Cord stack and Log pile pictures

[eggsarascal]

You dry the billets, then cut them straight into the delivery vehicle, so it can reduce handling

 

Surely they dry quicker as logs than billets, so log them from the outset (saves handling twice) chuck them in the shed or under cover and then run the loading bucket into them to load the truck.

[s.varty]

Surely they dry quicker as logs than billets, so log them from the outset (saves handling twice) chuck them in the shed or under cover and then run the loading bucket into them to load the truck.

 

Problem is that the wood you are processing into logs will have to be seasoned before you cover them or they will rot. Cutting them into billets speeds up the drying process.

[eggsarascal]

Problem is that the wood you are processing into logs will have to be seasoned before you cover them or they will rot. Cutting them into billets speeds up the drying process.

 

They wont rot if you've got enough air flow.

[dave fox]

Problem is that the wood you are processing into logs will have to be seasoned before you cover them or they will rot. Cutting them into billets speeds up the drying process.

urr no they wont!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

HA HA here we go here we go here we go!

 

lol

 

who cares, if it works do it your own way dudes!

[mendiplogs]

Problem is that the wood you are processing into logs will have to be seasoned before you cover them or they will rot. Cutting them into billets speeds up the drying process.

 

HI s.varty the logs will not rot if there cut up into logs the sun and wind will dry them we are high up on a hill mate they do not rot if you wind and sun no wind and sun logs goes moulds thats not good all our logs are barn dryed not pro out they dry nice in a good barn thanks jon

[mendiplogs]

They wont rot if you've got enough air flow.

 

HI egg your right there mate in france all cut into billets when we where there last year jon

[s.varty]

urr no they wont!

 

Eggsrascal said "cover them or put in shed" i guarantee you that if you cover green logs they will rot.

[Daniël Bos]

Surely they dry quicker as logs than billets, so log them from the outset (saves handling twice) chuck them in the shed or under cover and then run the loading bucket into them to load the truck.

 

They're much easier to stack as billets, allowing more airflow through thus drying quicker. I know you have more cut surface when in logs but the decreased airflow (esp in bigger piles) counteracts that advantage.

 

The other benefit is that if you're not using a prcessor you can split a lot more when billeting as you can split 4 log-lengths at once rather than splitting those 4 logs individually. If you'r mildly sorted cutting to logs is not much more work as there's still the same amount of wood to cross-cut.

It does depend on how easy the wood splits but I'm all for billets:thumbup:

[nick channer]

Eggsrascal said "cover them or put in shed" i guarantee you that if you cover green logs they will rot.

 

if there going in a shed should be shed with no sides.. lot my logs that were split and put straight into shed were covered in mould when i moved them...