Hello . I work in firewood industry around 2 years in Sweden. After pres/split wood moves with conveyor to steel gaskets (same as you have )1cub.m. Wood allways clean , drying fast coz ari circulates from all sides . Easy to move/flip/count and stack up to 4 floors by tractor . In our nordic climat you have to be very effective with drying , because we have only few dry and warm weeks in a year. WIsh you all the best with your buisness i love and respect all ppl who do honest work!

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for watching! Keep cuttin'!

@user-oe6wq7pu8d

4 ай бұрын

You need WIND to cure your stack. It will cure just fine under 10 ft of snow. Been there done that.

@sportbikeguy9875

Ай бұрын

Wood doesnt dry below the freezing..... And i dry forewood in my garage without wind.... You need HEAT. The higher the heat, the fadte the evaporation. With heat, moisture rises out of the woodshed. But you cabt dry wood at freezing temps, leave it as long as you want, it won't happen

I totally agree with you about making piles instead of stacking, Chris. I've enjoyed seeing how you've evolved your operation in the past few years. Thanks for sharing and keep up the great work!

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍 I have a long way to go!

Being that I burn wood to supplement heat in my house, I stack mine. The important thing is the wood being off the ground. If stacked or left in a pile, the pieces on the ground will never dry. In Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the drying season is short. Air, sun, and wind; dry wood. Moving wood in the winter to where the boiler is, is a lot easier in winter if stacked. Having access to the wood in deep snow is easier when stacked than digging through a pile covered in two feet of snow that is frozen to the ground and the frozen together. A pile may dry faster in an arid climate, but in other places, stacking works. It is an art no doubt, stacking wood tight to stacking it loose for air flow. Tighter allows more wood in an area, stacking loose allows less wood. And then, to cover or not to cover? I use 6 mil sheeting just on the top of a rack. Easy to push the snow off of the stack as the snow slides off easy. Keep warm, keep burning!

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Yup, all wood is work! Keep cuttin'!

@njonebale7889

5 ай бұрын

Your not selling bulk firewood, your suppose to keep your firewood in order for your convenience, as a firewood supplier I’m producing quantities and stacking firewood isn’t feasible…that’s you and every homeowner burner’s job.

@dalepotter6918

5 ай бұрын

I stack mine in a wood shed ,with am opend . The open end allows air flow, so it dries faster and probably

@dalepotter6918

5 ай бұрын

You are absolutely correct .wood covered in ice and snow is a pain in the ass . And it burns like crap

@user-oe6wq7pu8d

4 ай бұрын

Hi daddy. 😊 yes I stacked it so it won't fall over.

Thanks chris im startng building my bins,i watched for a year and made sure it dryed and didn't mold,and i love how they look, i hate stacking so im moving towards this

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Go for it!

Another lesson on why and how .Always something to learn .You are the wood educator. Thank you for all you do

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@BigAshTree8711

5 ай бұрын

I'd like to see this as well very curious to know

I'm glad I'm not the only person who gives people an old fashion good deal, thank you.

@InTheWoodyard

4 ай бұрын

Good to here there are good people out there!

Customer service will always be the way to get and keep customers. I think its unique how you can keep up with all your inventory and especially how you move so much. Keep chucking!

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Yup, thanks Michael!

Great information. Back in 1996 during Fran I collected 3 cords of wood from all the trees that fell over. I did not have a fireplace or a woodstove, I just saw a great deal, for free of firewood. The next year I bought a woodstove in November (1997), BlackBart2; which I still have, and have continued to use ever since! I even moved and carried my woodstove with me. I usually buy 2 cords of wood a year and buy early to give the wood about 6 additional months to dry out more. My stove is running right now 😀: outside it is 41 F - inside is 82. I like firewood. What can I say. I Live in Raleigh NC.

@InTheWoodyard

4 ай бұрын

Wood heat is great!

I started a small wood business mainly selling to locals in my community. I must say I be learned soooo much from your channel. My son hears your voice and says “Is that the wood guy?” Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. Appreciate you!! 🪵

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for watching!

had an old guy that had been burning wood for a few decades tell us the difference in stacking vs piling is nothing in volume. ive stacked a truck bed vs piling and i could not tell a difference. im glad to hear this being reinforced from another reliable source. ill continue to not stack. thanks.

@jimmystanbery6182

5 ай бұрын

Well that might be the case but I didn’t hear him say anything about the volume being the same. People want to know how much wood they are getting. A cord of wood is a unit of measurement and it has to be stacked.

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

The volume is way different....25% more with no stacking!!! Same amount.

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

No, it does not have to be stacked, loose wood takes up 25% more volume for the same amount of wood. If you put a full cord into a trailer hundreds of times you will learn that it is always the same amount each time as far as volume (level) in the trailer. That is what I learned the hard way...to much extra work.

