system works out. If this works, I'll be spoiled. I just purchased a Halverson skid steer processor, the 140b, if this drying system works I can just process right in the bins.
Thanks. Ya I did lots of pondering for quite awhile. For a 1 man operation like me I see lots of little things different than going stationary one. But we'll see after I use it lots.
With fresh cut live wood, would you stack it as normal or pile up wood that is greener than green? I have access to an unlimited supply of free pallets. Am going pallet shopping today. Yep, unlimited pallets from one pallet store.
Good morning Woodhounds!! 45 and raining this morning here in central Ohio!!
Hi Greg 😮 we have had a brutal southerly storm and snow, freezing and whatnot🥶 southerly winds are bad here because that's the direction of Antarctica 😂
64 and clear in South Louisiana with a high of 80. Sucks for y’all. 🤠
@@kaitlynlsari681 I think Mother Nature got the Fauci Ouchy and its messed up her system!!.... Bad storms across the midwest again last night...
@@kaitlynlsari681 I’ll trade you our weather for yours!
Significant Thunderstorm Risk...with an associated:
Elevated Tornado Risk.
Elevated Hail Risk...up to golf ball size.
Significant Damaging Wind Risk...up to 80 mph.
@@kaitlynlsari681 Severe Weather Watch here for later today
The nights of sleep I have lost worrying about the huge mound of Ash is officially up to Zero! It will be just fine and is just like money in the bank!
I do like your wire idea. It will make disassemble very easily compared to nails or screws!👍
Something I do worry about, and it is because I know nothing about it. On my old Kubota tractor. The hydrostatic pump is a little weak from a decade of abuse and use. I have to run it in lower ground speed, with rpms maxed in order to build enough pump pressure to lift the heavy tongue on loaded trailers. My worry is that with your sand bags on constantly and lifting these heavy trailer tongues versus having a removable ballast box. Is it maybe prematurely wearing out your pump working so hard?
I have never thought of that??? Maybe so, but what color is your tractor???
Orange...
@In The Woodyard It would be a good question to bring up on one of the tractor channels...I honestly don't know but my gut feeling is the pump is working very hard with all that weight. The dump trailers have alot of tongue weight to start with alone.
The wire idea looks like it worked great! I like it👍👍GNI
Thanks, I think so too!
Good Friday morning Chris! Thanks for the new video today..
Morning! See you back here again tomorrow!
Farm supply stores used to sell "baling wire" in large rolls. About the same size as "electric fence" wire much softer and easier to work with. FYI Electric fence wire higher tensile strength but much stiffer......
Thanks for the info! I just bought what was the cheapest!
That is a great idea, creating a little tunnel for air to flow through the pile. That's the issue I had with this technique, the wood in the "core" of the pile will never get any air or sun. I was also doing this with oak and pine, which both hold moisture and mold easy. I bet it works fine with ash for sure
Looks like it's gonna work for ya!
An A-frame tunnel would create air circulation and reduce the volume of wood contained in the rack, maybe as well off use the same pallets and build another narrow rack? or perhaps try 3 pallets wide so that he can end dump the trailer rather than throwing wood over the top? so many combinations to consider.
Yup, endless possibilities!
I think it will be great!
The only issue with the tunnel idea is you wood need to cap the ends so the kids/cats don’t crawl in there if it collapses
Chris, your evolution on how to save time and still end up with a dry product is going to save me time to cut and split more wood. Thank you so much!
Thanks Brian!
Or Bryan
Good morning Chris, that processor sure can make a pile of wood fast! Just a thought, every time you go out to the pile, scoop a bucket full of resplits. Adds ballast for pulling the trailer plus dump it right in the bins. Stay warm!
Maybe so!
Hi Chris, I agree with some of the comments about drying that huge pile. In my experience with firewood, is the dryer the better. I believe that I commented before three years plus on drying will give you no creosote problems in the chimney. I have a book called NORWEGIAN WOOD by Lars Mytting, it's a very interesting read. You are very busy so you might not have time for reading. Take care, stay safe
I have the book. Not all wood or all wood drying conditions are the same. I have talked to several big firewood producers, one sells and delvers 2 full semi truck loads EVERY day and all his wood is in tall cones on the ground for 6 months at most before it is sold..
