Storing logs in a BIG pile to season??

[mattplace]

How about stacking in split billets in big rows? Then saw up later into logs. The billets will naturally create air gaps in one direction.

 

I have thought about the billet route... Would need to buy a bigger splitter and a saw bench though!

 

I am going to invest alot of money into the firewood side of my business this year and i want to make the right decisions for years to come.

 

The biggest problem for me is the ammount i handle the logs... I guess with billets you're handling them more than the conventional way??

[farmer_ben]

I have thought about the billet route... Would need to buy a bigger splitter and a saw bench though!

 

I am going to invest alot of money into the firewood side of my business this year and i want to make the right decisions for years to come.

 

The biggest problem for me is the ammount i handle the logs... I guess with billets you're handling them more than the conventional way??

 

i billet everything up and its saved handling the logs a great deal in my system. need big splitter though. its a lot less handle then logging and then splitting

[Dave Martin]

I hope this link works

 

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/firewood-forum/31679-show-us-your-log-store-post516063.html#post516063

 

its now full with 87 IBC cages

[eggsarascal]

i billet everything up and its saved handling the logs a great deal in my system. need big splitter though. its a lot less handle then logging and then splitting

 

When you billet your timber, is it log size? - what i'm trying to say is do you just pass the billets through the sawbench or do you have to split them further once cut?

 

[egg wanders off thinking does this make sense or not]

[mattplace]

I hope this link works

 

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/firewood-forum/31679-show-us-your-log-store-post516063.html#post516063

 

its now full with 87 IBC cages

 

Thanks dave... I'm very jealous!!! I need ibc's in my life!

 

Do you have any problems with mould in the middle of the stack?

[Dave Martin]

Thanks dave... I'm very jealous!!! I need ibc's in my life!

 

Do you have any problems with mould in the middle of the stack?

 

No, the pallets on the bottom of the cages allow the air to flow. They season brilliantly.

[farmer_ben]

When you billet your timber, is it log size? - what i'm trying to say is do you just pass the billets through the sawbench or do you have to split them further once cut?

 

[egg wanders off thinking does this make sense or not]

 

just run them straight over saw bench, easy its easier and quicker then cutting to log size and then splitting each log say in to 4

[gensetsteve]

I hope this link works

 

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/firewood-forum/31679-show-us-your-log-store-post516063.html#post516063

 

its now full with 87 IBC cages

 

with a bit more cladding you get a nice little business in there paying you £800 a month looking on the bright side.

[Stereo]

I would think you would need to aim to billet in log thickness otherwise you have 2 lots of splitting to do. Then sawbench to get the length your customer needs. Given that you already have billets, this could be done much more 'to demand' as you have a more predictable and mechanised process.

 

I don't know, I jsut do my own firewood, but I'm always looking for ways to do it better.

[Daniël Bos]

What if you'd construct some "tunnels" at maybe 10foot spacing, right through?

Either use weldmesh, folded or bent, or put two lines of pallets against eachother forming a triangle-shaped tunnel, open to the outside. If you leave the ends open to the outside world I reckon you should be fine.