@jimmystanbery6182

5 ай бұрын

@@InTheWoodyardthanks for clarifying

@georgevindo

4 ай бұрын

I split a half full cord for a neighbour, She wanted it split small for the fireplace. So I split it all small and stacked it to show her it was a full half cord. I threw it into my 8 foot pick up box and I could hardly get the half cord in without it falling off the sides. For myself, I know I can get about 3/4 of a full cord in my truck if I stack it. If its just thrown in, its about 1/3 of a cord. I've proved that by stacking it to measure it after I get it home.

You are one of the hardest working person that is in the firewood business. Keep up the hard work

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Thank you, I will!

Great video. I do just my home firewood for heating and I hate it, cant imagine doing that much!! I do touch my wood WAY too many times. After watching this, I may just make a bin like yours up by my log pile and just pile it in there to keep it off of the ground until its moved to the woodshed which holds close to 2 seasons of wood so has plenty of time to finish drying before its burned!

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Yup, it is work but good exercise and a great kind of heat...wood is good!

Good evening Chris, Couldn't agree more about stacking. I've just done a moisture test on some mixed hardwood that's in a loose bin and not one piece I tested was above 15%. Dry and ready to burn.!!👍

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Yup...good to hear!!

Your “chuck” is on point! Not even a guard on the rear window 👍🏻

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Yup. in 55 years of wood chuckin' no broke windows.

@q7winq7

4 ай бұрын

@@InTheWoodyard - - Broke the front window on my box topper thing about three years ago stacking wood into the box of my 8-foot bed Silverado (piece of crap truck - don't ever buy one). I never replaced the window. Oddly enough, it seems to stay dry. By the way, here in lower Michigan a face cord is 18" logs stacked 4'x8' so I can get a whole face cord in the back of my 8-foot truck if I stack it when I pick it up at my source. He charges me $45 for one face cord but I have to go get it. Is that a lot? You didn't say what you charge for firewood delivered. Cheers and thanks for the info. I stack my wood next to the house on pallets and cover with a tarp to keep rain and snow off it. Seems to be OK.

@mydogdidit

Ай бұрын

@@q7winq7 If you can go get a face cord for $45, respectfully, you're seller is a sucker! Should be double that, and nobody's making much even at that price. As for a face cord being 4x8x18inches, that doesn't make sense. It's 16 inches. Seems to me that if people in your area do that, somebody screwed up eons ago, nobody caught onto it and people kept copying it, lol. 4x8x16inches is exactly one face cord, one-third of 1 cord. Cheers!

@q7winq7

Ай бұрын

@@mydogdidit - - - - First, my supplier isn't selling firewood as a business, so who cares if he just wanted to get rid of it. Second, I'm sure he didn't give a fig if the wood is 16" or 18." Third, I'm sure he doesn't give a fig how big a face cord is. His sign said "this wood for sale for $45." Respectfully, if you're selling wood for a living, maybe try another career. The best way to fight inflation is not to pay high prices for ANYTHING. @$90 a face cord, heating is cheaper burning propane. God bless suckers for helping control inflation. Cheers.

I found on the beach the same polar fleece sweater as you're wearing. I wear it all the time. I also have woodlands I cut and sell fire wood. I agree completely

@InTheWoodyard

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching.

HI Chris. Minimize wood handling. Good topic. You have a wood processor that splits the wood onto a conveyor that dumps it into a stack/bin. Just need to manually fed the logs into the processor/splitter. Then the manual effort required to load the wood from the pile into the trailer/truck and unload it at the customer residence. Still labour intensive. Maybe Kenny has the better solution (aside from stacking), have the customer pick up the order. No loading or unloading as customer does the physical work. Understood that not all customers have the facilities to pick-up their own wood. Maybe those tote bins are a better idea. From the conveyor, into the bin, the bin later loaded onto the trailer/truck and dumped at the destination. Virtually no manual handling, I'm guessing. Great videos. A pleasure to watch! 🍁

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Yup, good points BUT Ken gets $80 a face cord and I get $120 delivered so....I deliver.

Chris another excellent piece of work ,advice and video 😮😊❤

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Thanks Todd!

Glad to see you are still stacking...not wood , just the Benjamin's !!

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Yup!

You sir are a blessing to your community! All I can get within 100 miles of me in southern Missouri is wet dirty garbage wood. :(

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Sorry to hear that, maybe you need to make your own now!!

You have the perfect conditions for piles, sun from morning to night and plenty of wind. My first time getting wood delivered I got muddy bottom of the pile wood, I was not a happy customer and actually texted him to take it back and that’s when I started cutting and splitting my own wood now I have total control over my wood.

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Yup, I understand..control of your wood is good!

@chrisbrunette9495

5 ай бұрын

Thing is if you have to buy the wood you might as well just buy gas or oil or wood pellets, wood pellets are under half the cost of buying split and cut fire wood 🤷‍♂️ and you don’t have to handle the stuff 10 times

@stevepatch1809

5 ай бұрын

@@chrisbrunette9495 as crazy as it sounds I really enjoy cutting and splitting my own wood, as far as a pellet stove they are a lot easier to use but I love the look of logs burning and the smell, I get a lot of “free” wood on Facebook marketplace just my time and effort.

