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StuP

Joined: 19 Jan 2006
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Location: Aberdeenshire

Posted: Tue Mar 05, 13 11:29 pm Post subject:
I put so much effort into creating a barn full of nicely seasoned, carefully stacked firewood that it seemed a shame to burn it. The pile goes down heartbreakingly quickly too!

Ty Gwyn

Joined: 22 Sep 2010
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Location: Lampeter

Posted: Wed Sep 17, 14 9:29 pm Post subject:
So did the UK once upon a time, https://www.davidheyscollection.com/userimages/001-blyth-news-1034.jpg

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
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Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Wed Sep 17, 14 9:58 pm Post subject:
pit props?

Ty Gwyn

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Location: Lampeter

Posted: Wed Sep 17, 14 10:03 pm Post subject:
Yes,up in Northumberland.

Erikht

Joined: 08 Feb 2005
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Posted: Tue Dec 29, 15 7:58 pm Post subject:
You mad, mad British, you. https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/how-a-book-about-norwegian-wood-has-become-a-global-hit-a6747431.html

Mistress Rose

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Posted: Wed Dec 30, 15 9:05 am Post subject:

The difference is that in the UK most people have their firewood cut to length, split and delivered so all they have to do is stack it. We do all the hard work, mainly by machine. We recommend stacking on a pallet with a cover such as corrugated iron or tarp on top and the sides open to the air.

I love wood fires, and sometimes sit and watch the flames of ours, but think I would find 8 hours of it on TV very boring.

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Wed Dec 30, 15 10:25 am Post subject:

Erikht wrote:

You mad, mad British, you.

We're mad?

I was thinking about getting hold of Mytting's wood book as I need to find some simple ways of processing and seasoning about 20m³ a year. I quite like the round pile idea and wondered if the book as any more useful ideas.

RichardW

Joined: 24 Aug 2006
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Location: Llyn Peninsular North Wales

Posted: Wed Dec 30, 15 10:34 am Post subject:

Treacodactyl wrote:

Erikht wrote:

You mad, mad British, you.

We're mad?

I need to find some simple ways of processing and seasoning about 20m³ a year.

Hire in a good man & processor for a day.

With your help he should get 20m3 done in one day.

That would be about 1/2 to 2/3rds of an 18 tonne lorry load

Expect to pay about £200-250.

Better yet get him in for two days & do most of next years at the same time.

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Wed Dec 30, 15 11:04 am Post subject:

RichardW wrote:

Treacodactyl wrote:

Erikht wrote:

You mad, mad British, you.

We're mad?

I need to find some simple ways of processing and seasoning about 20m³ a year.

It's a thought although not all the wood is on one site or even in one place on each site. Long term I hope to get a compact tractor mounted splitter.

At the moment I'm looking for ideas of how to store the processed wood long term, especially if I get access to some extra free wood. Sensible but cheap storage, which rules out a barn really unless I get a small mill...

Slim

Joined: 05 Mar 2006
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Location: New England (In the US of A)

Posted: Wed Dec 30, 15 11:16 am Post subject:
In terms of storage, you may want to stick with rectilinear stacking. You should get more wood on the same footprint, and many people find the circular stacks don't dry out all of the wood as well. It may take a bit more care to setup the stack so that it doesn't shift and fall over as the wood dries and shrinks.

Erikht

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Posted: Wed Dec 30, 15 11:34 am Post subject:

Mistress Rose wrote:

It's pure Zen, is what it is. An autum sunday, cold and clear, splitting the logs you sawed the day before, and then stacking them before you retire to a nice book, an artisan porter, and some woodburning on the telly. Bliss.

Erikht

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Posted: Wed Dec 30, 15 11:40 am Post subject:
Treacodactyl, follow Slim and Mistress Roses advice, and it will be fine. Stack on a pallet, corrogated iron on top. I like to stack towards a wall sometimes, and if the wood is reasonably dry already you can put another pallet in front and fasten the whole thing to the wall with a rope.

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Wed Dec 30, 15 11:57 am Post subject:

I currently do stack on a pallet with a cover on top. However, it doesn't hurt to try other ideas and pallets are not that easy to get hold of, certainly not decent ones.

I would also like to store wood to at least partly season where it's cut, and like the idea of a round stack for stability.

I've seen plenty of other ideas such as a simple round container made from stock fencing. Making some smallish crates up is also appealing as I could then move them around as required.

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
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Location: Hereford

Posted: Wed Dec 30, 15 12:36 pm Post subject:
Got any potato farmers near you? Spud pallets are handy. I think one of the best investments I've made is a pair of forks for the back of the tractor.

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Wed Dec 30, 15 1:09 pm Post subject:

We do have potato farmers in the area and you often see wooden boxes going too and fro, not seen any advertised for sale or old ones piled up.

At the moment I wouldn't be able to move them as I don't have a trailer but I know people use them for storing logs and that sort of gave me the idea of making something up myself.

I know people also use those steel framed IBC baskets, but they seem pricey.

I'll keep my eye out for anything going cheap locally, I've bagged some cheap steel roofing panels already.

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