Hi Chris, Wilfried here from Belgium in Europe. another suggestion to have less work : i cut my logs on 1 meter, than split and than stack the 1 meter pieces in a pile. The wood can dry with the same speed but the big advantage is that you can stack much faster en much higher ( 10 feet is no problem) before it gets unstable after drying. Desadvantage: you can not do it with ugly stuff, which are difficult to split on that length. When you have to deliver you cut the 1 meter pieces in 3 . Not with the chainsaw, but with a circular saw ( pto behind tractor, or electric). Let me know what you think about it.
That is a very cool idea! I like it and have seen other people in Europe do that too! Can you send me some pictures, that would be great to see and share here on the channel??? My email is chrisinthewoodyard@gmail.com
@@InTheWoodyard hey Chris, a few examples from a pile with wood on 1 meter , the splitter and cutting the wood on 33 cm
For what it’s worth, you could take a sharpie (indelible marker as daddy likes to say) mark the tank and then add 5 gallons mark it again, and again, and again. Then average it out and mark the rest of the level tube. Just an idea.
The weather is wonky here too.
Once again you Dad is the smartest man in the room! Tell him thanks!!! Good idea!
@@InTheWoodyard just him and his iPad in the bathroom. Nothing to brag about there. Lol
I was gripping yesterday that it 60 and breezy. 😂 In a month or so it will be 80’s maybe 90’s with high humidity. Then I will be wishing for 60 with breeze.
60 is to warm!!!
Mount Carlson ,good morning Chris and friends keep on cutting
Yup, wood mountain!
I use fence wire to hold the plastic triangle roofs on my IBC totes.
Good idea!
As long as it's no more then about 5 feet to the center it will still dry.
You make a pile say 14 feet high, without the pallets.
drying time would be massively slowed.
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Only other thing I'd do is put a old tarp on the under side to limit sinking in to the ground and ground moisture.
And one over the top.
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Bit I'm in a very very different climate with little freezing, many feet of rain, and a average of 2.5 hours of sun a day over a year.
Thanks for the ideas Bruce!
The crib/bins are looking great, Chris..😁👍
Thanks Daniel!
I'm facing the same problem your old best friend Tony has ,a old mature hard maple woods with a high crown ,wood definitely drys better thru the winter when the leafs are down,love your videos and incorporated some of your techniques to keep moving along.
Thanks Paul!
60 plus winds here 2 weeks ago LOTS of free wood. Glad to be off the chainsaw for awhile. Really like the big crib!
Thanks for watching Leather man!
@@InTheWoodyard Custom shop down here if you need anything let me know. "if you can dream it we can make it"
Although we stack all of our wood I do think the bins will work out. There is something really satisfying watching you just chuck it in there without stacking🤣 If I had more room we would definitely give it a try. Well done Sir Chris👍🏻👍🏻GNI
Yes, it sure is easy and saves time BUT, it does take more space and in your yard and other peoples yards space is an issue.
It is time saving, but it will take longer to get dry. Believe me I've been heating with wood for 40 plus years, the dryer the better.
Like the wire idea. As well as the 2 pallet wide strategy. Take care.
Yup, it will work great! Thanks!
I'll bet you dont even need to make an A down through the wood pile with the pallets. If you just stand up a row of pallets down the middle the air will flow. My opinion listed in case you wanted my 2 cents worth if comments.
Yup, thanks for the idea!
I like the new stack strategy . I can’t wait to see how it works for you. Good luck. Anything to save the endangered lower back.. lol
I hope it works well!!
Good morning, Bert.
Made it to warmer weather. It rained all 11 hrs on the road. I couldnt sleep so i said we were leaving early.
@@BertsCustomCuts Glad everyone is safe and warm. Have fun.
It is supposed to rain/snow here for 2 days, you left at a good time!
Good day Chris! I believe you have a great drying area with that massive open field constant air flow no matter what the weather. I know for ultimate drying stacking would be the Best. But in your case with the quantities and saving time you are most efficient with piles cheers 👌🏻🔥🇨🇦
Thanks!
Looks cold ! Soon you will be hunting a shady spot to work in .
Yup, it was and the heat will come soon!
You could go 2 1/2 pallets wide placing the center pallets on top of the outside pallets making a shorter tunnel than you were talking about but still making a better air flow.
THAT Is a great idea!!!!!
Sounds like a good plan Chris!
Good idea, good job Chris.