I looked at the gloves you used and picked up a pair. Awesome gloves. Keeps my hands warm in cold conditions. Sturdy on the outside and soft on the inside.

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Yup, the KINKO pig skin ones are nice!

I've previously watched your channel with great interest. My thoughts: 1. You must be in incredible shape with all the work you do! 2. A dump trailer would eliminate one more handling upon delivery, although you probably have considered this...and it would save time. 3. BRAVO for the wonderful job you do addressing customer service. I'm fortunate to cut hardwood trees from my 40-acre woods. I only cut/split about 5 (full) cords for my own use each year. I'm able to keep it very clean. Your thoughts on not stacking have given me pause to consider dumping it in piles on a gravel base I already have. Thank you for your clarity in presentations and wisdom from experience.

@scottcampbell7180

5 ай бұрын

OK, I just found another of your videos with a dump trailer! Ignore #2 above!!

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

yup, we now have 4 dump trailers, I just got another one, you will see it soon!

G’morning Chris ! My youngest misses you “working really fast” while stacking. I have a boundary fence of full cords on 2 sides of my 1.5 acre. Thanks for ‘splaining. GoodNightIrene

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Stacked wood is pretty!

Love delivery days as always, thanks for the great tour of the woodyard! I’m so far behind, haha! -Brad

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Hello there my good man, nice to see you here again, I hope all is well at the farm and the family is good!

Nice video Chris. Happy that your wood corrals are working out. I really don't have enough space to do that. Years ago a used car guy near here used to make huge hay stack size piles on a concrete slab behind his shop. Always had half a dozen or so used pickup trucks for sale and 3 or 4 pickup box trailers. He sold wood in the high rent districts of Omaha (70 mile drive). Used an old grain elevator with a big old Kohler motor on it. He kept 3 or 4 local kids busy cutting, splitting and making the piles. GNI

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

That sounds like a good system he had!

I am really impressed that you can throw the wood in the truck without breaking the rear window.

@InTheWoodyard

4 ай бұрын

No broke windows in 55 years and thousands of cords chucked...so far.

Mix experience with common sense equals In The Wood Yard. As always outstanding wood channel and business. Keep up the outstanding work cheers 👌🏻🔥🇨🇦

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

I am with you on pilling the wood . I stack some of the bundle wood but that’s about it . And I have never had a problem with it drying .

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

It does dry well loose in the pile!

Here in Maine it was always cords usually several. "Full cord" is used only to stress to the seller that we do indeed want FULL cords this time! And those sellers are often given a nickname, "Short Cord Jones" or whoever. Less often half cords and rarely 1/4 cords are bought and sold. In recent years some people are starting to say face cord/third cord, maybe because that amount fits somewhat into a UBC tote. I'm good at math so I don't care what quantities are used as long as I get full measure. By the way, I've been storing my firewood in pallet bins the last 2-3 years.

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Yup, all good points David!!

An interesting experiment would be for you to stack a facecord and put the same thrown in loose and mark the area and do moisture checks throughout the season.

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Yup.

Beautiful looking woodyard.

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Thank you kindly Becky!

Chris - Great vid. You just confirmed why I don’t stack wood.

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Thanks!

So I got a good laugh. Right after you said you don't stack wood, we get a tour and there is a bunch of stacked wood in totes. Lol. I agree with the piles though. As always great video.

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Bert did that, not me, but it is nice and it does look good!!

@bikerfirefarter7280

3 ай бұрын

Apparently you can get ointment for dry piles. Stacks of it.

I used to not stack, I'd just pile into big cones but straight onto the ground. Seemed to cost me more wood that I figured at the time. Now I split straight into IBC totes. I was stacking into them until I got a big enough number of totes to just let it pile into them. Mostly burning myself. For the sell of wood, I just dump 4 totes ad a full cord into my trailer out of the totes instead of 3 stacked. I know I'm letting more wood go than if it's stacked, but I'd rather process wood then stack wood. I like the cutting and splitting and not so much the stacking. As for me I just bring a couple totes to the house and use straight out of the tote to heat with.

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Yup, it sounds like you have a great system!

Yes!! I've been missing the woodchuck so bad! Way to go, Woodchuck!

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

I put him on the job just for you!

A man can appreciate a fine woodstack ge has made all by himself. There is something grand about well stacked neat fuel reserves. Its good to have one or two set up. The rest can be piled 😬

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

They do save space and look nice!

Good Morning Chris and all you wood hounds. My wood yard is buried with 1 1/2’ of snow.

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Yup, we have a big steamy dump coming tomorrow!

Great channel, thanks for all the hard work creating these videos. I've learnt a lot. As regards bins, it wouldnt work here in the Uk because we have a mild maritime climate. Continuous rain and little sun especially in the winter. Even with stacking on pallets there's often mould growth in the base. I'm envious of those blue sky Wisconson winters. ☹ Cheers Sid

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Great point! Thanks Sid!

