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Thats a crazy amount of fire wood. Here in Latvia i get through around 3 cords of firewood a winter. We heat our house with masonry heaters that have enough thermal mass to stay warm for up to 3 days from a single burn. The gasses from the burning fire also pass through a series of channels within the internal brick walls of the house which helps keep the actual structure of the house inside constantly warm. This method of heating is very efficiant especially in our smaller houses.

I love the music in the begin.I wanted to thank you for bringing this content to us, some may not be so privileged so it's a joy to watch someone doing and enjoying their dream while raising a family.Thanks for all you do sir!

You are a great dad. The way you explain things to your son is very calm and patient

I appreciate how this is more a video of you teaching your boy and less of one pandering to the masses. Wholesome, heartwarming, and authentic.

My brother and I used to cut, split and stack fire wood all summer long for our Dad. (Red Bluff, CA. 110 degrees in the shade. No shade.) When he didn't have us with him in north eastern CA herding sheep and cattle. We did all this with tools that looked like they were salvaged from a ship wreck! No tractors. No power tools of any sort. Buck saw and splitting maul. Your videos are great because you don't scream, yell, verbally abuse and beat your kid because one stick of wood wasn't placed perfectly. What I like to call the Victorian method of child rearing. Your son is profoundly lucky. You are a good man and that is one neat wood pile.

I just found this video and it made me smile to see you two. Loved seeing the photos of Jack’s crew and wish him a safe return.

If you stand the center wood up and stack it to the top it gives a peak when finished and creates a chimney effect to get more airflow drying the wood faster. Been stacking this way for a few seasons now after looking up fastest drying firewood storage online because I got a late start on cutting. Keep up the great content. Thanks from OH.

I've watched Wranglerstar almost since the beginning and it is very nice to see how much the homestead has evolved.

Jack is really becoming a smart young man...I admire your fathering abilities Cody, good to see Jack grow into an intelligent young man

I was taught by a Scandinavian guy. They lived in the mountains and was stacked this way because you could stack a pile of wood to match the terrain. Throwing the wood in the middle was the best part. He said they used a piece of plywood and a rock for the top. You could access the inside of the pile by making a "door", and leave the plywood on top.

I love it when you use them as the back drops for the videos you use as personal talk or rants.

Cody, I really enjoyed the music on this video. The round concept of stacking and drying firewood ingenious, I really am envious of all your beautiful property. I especially love seeing the mountains in the background. Please keep up your great informative and beautiful videos. God bless you and your family.

Loved the video! My wife asks what I'm watching and have to decide if I actually tell her a man stacking fire wood. But I love the videos. It's awesome and Jacks getting big fast. Nice work! Super sweet!

It's a nice looking pile for sure. A few concerns: Stacking wood on the ground, even when it is sitting on a tarp, pretty much ensures that the bottom one foot of wood will absorb snow melt/ rain rebound through capillary action unless you get the wood itself off of the ground. Secondly: Unless this firewood is at 20% moisture content or less, any water that is trying to evaporate from the wood under that cover (despite the top vent) has the potential to condense on the underside of the tarp and ultimately keep the wood wet. Best to create an airspace between the top of any wood pile covered with a tarp to allow for proper circulation. Time + Temperature of 60˚F+ and Turbulence dries firewood. Treat firewood the same way you would treat a wet load of laundry. Do what it takes to get it dry and then keep it dry.

Thank you Cody, axe and firewood videos never get old!

Good job Mr. W. If I hadn't built my shed 25 years ago and had known of this method, I would do what you have done. Excellent method for further drying.

I've piled my wood in Holz Hausen's many times. A couple tips for you. 1.) When looking at you walls from an angle, the wall should taper in towards the top. (Reason: If you make them 90 degrees, they will blow-out over time. This happens because as the wood drys it starts to shrink and shift around.) 2.) Take your time and make sure every piece of wood is angled inwards. (Reason: This makes the pile look nicer, you won't need the pieces going in the same direction of you starter row. 3.) Don't pile your Holz Hausen in direct sun light. (Reason: This method of stacking wood, accelerates the drying process, you will be left with wood that is way to dry, and burns way to fast in your stove.) 4.) Most Important Advice, revisit the piles every month and tap the pieces in with the back of your axe, keeping them tight. Anyways Happy Heating!

Thank you Wranglerstar for showing our product in the great video! It was fun to watch you and Jack build the woodpile! We sold out quickly but are happy to say we have some more limited inventory over at Amazon with much more come in the next few days!

Yours is the only channel I allow commercials to complete, in hopes that you benefit from it. You're a great guy!

This was a great post! No homestead here, but we live halfway to the country in Northwest Florida. Our fireplace has been decommissioned for a few years , but this makes me want to start splitting and having a cozy winter fire.