Thanks 👍
Good morning, Planet Earth
To take a phrase from the Arches, I AM LOVING IT.
Your McBins are sweet. I have a project to make with pallets, and your wire idea has solved an issue I had in moving toward completion.
Macy and Peri loved the barking cats.
The meanie head cat reminds me of Cruella DeVil from 101 Dalmations.
Yup, that mean cat is a *#!+%~er!!!
That cat has a name... Stihl!
@David Clark Then that cat has a few adjectives before Stihl.
@@annmariekowalski7505 I'd imagine it does...
Another great video as usual with great content and Chris knows how to close out a video with the Wood Cat Troop nice work!
Thanks Charles, glad you liked it!
Wise method of trying different ways to dry wood. After a season you'll have the answer and then can use that. Maybe 4 pallets is too wide and 2 is too narrow and 3 wide is the answer? We will all find out soon enough's.
Yup, I have another idea that I will try soon to! Thanks!
Hi Chris & Bert nice Pallet Pile, good stack 3 pallets wide should work.
Hello Kitty’s🐅
Thanks Rick!
Good morning Chris, I paid $2.03 a litre for Premium gas,$7.61 US gallon! Canadian
Ours is like $4 a gallon now!
Very creative with your use of pallets.
Thanks!
Good Morning Sir!! The wood out in the open should try just fine!! It will constantly get wind and sun!! Stay Hydrated and Have a Safe Day
Hello David! yup, it will be great!
Great idea with the wire
Thanks!!
iIt looks like its starting to warm up, I see a few 50s in the forecast . Raining this morning. going to be a muddy mess for awhile.
Lots of rain right now for sure!!!
I'm sold out of all my firewood. I only have 300 bundle bags left campfire stuff
Well then you better get cuttin'!!!
Wood looks great
Thanks!
Good morning Chris!!😀😀
Those bins are going to work really well. Sure beats stacking it!!
Take care my friend!!😀😀💚💚
Logger Al
Yup, I think so to! Thanks Al!
Great plan! Enjoyed the video, it even look cold. KC Don 😉
Glad you enjoyed it Don!
Another possibility for a cheaper drying bin is to consider making a partial enclosure consisting of 2 parallel strings of fencing made with steel fencing posts with the strung wire (possibly just barb wire) spaced maybe 8-12" apart (I know that some of wood might "leak-out", but since your wood length is 18", probably not much would come out before a "plug" would be created). As the upright posts with their strung wire have to prevent the piled wood from pushing them over, you probably can't space the posts more than maybe 6' feet apart. At least you might start with that spacing and you could always infill with a tighter spacing if needed. You might need to support some of the posts with a 2"x4" x 8' piece of wood at ~45 deg angle from the post top back to the ground if you find the piled-up firewood is causing the fence to bow out excessively. An example might be a 50' x 8' corral with the 8' sections open so you could dump and retrieve the wood and hopefully 8' would be narrow enough to still get adequate drying? Of course, you'd probably want to put down your pallets onto the ground prior to dumping the split wood into your wood corral.
Build it and let me know how it works! Thanks
Good morning Chris great job
Hello Robert! Thanks!
Great stuff as always, I had to watch it in shifts today
Glad you enjoyed it!
Chris better put something across every so many feet or the middle will eventually bulge out. Love the dea of not stacking everything as before. Save a lot of time. Might not look as "orderly" as before but agree it will dry because it won't be "stacked" so tightly as before. Looking good!
Thanks!
We piled wood like that all the time, it will be fine, especially on pallets. It’s evaporation. When it’s split as small as you split it, it will dry in a few months. It’s no different than the middle row on your stacked wood. 👍🏻
Good to know! Thanks!