@SteelheadTed

5 ай бұрын

same here in Western Washington state, it is cold and wet for months in the winter, moldy wood is a real problem. Lots of firewood companies around here kiln dry their wood since the drying season is too short otherwise.

@rickhamm3962

5 ай бұрын

Nice pockets

@unhippy1

5 ай бұрын

A glasshouse works well in damp climates to dry wood.....i got one of those cheap kitset 8x14ft ones just to dry firewood....worked great

@SteelheadTed

5 ай бұрын

@@unhippy1 sounds good but for production firewood work this isn't going to be practical.

Cleanliness is next to Godliness. Good work!!

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Yup, maybe so, but I figure God is everywhere, he made it all!

Awesome vid that day Chris! Always enjoy the sit, chat an listen vids! I’ve seen the light as you have… from watching your channel for over a year now an all the others I follow, I’ve learned and absolute ton of everything firewood!!!!🔥 an not stacking is one thing lol, although I will stack when need to though 💯👍. Thanks for everything Chris, I really appreciate all your great content!! See you soon! Andrew from NB :)

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Awesome, thank you so much I really appreciate it ANDREW!

@Andrew_From_NB

5 ай бұрын

@@InTheWoodyard 🔥💯👍

@stephennoiles3344

5 ай бұрын

Great video, I agree, stacking I do, however I do not manufacture the wood you do, time is money. Chop on ! Stephen from NB, Canada

My wife makes me stack on the fence line to block the view of the neighbors backyard and his nasty little noisy dogs. I’m currently cutting, splitting and stacking a new wall because I sold the last one. 😉

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Good idea!

@claymack1109

5 ай бұрын

That's a good idea I would do the same

@maxsparks5183

5 ай бұрын

Sounds like your wife needs to build herself a spite wall.😖

@saltrock9642

5 ай бұрын

@@LF12468 my mother passed away in 2010 so now my wife has the honors. 👍

@davidprice6613

5 ай бұрын

Happy Wife Happy Life

He probably puts his clothes in big piles on the floor instead of using something silly like a dresser.

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

No, he does not, I am a big boy now and I fold and put away my clothes in a dresser and I hang my clothes in a closet to just like my mommy taught me about 60 years ago. Like I told you in my other comment I produce hundreds of cords of wood every year... for decades now...and to stack it all would take thousands of hours...I used to stack it all. I have a lot of old videos on my channel (1300) showing and demonstrating how to do it easy and fast but it would be a waste of time and effort for me to do it any more. I grew up just like other professional firewood producers. A friend of mine produces 3-5 semi truck loads every day and he never touches one piece of wood and neither does any of his 60 employees. So.....

@richardbullwood5941

5 ай бұрын

@@InTheWoodyard are you actually trying to tell me that you didn't understand my comment was a tongue-in-cheek attempt at humor? As if I thought that you handled your clothing the same way as commercial firewood? You must be a really sharp one. And a great sense of humor!!

Thanks Chris for sharing the lessons you learn along the way. Very useful information on being more productive even though I’ve been cutting firewood for over 25 years. Especially now that we have a boiler heating 8 buildings, wow more work! We gotta cut 30 cord a year just to keep up!

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Great to hear! THAT is a lot of firewood...keep cuttin'!

Yes, I get it . A lot of extra work. I would do the same if I were a supplier. Cut, split and stack my own wood by April, 4-5 bush cord in Eastern Ontario and stack it two rows wide and four feet high on pallets. The advantage of stacking is that in autumn I can cover it in lumber tarps. Interesting video. BTW, you need a dump trailer, haha.

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Yup, for you own wood it is fine to stack it especially if you want it neat and and have limited space. We do have 4 dump trailers, you might want to watch a few other videos here, there are 1300 waiting for you!

@frankashmore4781

5 ай бұрын

First one for me, will check them out. Thanks@@InTheWoodyard

Baby steps towards no stacking!👍 Now that you know the bins work awesome!Have you put any thought into what type of materials you should be gathering to build new ones with yet? These bins are an eyesore (imo)and will soon rot away. IDK if you have ever been in a confinement hog barn? But they have these concrete floor panels with slots in them, so pee and poo can fall through. If you could find some of these cheap. They would make a really nice floor and then build a permanent fence around the bin. I am just thinking outloud again for moving forward toward the future with a more permanent but not permanent structures!🤠

@waynetharp

5 ай бұрын

The pallets have worked great and you made use of materials you already had. I guess my comment is on thoughts of maybe doing something different in the future as these need replaced. Ideas on materials that won't break the bank but last longer than ankle breaking pallets!

@eat.sleep.wheel21

5 ай бұрын

I think that building "walls" from IBC totes full of wood (ran in loose from conveyor) would be the most efficient way to build a bin.

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

That sounds nice???? Maybe?

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

We will see!

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Maybe so??

I burn about 6 to 7 cords a year, all of which I cut myself. It has been very tempting to pile it up without neatly stacking it, but when I have done that, I always overestimate how much wood I have on hand. One year, I thought I had about 8 cords, when I actually had about 5.5 !!!

