So I'm pretty sure one way or another I'll have a gasifier before next winter. What I don't have is time to stack wood, I barely have time to get it cut and split.
My thoughts are this, build large racks that hold half a cord a piece out of treated lumber with 4x6's on bottom with treated lumber screwed to them. Racks would be 4'x4'x4' so each would hold half a cord. Not sure if on some of the wetter heavier woods if our little yard lift would handle a rack that held a full cord until it dried. A rack that held half a cord would be easier to find places to keep em inside while drying. Eventually I plan on buying a car port and placing it on 2'x2'x6' concrete blocks to get enough height to get the forklift under.
So the question is this, whats a fair price to pay someone to fill a half cord rack? I'd pay by the rack, years of paying help to unload and stack hay has taught me very little gets done when paying temp help by the hour.
I have a friend a few miles away with a couple of boys that wouldn't mess it up too bad as well as another friend down the road that seems to be laid off as much as he works and is always looking for beer money.