Hey you know Chris. You could make a few concrete box's. Fill them with concrete. Some 2 by 4's and plywood on the inside. Mabe 3by 3 wide and 3 foot high. Put a piece of 2 inch pipe up and down sticking out the top 6 inches or whatever. Have a hole in the top with a shackle on it. It's your rigging point for your tractor to move them around. A couple of these around would help you secure any corners that are giving you a pain in the ass for falling over. Oh and weld a couple of pieces of metal on each side of that pipe. 2 down low and 2 up at the top. Mabe a foot on each side of the two inch pipe. This way the concrete will have something to grip onto when you pour that concrete slab. Keep your eye out for some free pipe and metal. Your making you're own personal jersey barriers for wherever you need them. I know this is easier said than done. And concrete isn't cheap. You could mix your own concrete to. The mixers don't cost that much either. Here is the basic mix my dad tought me back in the 60s. It's 4 buckets of stones. 2 buckets of concrete sand. I bucket of Portland cement. And one bucket of water. If it looks to dry give it a little more water. All this can be adjusted with whatever you want in it. Don't make it to weak. I know this sounds like to much. But there's nothing worse than when you build something and part of it falls down. All right we need some warmth and I hope you keep making money. See ya. And I do like watching your videos. I forgot about the one bucket of lime. We were doing sidewalks and his driveway. It's in case you want a extra smooth finish and look. I don't thing you need lime though. Bye
Thanks for the ideas Phil!
Yes, fuel is still expensive but you can save on your diesel. Check around for a gas station that sells "off road diesel". It is the same stuff but you don't have to pay the road taxes. My local shell station sell s their regular diesel at a discount for off road use and all you have to do is sign a form. This is what I use in my tractor.
Yup, off road is cheaper!
With the A inside the pile was my idea as well.
Meanwhile I though: shall I limit the bin to the sides by vertical pallets or should I just lay the last pallet on the ground? I came to this solution: instead of laying them on the ground or installing them vertical I tend to install a Half A on the sides. Do one Pallet in a 30 to 45 degree angle upright. This will not stop the air to flow under the pallets and will increase the volume of the pile more than upright pallets.
Will not be possible with wire but with boards that support the pallets from outside the pile. Needs some weed control but in my opinion the most efficient use of the pallets.
That is a good idea also??? I will think it over, thanks Felix!
You did run the wire across! Good job!
Yes I did!
That's a lot of wood!!
It is a good start!
Hey there Chris! I’m liking the wood bin set up, thats gonna work well for sure! Like that tunnel idea also for firewood mountain there! Great vid that day really enjoyed it! Take care! Andrew from NB :)
Thanks!
Look for safety wire pliers at a yard sale to help twist the wire. Makes it very quick.
Okay, thanks!
Great setup Chris, smart thinking my friend, cab comfort when its that cold for me though😂 🚜🪵👍🏼🇺🇸
Yup, a cab would be nice on rainy days other wise, I like the open air outside and being able to hop off and on fast.
Mornin Y’all! I haven’t watched this video yet but I’m very confident it’s a good one.
Thanks!
Great job
Thanks Robert!!!!!
Has Andrew contacted you about a 12 or 16 way wedge for the processor to reduce your resplitting? That would make a difference I'd bet.
Years ago I got into TONS of hackberry, (hackberry is about the only tree I'll cut down live, they're more like weeds in my neck of the woods) and I made big piles like you have here... but no pallets. I just piled it on the ground. The bottom layer of wood was basically sacrificial, but everything that wasn't touching dirt stayed in pretty good shape. I had no problems getting it dry in a year's worth of seasoning time doing it like that, and I think ash dries even better/easier/faster. I've even done big piles of oak like that and it will dry pretty well in piles also, it just takes about 1 1/2 - 2 years. That's a really good idea about the "air tunnel", but I don't think you'd need to do that unless you were making a Really big pile, like 3-4 pallets wide -Air Tunnel- then 3-4 more pallets. It would be an interesting experiment!
Good night Irene, wherever you are!
I do have a 12 way wedge, it works great on big wood but produces a lot of debris.
The cold Temps are no fun, but the cold mornings this time of year are welcome to still access my wood yard without tearing up the pasture!
Yes! Exactly!
@@InTheWoodyard Hey Chris,
Im a carpenter and have spent a number of years working outside in the cold. When it comes to gloves and dexterity, youve simply got the wrong gloves for the job. Those leather gloves are great for throwing firewood around or running the splitter, but not good for little things.
If you need to use your fingers to manipulate things, they have insulated nitrile gloves that are both warm and waterproof. Great for winter. If you need even better dexterity a pair of mechanix (or similar work gloves) are great, but not waterproof...but you can also throw on a pair of latex gloves to keep your hands warm and dry under the mechanix gloves. I used to wear those for tying chain link fences in the middle of winter (in Canada). They work great, just be sure to dry them for the next day.