@daveklein2826

5 ай бұрын

User error

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Yup, stacking does get you a pretty accurate measurement!

Props to you for hand loading and unloading! The firewood business fascinates me but here in the UK its very different. The usual measure.is a builders bag, which people call a tonne bag, but only holds 800kg of sand.. so 3-400kg of wood. Very odd. Facecord makes much more sense!

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Yup, in many parts of the world firewood is sold in cubic meters. One cubic meter is like .82 of a face cord.

I really like the pallet bins. Thanks.

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Yup.

How is the splitter working now ? Hydraulic problems worked out?

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

All good for a long time now...you will see a bunch of it soon!

If you're buying wood by the "truck load" , chances are you're not getting cord price. Wood has to be stacked for measurement.

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

No it does not. I have loaded thousands of stacked and measured cords of firewood over the last 55 years and found that it always fills my trailers the same ....every time so why do I need to stack it if it fills my trailers the same every time. I was slow to get this fact after being told for years by full time professional firewood producers for years that they NEVER touch there firewood....ever... and always know how much wood fits their trailers so........

i used to do a fair amount of gettting, cutting and burning for myself and i would always kind of stack pile my firewood in the shape of a teepee with the wood on end and the whole thing sat on crushed stone. it dried and cured good that way with the heat of the summer and shed the rain good enough and when winter hit i would throw a tarp over it and then had a container pallet in the garage to keep a supply handy. i would go through 4 or 5 chords with a wood stove to supplement the oil fired boiler in the house. i always worked the wood up by hand with my saws, maul, axe and hatchet. i got most of my wood from the power company where i worked and i also bought grapple loads a couple times. i don't burn anymore because i'm retired and too old to keep up with it and my wife doesn't like it too much. the wood would warm you 3 times, once when you cut it, again when you split it and again when you burn it.

@InTheWoodyard

4 ай бұрын

Yup, nothing like wood heat!

I learned how to build my bins out of pallets by watching your channel... I learned how to use zip ties to measure my rounds by watching your channel... and now you tell me not to stack?!?! I learned by watching you, Chris! I learned by watching you!!! 😂 (not sure if you'll get the reference) but, lol either way 😁👍

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

That is awesome! But you can try somethings I show but if another way works better...go for it!

Good morning! I'm working toward not stacking

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Awesome!

Not stacking it works out…😊 Where are the kitty cats 🐈

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Yup! Cats are in the barn ..they stay in most days.

I've got one of those hand crank loadhandler pickup truck unloaders for dumping my truck bed out, sure saves a lot of time and back ache.

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Yup, i have one too, it is a piece of crap and I can unload faster by hand.

Here in northern Maine my friend processes fire wood year round and very busy. He can barely keep up with orders. Owns 3 trucks that hold 3 cord each. Loads his trucks straight from the processor on conveyor belt. Does 6 loads a day. $325 cord. Very busy crew.

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

That is awesome, good for him!

Nothing wrong with stacking wood. Ive lived in the mountains of north Georgia for 60 years. Family has for over 150 years. The only folks that dont stack are lazy folk. Keeps would off the ground. Keeps bugs out of it, looks better. Might as well tell folks they shouldnt clean there home, dont make your bed or dont bother putting your tools up. Having a neat and tidy woodyard is like having a neat and tidy work shop. It just makes sense. What other folks do is what they do but as for me and my house, we will stack wood. Just my opinion.

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Good for you! but here are the facts...yes it looks nice and neat and it saves space and you know exactly how much you have. BUT... loose wood on pallets off the ground has 25% more space to allow for air flow, requires a lot less work and dries MUCH faster. I have been producing about 200 full cords a year and have been doing so for about 50 years now. All major firewood producers pile (not stack) split wood into cones that are about 30' high and it dries great without touching the wood...ever. One producer I personally know sells 3-5 semi-truck loads a week years round and never stacks wood. He has 60 full time employees so is he wrong and lazy???

@danielanthony9621

5 ай бұрын

If your dealing with that amount of volume and selling, it makes sense. If your burning wood for home and hearth don't have piles in your yard it just looks bad. As far as statistics go where does that number 25 come from?? Who did the study and how many years did it cover?? Were talking opinions here thats all. Ive got mine and you have yours. Thats all. I'd still have a drink with ya and talk fishing and if you need help building a fence or a barn ill be there for ya. Im just not gonna throw wood in piles in my yard. Nor will I tell others to. Title of your video. Just struck me wrong. I apologize if I offended.

@brandondvorak4438

5 ай бұрын

@@InTheWoodyardThat guys comment had to chap ur ass for a responce that long from you!!🤣🤣🤣🤣

@doreenstrick8247

5 ай бұрын

If you are only cutting 20 cords a year stacking looks awesome. When you are processing over 100 cords per year to sell, you want it dry fast and it’s an ungodly amount of work for nothing. Been there done that.

@chrisfree2000

5 ай бұрын

​@@InTheWoodyardjust because you do it wrong for 50 years don't make it right 😂😂

Good Morning Woodhounds!!(-:

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Hello!

