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All-Purpose OWF Discussions => General Outdoor Furnace Discussion => Topic started by: userdk on September 03, 2017, 10:10:01 AM

Title: What's Your Fire Wood Handling System?
Post by: userdk on September 03, 2017, 10:10:01 AM
I'm sure there are some amazing fire wood handling systems between all you forum users. Ran across this the other day.
Title: Re: What's Your Fire Wood Handling System?
Post by: coolidge on September 03, 2017, 04:33:22 PM
Cut in woods, haul down to processing area, cut to length, split, stack in pallet racks, bring to boiler with tractor.
Title: Re: What's Your Fire Wood Handling System?
Post by: aarmga on September 03, 2017, 06:19:14 PM
Load an old 30x50 cord crib with the loader tractor.  Holds about 10 cord at a time.  It gets me through the snow
Title: Re: What's Your Fire Wood Handling System?
Post by: Dieselwrencher on September 03, 2017, 07:09:18 PM
Have 4 hay racks, stack full and park till they get backed up next to boiler one at a time. Handle it twice once it's in the stove.
Title: Re: What's Your Fire Wood Handling System?
Post by: mlappin on September 03, 2017, 07:51:42 PM
Drop, top, drag em out for the processor. Shove that in a BIG pile, then the wife stacks in racks till ready for use.
Title: Re: What's Your Fire Wood Handling System?
Post by: Dieselwrencher on September 05, 2017, 10:22:26 AM
that guy has way too much time on his hands for sure!  bet when its winter and snow coverd ground that don't work so good, it was spinning on dry dirt
Title: Re: What's Your Fire Wood Handling System?
Post by: mlappin on September 05, 2017, 02:51:05 PM
that guy has way too much time on his hands for sure!  bet when its winter and snow coverd ground that don't work so good, it was spinning on dry dirt

 :post:

I love my tracked skid steer, however keep driving in the same spot like when I’m using my inverted log splitter the snow soon packs into ice then it’s next to worthless. Spreading some ashes around helps a little, best just to scrape the snow off to bare concrete no matter what that takes.
Title: Re: What's Your Fire Wood Handling System?
Post by: slimjim on September 05, 2017, 05:15:02 PM
Drive some sheet metal screws into the track as ice pics, we do it on our 4 wheelers and I do it on my CAT every year so I don't slide down the driveway into the state highway during ice storms, remove them in the spring before the 5/16 head disappears and reuse them.
Title: Re: What's Your Fire Wood Handling System?
Post by: slimjim on September 05, 2017, 05:18:12 PM
Oops, for those who don't understand real winter life and New England ingenuity, buy the screw length that doesn't go all the way through. Watch, somebody isn't going to like that statement!
Title: Re: What's Your Fire Wood Handling System?
Post by: coolidge on September 05, 2017, 06:36:40 PM
Get the ones with the regular screwdriver slot in them.
Title: Re: What's Your Fire Wood Handling System?
Post by: mlappin on September 05, 2017, 08:28:20 PM
Drive some sheet metal screws into the track as ice pics, we do it on our 4 wheelers and I do it on my CAT every year so I don't slide down the driveway into the state highway during ice storms, remove them in the spring before the 5/16 head disappears and reuse them.

Knew that 30 years ago when I raced Hare Scrambles, last few races were always in the snow. A good set of tire chains work better here, far as the skid steer if it starts getting that slick it’s time to spread a little salt and take the skid shoes of the plow truck so it goes all the way down to the gravel.

Even the winter of 2012/2013 when we had the polar vortex after polar vortex we still had a January thaw, all the railroad rock in the drives would play hell on sheetmetal screws in tractor treads or especially in the skid steer tracks.
Title: Re: What's Your Fire Wood Handling System?
Post by: atvalaska on September 07, 2017, 10:13:12 AM
My wood handler ..looks just like my wife !