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Split and stack dead standing wood as firewood - PEP BB woodland.sand.splitandstack

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Here is my submission for the Woodland Care - Sand - Split and Stack a Dead Standing Tree BB.

To document the completion of the BB, I have provided the following:
 - Your dead standing wood you are starting with
 - The wood cut
 - starting the stack (and it is clear that the wood is all about 15 to 16 inches long)
 - the stack about 2/3 done (still clear that all of the wood is all about 15 to 16 inches long)
 - the completed stack (still clear that all of the wood is all about 15 to 16 inches long)

one-half of a face-cord is 4-ft by 4-ft by the depth of the firewood.  
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My dead tree that I had just cut down
My dead tree that I had just cut down
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the tree cut into firewood lengths
the tree cut into firewood lengths
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starting the "row" on unsplit logs in front of more firewood
starting the "row" on unsplit logs in front of more firewood
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stacking
stacking
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more stacking
more stacking
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about 5-ft wide
about 5-ft wide
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yup, 5-ft
yup, 5-ft
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between 3.5-ft & 4-ft tall
between 3.5-ft & 4-ft tall

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This one was a little tricky with spring finally here the garden takes priority over the logging so I finally got around to splitting it after a few weeks of letting the logs just sit in the barn one rainy day
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The dead stander
The dead stander
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Starting the pile (it grows later on)
Starting the pile (it grows later on)
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Sorry for the non-freedom units but this equates to roughly 15.5in
Sorry for the non-freedom units but this equates to roughly 15.5in
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Half way-ish
Half way-ish
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Again apologies for the non-freedom units
Again apologies for the non-freedom units
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Here's the rest of it I had left in the woods
Here's the rest of it I had left in the woods
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All up to specifications still
All up to specifications still
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Coming up to about 6.5ft
Coming up to about 6.5ft
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The length for your viewing pleasure
The length for your viewing pleasure
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The height of the stack
The height of the stack
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The completed stack
The completed stack

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Sorry the dimensions of the stack is about 6.5ft x 2ft so a little wonky to the required 4ft x 4ft but I hope that can be overlooked. I stacked it that way because the studs of the wall are holding it up.

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Split and stacked a half face cord of firewood today.
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Cut wood
Cut wood
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More wood
More wood
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Starting the stack
Starting the stack
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The stack begins
The stack begins
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About 2/3rds of the way
About 2/3rds of the way
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Finished stack
Finished stack
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Dead standing wood that I cut down for the firewood
Dead standing wood that I cut down for the firewood
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After felling
After felling
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I cut down a dead tree, cut it into sections, and then split those sections into useable firewood.
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Finished stack
Finished stack
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Height of finished stack
Height of finished stack
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Stack in progress
Stack in progress
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Beginning the stack
Beginning the stack
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Tree after being cut into sections and brought to splitting area
Tree after being cut into sections and brought to splitting area
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Standing dead tree
Standing dead tree

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I built a fire-wood rack as a dimensional lumber BB, so I might as well put some wood on it.

I cut up two small dead trees one weekend but it wasn’t enough, so I cut up another larger one this past Saturday and now it totals more than the 1/2 face cord this BB requires. (42” high by 62” wide is 2604 sqin = 18+ sqft.)

I cut a length of dowel to 15.5” that I took into the field and used when making my chainsaw cuts.

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First two.
First two.
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Third tree.
Third tree.
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Chopped wood.
Chopped wood.
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More chopped wood.
More chopped wood.
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My not very sophisticated splitting operation.
My not very sophisticated splitting operation.
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Starting to fill the rack.
Starting to fill the rack.
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Much more full.
Much more full.
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Measuring to make sure I passed the half-face-cord requirement.
Measuring to make sure I passed the half-face-cord requirement.
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The two dead standing from other BBs were bucked and split for future RMH firewood. The split pile is 16"x72", about 8 square feet or half a face cord:
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Dead standing tree #1
Dead standing tree #1
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Dead standing tree #2
Dead standing tree #2
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Both trees bucked to be plit
Both trees bucked to be plit
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As I split I restacked off the ground
As I split I restacked off the ground
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The bucked pieces were cut to 15.5"
The bucked pieces were cut to 15.5
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The final stack was just over half a face cord
The final stack was just over half a face cord
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The final pile was 16" tall
The final pile was 16" tall
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The final pile as 72" wide
The final pile as 72" wide

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Paul tricked me into driving to his house and splitting his firewood for him.
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dead standing tree
dead standing tree
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all bucked up
all bucked up
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before
before
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during
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after

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Here you go
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I was going by the original wiki entry that said a face chord was 4'x4'.  Disregard I guess.

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