Have really loved watching you grow!

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

Lots of theories. Here in the mountains in Australia I don’t stack wood either. Just for my use I cut it in the bush , usually a standing dead tree with now bark left on it. Then I throw it on the ute, dump it on the ground at the wood heap, no cover or shed. Then I split a wheelbarrow load with an axe or block buster and park it up on the porch undercover once it’s split. It’s dry inside until it is split. Our wood is hardwood usually Ironbark or box, it burns really hot , even if it’s wet.

@InTheWoodyard

25 күн бұрын

Sounds like some great firewood...keep cuttin'!

Stacking or not stacking is not the issue. Keep it off the ground and cover it. It ain’t rocket science.

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Yup I agree, but people like to fight about that there way is the best!

Time is money.... always... You're either makin it or spending it... choose wisely

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Yup, I can make more money but not more time!

Yup a bottom, sides and air to breathe all around looks good. In Alaska I heat with spruce, aspen, willow, birch, cottonwood. Heat is life

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Yup, burn what you have!

🤘I have seen the light. Bins for me now. Thanks!

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Welcome to heaven on earth!

“Don’t stack firewood”, then proceeds to explain “how to stack firewood”. 🤣🤣🤣🙄🙄🙄

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

No, I talked about why you do not need to.

@surroundedbyjaggoffs

Ай бұрын

I stack my wood above ground 8 feet deep by 12 feet wide by 4 to 5 feet high gives me over 3 cords , I’m good for the next two years, if I just threw it in a pile I wouldn’t know how much I had because there would be many voids in the pile as there always is when we just throw it in a pile!! You deal in a higher volume than I do so I wouldn’t stack it either if I’m just selling it off anyway!!!!

@surroundedbyjaggoffs

Ай бұрын

Btw opinions are like noses , everybody has one and they all smell!!!!

If you haven't actually experienced cutting down timber in the fall, skidding, waiting until spring to haul it out, cutting to 16" lengths, splitting and stacking and then hauling it again. You will appreciate "piles". Stacking into cords is for the people at home.

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

YES!!!

Amen , have done my wood this way for years and have been waiting for somebody on you tube green light it.

@InTheWoodyard

4 ай бұрын

You had it right the whole time!

Wait a second! You build this channel touching wood…always a new question. Was wondering the same thing about the bins drying. Thanks for a great answer! John

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Yup, less wood touching!

Good talk Chris. I’m with you on the stacking! If I had more space to store our splits they would not be stacked. My arms and shoulders would thank me🤣 see ya again Tomorrow 👍🏻👍🏻GNI

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Hello again Sir Toddeth.. long time no talk!

Skidder Kev's yard has several large concrete confinement bins covered by canopies. His is a large scale operation. I suppose the high upfront cost is recovered pretty quickly considering running down pallets and putting them together into bins. There's plusses and cons to both ways or anyway depending on the volume of wood, equipment, costs, efficiency etc. As the saying goes "Whatever works".

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Yup, Kevs place is a big time operation for sure and it works well for him!

absolutely agree! I put my firewood in wire bin made of rebar wire 5 ft tall 5 ft diameter. Dries just fine. I also have goats , so stacks of wood don't stay stacked. Also allow me to use wood that wouldn't stack very well.

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Sounds like a great system!

Really enjoyable video. I'm in North East Scotland, I don't bother stacking wood either. To season it gets thrown on a pallet and left to the elements. Prior to using, it goes undercover in an open type outbuilding we have. Not sure if I saw them in the background of your video but we have similar/same. IBC cages we call them, not sure if terminology is the same? Easy to come by here either free or cheap, great way to store wood after you pull out the plastic container 👍🏻

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Thanks...yup, IBC totes here too.

I do the same thing no stacking, I’ve also loaded enough stacked cords and single face cords that o know what it looks like in my dump trailer. I’ve stopped hand unloading all deliveries. 1. It’s clean 2. I dont have big equipment to move wood around. Slowing reworking my plan for this new year. I’ve upgraded to bigger better truck for hauling and I’m now looking to move locations to better facilitate to storing and processing of the wood. If I can I’d love to get the commercial splitter and conveyor to help fix my bottle neck of production speed. And I’ve narrowed it down to the bagged wood, mobile splitting once I get a commercial splitter and full trailer loads only.

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Sounds good! Keep cuttin'!

The wood professor never disappoints!

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching, just a guy with wood.

It is kinda hard to imagine exactly how hard you work. I calculate at least ten hours a year. Unbelievable!!! And you would not do it if it did not sell. More power to you.

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

I work 12-16 hours every day doing what I love to do. I wish days where longer!

Now that was a Wisconsin backside! lol. I like to be creative , I've done the Holzhausen method and it's just for me personally as I have the time but it is an effective drying method and looks cool. But I do leave it in piles for a few years before I do that, then I have racks inside my porch for ready to burn pieces.