Hope this is timely advice for next winter.😂
Hi Chris. MacGyver would be proud of you. I know I am. ;-)) Hopefully it will warm up soon. Supposed to hit 70+ here in SW PA next week. Shalom/gw
It was 12f here yesterday morning!!!
@@InTheWoodyard Colder than a well digger's tukas. We call that a brass monkey warning. But what the heck. After you're frozen, colder doesn't matter. Idea; Maybe we could run a big duct from Washington D.C. to Wisconsin. I'll bet you could pipe enough hot air to heat the entire northern half of the country. LOL Shalom/gw
I live down here in Georgia where it is hot and humid seems like all the time, I think the wood dries a little faster down here
Heat does help!
Im with you on the weather! I'm so frustrated, we cant take salt spreaders out of our trucks because every 5 days or so a stupid low pressure system from Canada meets up with these damn systems coming from California and we get rain, rain and more rain then drops to teens for a couple days and freezes up everything which means we cant transition to spring/summer mode and I dont like working in 30's and below. People in the south don't know how lucky you have it.
Yup, but I like colder weather anything over 60 is to hot!!!
Corn cribs use the "tunnel" idea, although it's usually vertical.
Yes!!! Thanks!
Using the wire was a good idea.
Thanks!
G’morning Chris. I think I saw your truck almost explode…. Sweet idea fer moving da air. I’ve heard of people using stove pipe in the center of a beehive stack as a chimney fer da air.
GoodNightIrene
Yup, I have a layer of anti explosion fluid on it for all wood loads to prevent the truck from catastrophe!
A video comparing your new operation to your old wood yard operation would be interesting. Lots of changes.
Great idea!
I think the new bins will dry better than the big one.
Maybe so!
Wood bins are a great idea!
They are not just for cookies anymore.
Yup!
Great video Chris thank you.
Thanks for watching Jason!
Interesting technique with the wire. I would have also put a wire across one side to the other, but probably not necessary even. I really like the 2 palettes width!
Edit: I see you later did that!
Ha! Yup, we are either both smart or both not! HA!!
I was going to say run the wire across the pallets on the top. That will dry it out great.
Thanks, I think so to!
Those cats got you trained pretty good.
Yup, that is true!
I bought a top dog firewood bucket for the skid-steer it saves a lot of time
Thanks Tom, I will check it out!
It would appear, that your firewood finished stock is much lower than the same time last year in the old wood yard? You may have inventory shortages of good to go wood this year.
Yup, I will be making wood faster now !
Good morning everyone
Morning Ken!!
@@outdoorsinthe608 🍻🇺🇸
Make it a great morning
Haha
Evening in Australia mate! This is my bedtime show!
Good morning from Eatonville Washington 😁👍
Nice looking bin
Thanks Larry!
You should Look into getting a big barrel and having the diesel fuel delivered and getting it off road fuel which would be ruby red around here it's called anyways then you don't have all the taxes on it you just can't run it In a diesel pick up R if you get caught you're in trouble
They can also deliver gasoline at a discount also most places will anyways around farmfields if found a couple of About 250 gallon tanks. It may seem like a lot.
If he doesn't go thru all of it, foes thr fuel go stale and not be reliable?
Could always add fuel stabilizer they make it for diesel fuel also. 200 or 250 gallons May seem like a lot But if you use 10 gallons a week that's only 20 weeks not even 6 months for 200 gallons
Yup, Bert has some here on the farm!
Yup!
You need some warm weather out there Chris to open up the streams so you and Kenny can get after the beavers. There good $ this year! Been at it for a week here in upstate NY
We just did a little trapping in our southern zone, first time for us. The northern zone will probably not ever open up!!!
815 and 608, any storm damage? The tornado from Delavan broke up around East Troy, a half hour away from us.
Another great video
I appreciate that!
Fuel transfer tank is definitely worth the investment!!
Maybe when I get rich like you I can get one !! Haaaa!
@@InTheWoodyard lol. Facebook marketplace. Always shopping for a deal.
We cut the dead ash and considered it RTB. Don't the dead trees dry out a lot faster? There's no living ash left in southern Michigan.
Yes dead trees are already starting to dry out . Once the bark is off it dries even faster.
You might look at long plastic zip ties I use them a lot different think. If they get drop and lost don’t have worry getting flat tire
Yup, maybe so!