Watching this I was thinking about your urban interface video. With that in mind, how far away from structures or each other should these stacks be? Did you make any considerations specifically for fire threats? Thanks for all the knowledge! Keep up the good work!

Not much need for firewood here in Florida, so I don't have a ton of stacking experience, but this way seems to be more labor intensive than stacking in rows. To each their own ......

Thanks Cody. It is nice to see alternative ways of doing things. It was interesting.

Love it man, can't wait to see them all lined up. They do look quite pleasing!

I'm ready for fall too!! Really love the firewood prep and storage videos! Thanks for another great video.

What's that opening song? It's fantastic!!! I found it : Andrew Bird - Roma Fade, it's the World Cafe live recording.There is also a better recording from a NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert, at 5:13.

Your videos make for great mornings here. I work on computers and servers all day, but the care and craftsmanship is still needed for any trade. Thank you for keeping me company every day over the years.

Seeing 'Old glory' flyin in the background makes me proud to be one of your subs !

The method of stacking firewood will always be a matter of personal prefference and will be depending on the individual circumstances. Life in Farmland for instance has put a lot of time in researching what method of stacking and drying wood is best for him. In his case normal stacked wood on pallets with stacked butresses on each end of a section is best for him. He didn't measure better drying properties of his Holz Hausen experiment. But like I said it is a personal prefference and with him it helps that he has the abbility to stack severall years worth of firewood on his farm.

While I see the validity of the idea and that's a neat product, straight stacks with the wood criss crossed on the layers throughout then finished off with a sheet of tin as a cover works pretty darn good for me and doesn't require any extra materials that I would have to buy and will hold itself up also. just my $.02

Guys, Jack has certainly grown a ton since I started watching your videos! I laughed out loud at 3:00 I raised 5 sons and the common theme I seemed to complain to them the most about was "Son, you may have to bend over and touch it!" Hope your winter is mild this year. Thanks for the videos!

Another great video. I'm so thankful for all your work and really enjoy the channel!

The wood piles are nice. If Claude Monet was there, he would do paintings of them.

Two weeks ago: super high fire danger! Now: winter is coming! I love living where we have four seasons.

always great and informative content. Recovering city guy here who is trying to learn about living in the country. Love your approach and your content

Children grow so fast. Blessings ya'll Thanks for sharing

I think the beginning needed a head phone warning

I have been watching these videos for a long time now. Some commenters keep saying that the way he does things is not what they did as a kid and he should not be using all the equipment he does. One comment in this video also inferred that he would be at a loss if all the modern stuff disappears. It wouldn't be "modern" homesteading otherwise.

Cody a prob with his wood in previous years so he made a change and since it worked out good for him he is passing it on with this video! Sounds like something we would all do, thx Cody!

Im glad I came across this video, I commented on your wood piles in one of your more recent videos, I should have just waited because I finally made my way down to it. 🙂

Still thumps up. Thank you for teaching me how to stack wood in a different way. It would have saved me some amazon time if you just mentioned the price of the fancy tarp in the video it self:) thanks anyway, I get a lot of value/s watching your videos. To the annoyed, you don’t check the teeth of a free horse:)

It is obviously important to orientate the cover so that the sponsor's logo is towards the camera.

Interesting video. Never seen the cordwood cover before. A clever way to store you wood as opposed to the traditional way of stacking it next to your shed. I would imagine the cordwood covers would last (at least a few years). Exciting to see how they last through the Winter and how the wood holds up for burning!

I enjoy your videos and looks like your doing a fine job as a father and a provider. God Bless you guys!

If I had a dollar for every time wranglerstar used the phrase "the proper way"... I could by that cordwood cover

Stack around a cafe umbrella or beach parasol. Use a pipe or EMT that the pole can fit inside of. Drive that into the ground and then the umbrella pole can be adjusted for height.

Sounds odd, I really appreciate a well stacked wood pile and what you made there is a thing of beauty! Perfection!

thumbs up. love your videos. always enjoy watching Jack grow up and seeing your family doing well. thank you for all you do

and when your clearing fields use the rock to make a bed to keep the wood off the grounds

I've seen this done before, but never got around to trying it, think I will this year. btw 6 * 2.2 = 11?

I think these videos are the best thing I enjoy watching them everyday it brightens my mornings when ever im watch one of these also I'm from England London and don't get to have a nice country life and I like the way the videos depict a sense of calm and happy nature just from simple things like stacking wood also the "best way" for one person isn't necessarily the best way for others but it's nice to get different suggestions of what other people like.

Excellent father n son activity. Love it wranglers

Snakes ever get in this ? Looks like a perfect spot for them to coil up in.