@InTheWoodyard

3 ай бұрын

Yup, stacking is pretty!

i just recently saw the light. I love the look of the stacked IBC but my tractor cant lift a full ibc of oak so i loose toss it in and its lighter. about 15% less i think. and saved me time on the stack. The Log Hog

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Yup, loose is good, dries very fast.

here in eastern canada, you pile wood on the ground the bottom 25-40 cms will never dry, will freeze into the ground & leave it long enough it'll rot. so big commercial wood yard no stacking make sense. homeowner , stack it up a few inches off the ground, cover it on top so it breathes/drys

@InTheWoodyard

4 ай бұрын

Yup, off the ground does matter!

Cool stuff. I see you are wearing your favorite gloves! Subscribed yesterday so I don't know your setup yet. Great cheap and effective setup. I'm hoping to build a disk screener so I can scoop and load snow filled wood without loading by hand. -Wouldn't work to use a skid steer to scoop off of pallet floors like your drying stacks though. Also we have none of your varieties here in Northern Alberta, I don't even know what the differences are between those varieties. Here it's only poplar, spruce/pine, birch or tamarack (Russian larch).

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Yup, we have all those and about 50 more kinds too!

We do over 100 full cord a yr an stack it all because it’s faster for us than piling it . Conveyor drops it into a dump trailer an we stack from the dump trailer onto half cord movable pallets so instead of chucking wood into the bin an then chucking it back into the truck at delivery time we just stack it onto our pallets and instead chucking into the truck we just dump the half cord pallet into the trailer an grab another pallet . By my math that’s one less touch an twice as fast . Having a miles of flat ground an fields gives ya plenty of wind an sun up here in Maine it’s hills an trees an wood piled up like that would get very moldy unless it was like you out in open fields . We all do what works best for our situation .

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Sounds like you all have a great system Phil!!

@AllenFamilyFirewood

5 ай бұрын

@@InTheWoodyard It works for us

for over 40 years I have been chopping/ splitting wood etc,I would go with my father in-law, RIP. who was a Forrester(part time) and fell a tree (he was given trees ,a perk of the job,,and I spent many a back breaking weekend helping him fell,cutting and then splitting the oak, ash, birch and sometimes a pine (pine I always found was good to get the wood burner started)one thing to this day he taught me is chop/split the wood as soon as possible,same day if you can,and leave it for a year uncovered in these round metal cages..THEN stack it under the covered area(our covered are was basically a big car port)6-8 months later you have a 15 to 20 percent moisture,perfect oven wood

@InTheWoodyard

4 ай бұрын

Yup, good system!

The old trucks the ones with the full 8 foot beds. One of them truck beds stacked nice is a half a cord. One half a cord. And thats stacked nice and neat.

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Yup, but the sides are much shorter than the trucks now also.

I grew up in a time where this was all done by hand. We always piled firewood in piles and then stack it after it was seasoned and dried.

@InTheWoodyard

Ай бұрын

If it was already dry in a pile...why stack it?? Space, neatness, measurement??

@Playingwith3D

Ай бұрын

@@InTheWoodyard for space

This channel is absolutely fascinating! New viewer, new sub. Well done

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Awesome, thank you! There are 1300 videos and I will make a new one for you every morning!

Here in NZ the standard measurement is a "thrown cord", namely a loosely thrown volume of cut wood. Often it's sold by the cubic meter but it's still all measured loose thrown/piled.

@InTheWoodyard

4 ай бұрын

Nice, thanks for the info!!!

Nice video would be fun to compare our operations sometimes I have a small firewood business I’ve been doing for over 20 years everything you’ve saying makes sense

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

We have a wood ministry at church. An 85 acre campus has lots of trees and some donated wood from others. We split and stack in a large shed. People who need it can take for free to heat their homes. We also have some guys that can deliver if they have no way to pick up.

@InTheWoodyard

4 ай бұрын

Very nice.

Hey guys i read lot comments on the wood unstacked, some i agree on some i dont agree on. Wet wood don't burn worth crap in wood burner, Sounds like hissing cockroach, i pulled some my wood out back rack and must got damp with rain and wind blowing through pallets stood up locked together and roof is made of pallets with shingles on top covering it. Front is covered with 2- tarps side by side across with bungee cords for wind flex, i work my wood every day, So i can heat my house it's better than High gas bill

@InTheWoodyard

4 ай бұрын

Your wood needs to breath to dry.take off the side coverings and maybe the top too?

Stack wood on pallets and cover with tin. Won't rot, always ready to burn. Works for me.

@InTheWoodyard

4 ай бұрын

Yup, if you only have a few cords...I cut split and sell over 200 full cords every year.

Awesome only thing that I would suggest from experience is a piece of plywood over the back window. As a bodyshop owner and back window breaker they are pricey and a pain to replace😊

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Ya, I get that a lot ...55 years of chucking wood into a truck ( started at 7 for dad) and I have broke exactly ....zero windows.