Just a suggestion. You may want to think about finding a way to store it in a manner that you'd be able to access it with your tractor or skid steer bucket, so that in the future, when you're loading a face cord in the back of your truck for delivery, or even a dump trailer load for a full cord delivery, you don't have to handle it, which appears to be the slowest part of the entire process now. Not to mention, the most labor intensive.
Buying loads of logs is fast. Processing them through the processor is fast. But then loading face or full cords for delivery, not so fast. Just a suggestion to possibly help with efficiency?
Yup, I am working on it!
If your water's only built the bottom as you were going you wouldn't be able to back the dump trailer up and dump it right in and then just extend the sides and the bottom out as you go this way. Here you're gonna have to toss it off the. Other? Thing is. Is that back row in there? Maybe you could stack it at the very back?😊
Maybe so!
I'm going to give bins a try
Yup! Go for it!
What a shame that the longhair nasty orange cat disappeared and was never seen on the farm again. Oh well, all the remaining woodcats lived happily ever after
No, thew nasty cat was just gone for the day, it is still there!!!!!
@@InTheWoodyard it's time for you to become creative
u need this for wood sliter and wood prosser KELCH FUEL CAP WITH GUAGE 8"
I need or you want??
@@InTheWoodyard U NEED THEM IT MAKE YOUR LIFE SO BETER NICE TO NO HOW MUCH U GOT LEFT I P;LAN ON USE MY SELF HAVE IN THE PASS LAN MOWER AND STUFF HOPE THIS HELP U OR SOME ONE
the first shot of you taking out the pallets looked like the "frozen tundra" those cribs, using the wire turned out pretty good. March has been fickle this year. its been unseasonably warm here in the Chesapeake Bay/western shore area of Maryland. We received only one day of measurable snow and that was only about a 1/2 inch. we've had temp swings from 20s (occasionally) to 70s. it would be warm for a couple of days then cold for a couple of days. i only went through about 1.5 cord of wood when i normally go through @ 3 full cord. you needed your BIG coat today with that wind. the other day i asked you about what was on the back of the tractor and you said they were tractor weights. obviously not in the traditional sense. Are they sandbags?
Yes, inner tubes filled with sand, they work great.
Chris like I’ve said the more hands you can have makes things go faster and you’re starting to win over those cats 🐈 ❤😮😊and of course the 🪵🪵🪵🪵🪵🪵🪵🪵👍
Thanks Todd!
With the impending spring thaw, I am curious that if you have though of using geotextile or larger gravel such as 4" minus on the soft ground before putting in the smaller gravel on top?
Yes yes and yes!!
That dam Pennsylvania ground hog got it right this year for sure.
Ha! Maybe so!
Nice video for us Chris. Not so nice for your gloveless hands though. Change the subject, what do you think of the Demco ball hitch on Bert's PJ trailer? I have a PJ trailer with one of those and I love it. GNI
Thanks, yes it seems to work good...so far.
Need to add sideboards on the trailer to double capacity.... ??? Good spring project when it's muddy.
Yup, some day we will do that!
Are you going to put the plastic pallets on the ground and wood pallets for sides and ends. plastic last on the ground.
Probably so, yes.
That black trailer holds a lot of wood.
Yup, 2 full cords..loose
Good morning Chris. Hey this was a very interesting video. I am very curious how your new drying system works out. If this works, I'll be spoiled. I just purchased a Halverson skid steer processor, the 140b, if this drying system works I can just process right in the bins.
That sounds like a good idea! Congrats on the new tool!
Thanks. Ya I did lots of pondering for quite awhile. For a 1 man operation like me I see lots of little things different than going stationary one. But we'll see after I use it lots.
Your face looks so cooooold!!!!! I hope it warms up there soon!!!!!
Yup, it does get cold here, summer should happen this year between July 4th and July 10th.
@@InTheWoodyard 😊
If wood is out in the wind it will dry, loosely thrown wood has air gaps all through it.
Yup, I think so too!
Nasty weather coming through your place right NOW! Is everything okay?
Yup, just wind and rain, I call it weather. Same as the last 2 billion years, it will change a lot.
@@InTheWoodyard
Kickass! Glad the tornados missed you!
Good morning all!
Hello Kurt!
With fresh cut live wood, would you stack it as normal or pile up wood that is greener than green? I have access to an unlimited supply of free pallets. Am going pallet shopping today. Yep, unlimited pallets from one pallet store.
I think these bins will work great for all wood.