From: Snag_one@msn.com   
      
   On 2/10/2026 6:42 AM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   > "Snag"  wrote in message news:10me9gu$3be0q$1@dont-email.me...   
   >   
   >    Pretty much level ground except a short stretch approaching the   
   > intersection where our road splits off . Maybe a hundred feet of 8%-10%   
   > grade . But that's only coming from the west side of the creek ,   
   > everything on the east side is going to be using the yard trailer to   
   > haul out of the woods to the road where I'll have the "big" trailer   
   > parked . It's more efficient to haul small trailer loads to a bigger   
   > trailer to bring it back to the wood lot to be split and stacked if the   
   > area being harvested is more than a hundred yards away .   
   > Snag   
   > ---------------------------   
   > I try to add some value each time I have to move the firewood, for   
   > instance splitting large wet rounds at least in half before stacking   
   > them to dry, to make them easier to lift. Laying the splitter beam end   
   > on the ground lets me roll on rounds too heavy to lift without strain,   
   > with a small split piece as the ramp. I don't split them to final stove   
   > size (the palm of my hand) until they go next to the house so they   
   > aren't as tempting to steal.   
   >   
   > After they dry they rarely touch the ground. I tow the splitter wheels   
   > up onto car ramps and lower a camper jack under the beam. A heavily   
   > built table goes behind the beam, a tub to catch bark and slivers under   
   > it. Without bending down I can move wood from the trailer to the beam   
   > and the split-off piece into a wheelbarrow while the rest lands on the   
   > table.   
   >   
   > Between uses the splitter stores on the table and shares the same   
   > valuable covered ground space as my shop crane. Here all roof structures   
   > need to be built strong enough for the winter snow + ice load. The trick   
   > is also making them crude enough to lack tax value, so many are framed   
   > with carefully joined rough logs resting on flat rocks and walled with   
   > pallets behind hanging HF camo tarps that blend with the small pines.   
   > The corrugated steel roofing is quite flexible crosswise and conforms to   
   > roof beam logs roughly planed "straight" on top with a chainsaw.   
   >   
      
      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   
      I appreciated foreign cultures more   
   when they stayed foreign ...   
      
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