Okay I´m sure you have no trouble falling asleep when it´s bed time 😉 I was going to suggest a dump trailer for unloading at the customers to save a tun of time just there, and to save the pickup from wear n tear , but can now see further down in the comments you´re already on to it, I´d most definitely also be looking into some sort of system back at the yards to make life easier there, throwing all that up and over the fence is hard yakker also, but getting the drying pens higher up off the ground so you can back your tip trailer up to it , and either throwing it straight out into the trailer, or pushing most of it out from the other side with a loader into the trailer might also be an option, and save on the old back, we´re not getting any younger.. work smarter not harder as they say.. I´ve also never stacked wood in the shed, it´s up on pellets and can ventilate from all sides, dries perfectly without getting moldy .

@InTheWoodyard

4 ай бұрын

Yup, we have thought of all of those ideas...some day maybe so. Thanks.

I've listened all the way through yet, and this is my first time visiting, but speak to the old "crack and twist" which is when the older pallets start to rot out, and when you're on top of them doing the wood toss, it give out or it breaks when you move along in the process, you roll you ankle a bit, so you better have your laces on your good boots tied tight.....That was the suck thing about wood pallets. I was always on the look out for plastic pallets or things like that to swap out for the wood pallets, this way I had something which would last and last and wouldn't give me the ankle games.

@InTheWoodyard

4 ай бұрын

We tried the plastic ones. They break VERY easy in the cold...no good. Oak pallets are by far the best.

@user-of3qu5um9p

4 ай бұрын

I gottcha. I did my thing in Southern NY, and perhaps it wasn't as cold. Yes they can be brittle when the temps drop. But that snap and drop was annoying when on pallets that were getting tired.

Agreed, I really get tired of talking to wood burners with all their extra work complicated meticulous nick knack splitting and stacking methods and rules. My rule is is if it involves complication and extra work, then don't believe it or do it. Wood burning is a lot of work....any way to simplify the process and reduce the work the better off you are. Stack the wood in the shed any way you want and give it plenty time to dry. Manage the wood shed so you're burning the oldest wood. No science to it, just keep it simple.

@InTheWoodyard

Ай бұрын

Yup...I agree!

I have my own little variation on this. I run a small sawmill and end up with a lot of slab wood coming off it. I stack directly into my basement as I cut it. I keep an oscillating fan blowing on the pile year round as I fill the basement. A dehumidifier is always running in the basement to remove the moisture as the fan pushes air over the pile. By the time winter comes round I have a dry pile of wood and I've saved a huge amount of time and handling!

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

That's a great idea! Thanks so much for sharing it!!!

@bigassslabs-chainsawmillin8461

4 ай бұрын

@@InTheWoodyard it works well for me because I tend to fill my storage area slowly from spring to fall. May not work as well for someone fills their space all at once.

If you think about it having it in piles actually exposes more surface area to drying. Only thing i would say is as a commercial enterprise you need to put a cargo net over the load to secure it. Easy target for a dot officer to hand you a cargo securement ticket. Not sure what that would be in your area, but mine would cost you $810.

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Yup.

I love the way your pickup sinks lower as you are filling it up with logs . maybe 1 ton .

@InTheWoodyard

4 ай бұрын

Yup, she squats!

When you're comparing somebody that orders wood and then stacks it (say 5 cords ave) verses somebody that processes their own wood in which in turn means.. #1 felling trees #2 cutting up trees, #3 loading wood, #4 unloading wood, #5 splitting wood #6 and then either stacking or piling ...it is a huge difference! So anybody that only does just 1 process versus 6 and tries to offer their opinion they're not even in the same ballpark. ✌😎

@InTheWoodyard

4 ай бұрын

yup.

The way i look at it, every time you touch the wood, you are sorting it. Like when i load utensils in the dishwasher, that is actually a sort. So I sort them as they go in. Its all the same operation. When its time to unload, i dont re-sort back into the drawer. I grab a handful and toss it right into the drawer. So when you loaded your truck, you sorted/stacked. Then when you unloaded, you sorted/stacked again. So you are actually doing the work. The smart thing would be to merge the work and only do it once.

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Yup, I am working TOWARDS a no touch system!

As someone who burns the product you sell, I know the wood buried under several layers has no sun or wind to aid in its drying. I believe the concept of seasoned wood is over rated. Firewood needs a period of time to dry out or age its cambium, but it also needs to be in a place to dry out. Away from sun and wind will drastically slow its drying. I have burned wood which was seasoned for 2+ years, and it just dripped a lot of water before it finally started to burn. Firewood needs to be dry to properly burn, and it won't dry if it is covered under several layers exposed to the elements.

@InTheWoodyard

5 ай бұрын

Wind and sun...more is better.

I think you should get yourself a (used) tipper-trailer, so you can still handload and pick, but at delivery you just dump it on a heap. Saves a lot of work, and you will work out how much to throw in, compared to your truckbox, soon enough.

@InTheWoodyard

4 ай бұрын

I just got a NEW small dump trailer and I have another big one too. You might want to watch a few of my other videos On the channel...there are over 1300 waiting for you and a new one every morning!