Firewood stacks

Charles in Aus.

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Our climates are so very different and the sight of some US firewood piles are really quite impressive to my Antipodean eyes .
Yes our winters get cold , but it rarely snows except for Alpine areas and an average mid Winter's day is probably somewhere around 10 or 12 degrees Celsius.

This is my wood pile , mostly Gum and Silver Wattle , it will last a year or two .

Transporting the split wood up to the house woodshed .

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Splitting down on the barn paddock .

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I found this fellow in amongst it all , an Australian Huntsman spider , not venomous but capable of giving you a nasty bite .

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I would really like to see other wood piles , always something to learn and admire :)
 
Hi Charles,
It looks like you spend a lot of time and effort gathering and storing your firewood. Up until 20 years ago, I burned bois'd'arc which is the hardest wood that grows in
this area. I don't have a wood-burning stove now, so I can't send any pics of my woodpile. I have a question about your tractor, though. It looks like there is a
license plate on front. Do you have to register your tractor?
Butch
 

That is a Vintage vehicle registration plate Butch , locally known as a ' Club Plate ' . It's a good system that lets you use a vintage tractor , motorbike or car legally on the road for a limited number of days per year . I pay for the minimum 45 days and probably only ever have it on a public road once or twice a year . Still it means that you and anyone you might accidentally injure are covered for personal injury by our Transport Accident Commission and the Police leave you alone .
There's no need to register a tractor used for private purposes and on private land though .
 

It was your stack that prompted my post Guido :)

So much wood and long pieces as well , I need to cut firewood to between 14 and 16 inches to fit into the firebox easily.
 
Hello Charles in Aus,

I cut mine 16 or 18" depending on the wood and its size. I can split up to 21" and my fireplace can take 24" length. That face in the wood pile is about 2/3 of a cord more or less,

Guido.
 
Here's mine, we heat with a wood stove all Winter! I cut it 21"-23" , firebox will take 24".
BobkatZ

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Any Fisher Stoves ever make it down your way? My Papa Bear Fisher will handle up to 31" wood but my splitter will only split wood 25" long so I have to keep it under that.
 

I have never seen a Fisher stove here . I run on solar power so a fan boosted stove was out of the question. Most ones made here or in China rely on the fan to stop the heat box burning out as they are only plate steel . They do take 24 inch logs though .
I have a Danish made Morso heater , all cast iron and firebrick but even it has suffered with our very hot burning timbers .
 
I built this one a few years ago, if we spent the whole winter in MN I would build another, they only hold about 4.5 cords. Both ends should
open, so the first wood in is the first used. We only burn wood in the spring and fall, spent 3 months in a warm climate.
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AND snake !

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A three footer , Tiger snake , very venomous and mildly aggressive. I don't kill them as a matter of course , but if they are near the woodpile , barn or house then I am afraid they need to be eliminated .
As I write this I am still getting over the sight of my Sister in Law and her daughter wailing hysterically over their dead Burmese cat .
Yesterday evening I had a call from them at the local Vet's , they found the cat unresponsive on the bed and dashed him off for treatment to no avail . Poor thing died in a matter of an hour , organ collapse and respiratory failure despite the anti- Venom . Most probably another Tiger as it seems they are prolific this Summer .It was my job to collect him and bury him alongside his two brothers . At least there are fewer Eastern Brown snakes for some reason , they are really aggressive snakes and will chase you for many metres if you disturb them .
Possibly the only time I have been really shocked by one was whilst driving the FE35 , I disturbed a true six footer crossing the track from my front paddock to the State forest below us . It reared up as is their habit but then over the clatter and noise of the tractor I heard it barking and grunting at me !
Yes the big ones are vocal and it is not a sweet sound ! The hair stood up at the back of my neck and I will admit that I was truly scared of the giant thing bellowing at me . I am looking at fitting some type of carrier to the tractors for the shotgun this Summer .
 
Charles, I found one similar that was dropped by a hawk near my garage it was over 3', never saw one like it before.
Bobkatz

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Most, but not all spiders are venomous, the huntsman is venomous but not considered dangerous to humans. The wood piles around here will have brown recluse (fiddlebacks) and black widows. I'd rather see huntsman spiders than those, or really none at all though.
 

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