From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "Snag"  wrote in message news:10mfabb$3laep$1@dont-email.me...   
      
      I split straight from the trailer . Rounds too heavy to lift I move   
   with a pivoting jib crane that's mounted on the front left corner of the   
   big trailer . I've considered getting a splitter that will go vertical   
   but it wouldn't really save me any labor . Split wood gets stacked on   
   some salvaged steel roof panels and covered top only with a tarp . I've   
   got more steel for a roof , but the tarp works and I'm lazy so ...   
   Snag   
      
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   After you described the jib crane I tried it, but my 3' x 8' box trailer is   
   too unstable, I can roll it onto its side by hand to fix a tire.   
      
   My stove is a Jotul 118 clone, efficient but fussy and the wood needs to be   
   very dry, two years is barely enough. I tried many cheap coverings that all   
   leaked before settling on purchased corrugated steel on a frame. The heavy   
   snow load makes a big difference.   
      
   When I didn't have enough straight logs and recycled construction scrap for   
   the roof frame it's full length 2x6's that can be reused elsewhere. The end   
   beams are 2x8 PT that extends past the roofing on the low side instead of   
   being cut short. The corrugated sheets are screwed down only at one edge,   
   bolted together at the outer corners, and tied down under warped cull PT, so   
   they can be hammered straight over 1.5" pipe if damaged and reused elsewhere   
   later.   
      
   The only bare pile that worked well has cribbed column sides topped with   
   entirely smooth bark-free half rounds carefully stacked into a peaked roof,   
   covered with many layers of tarps, mostly old pool covers. It was so slow   
   and demanding to assemble that I changed to the table-like sheds with   
   slightly sloped flat roofs that could be quickly filled with wood in any   
   rough condition or left empty.   
      
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