Hah! 140 USD for the cover, are you kidding me? I can buy 2 cords of wood already dry for that. I prefer rows and the cheapest crappiest tarp I can find.

Wranglerstar truly is the best channel on KZfaq! God Bless

Thanks for uploading this. That is what I call spending quality time with your child.😀

Now you're opening your video with Andrew Bird?!?! Are you my long lost twin?

We would go through 14 to 17 cords of wood, lived in Alaska and heated with only wood. We used a mobile carports thing it's been up for 10 years now with no problems Just have to get the snow off.

What a clever system. Something is always worth a try, and now that i got 3 fireplaces, a firepit, and a double barrel smoker/ stove/ fireplace for the shop, ill give it a go. Appreciate the idea.

I love learning all I can from you. Such a great Chanel. Thank you.

This is the first Wranglerstar video to receive a thumbs down from me. A decent woodshed to hold 12 cords of wood could be built for much less than the cost of six fancy round tarps. This video was a 14 minute infomercial. Sorry, and honest opinion is all I have to offer.

Just a really stupid question. Why don't you pile them inside while you seem to have lot of space?

Been using this system the last few years. I stack it on top of pallets and use bungee cords to secure tarps over the top and down to the pallets. It dries fast, keeps the wood dry, and looks nice in the yard.

Really nice to catch up on some videos. I remember on the old channel when Jack was just a little squirt. Look how he's grown. God bless.

Please to a tour of your homestead, and how many acres so you own?

This is a great method other than the fact that it takes the simple act of stacking firewood and turns it into a much more complicated time consuming project.

Great info! Being a wood gatherer and living in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, wood drying is a world all its own. With 5-6 months of winter, the drying season is short. Keys are; off the ground, air flow, sun, wind, loose stacking. I use a sheet of black 6 mil sheeting on the top of my racks with a 2” or more over hang for water and snow protection. I allow air from under my racks by using cinder blocks and 2x6 as the cross pieces and 2x4 uprights. I have not tried your method, but may try it.

The production value alone is amazing

"Winter is coming"

You have a wonderful tractor, why not palletize the firewood and use the tractor to transport the firewood between the splitter, storage, and the boiler? Use old plastic tank cages, conveyor the wood from the splitter straight into the pallet cage. This maybe isn't as space efficient but neither is circular piles of firewood.

It's great that you identified a problem with stacking wood, then used a subscriber to fix your problem. Some people are saying it's time-consuming and uses more space, but hey you have free labor and plenty of space. I enjoyed the music you used in the video. Thank you for your videos!

Thanks for making this videos.I'm new to cutting wood and dealing with all that.i have learned so much from u and appreciate u and your hard work

Me: How to just toss firewood into a woodshed, however the hell you want.

"Stack wood the proper way." proceeds to dump bucket full of wood on top of pile

Cody thats a neat system. Will help alot when you have snow and especially ice.

I am glad that I now have an alternative stacking method. Much more compact than my previous method.

That Pile would make a hell of a bonfire all nicely stacked like that

I have a feeling this guy learns something new and a week later creates a video acting like he is an expert on the subject.

Another awesome video! Thanks Cody and Jack !

A Comment to support ... here is it. Great shots, great editing, great scenography, great positive vibes. Your channel brings me so much serenity in my life Thanks to you and to all the living soul near by you. Greetings from Belgium

That's a cool way of stacking the wood but that cover is kind of pricey.

Not sure when Amazon will have it in stock

I love re watching these old videos.

Just got a cordwood cover last week after watching this video last year. Stoked to get it stacked up for the winter. Thanks for the video!

Seems a bit time and space intensive. Would be able to stack just as much in less total space in a lot less time just going in rows. Driving a few pipes into the ground and properly bungying a tarp down seems a lot easier...

I would much rather donate on Patreon and watch "Old Wranglerstar" instead of watching product endorsement after product endorsement.

I've seen pictures of stacks like that before, but really cool to see how its done!

In Denmark we also stak the inner circle instead of dumping the Wood in the Middle, wich makes room for More wood, pr pile.. Love your video's and see them All.

6*2.2=13.2 cord not 11

Hmm, I'm from Germany but I have never seen anyone stacking his wood like this :o

Great piles! They look really nice. May have to try this one out. Thanks!

Awesome video Wranglerstar, great looking stack of wood!!

You need to add a second microphone for Jack and Brian

interesting product, but the manufacturer seems to indicate that the piles should be 8 feet wide, instead of 5. this will greatly affect your wood volume count. an 8 foot wide pile will give 4^2*3.14*5= 250 cubic feet wile 5 foot wide pile will hold just under 100 cubic feet (2.5^2*3.14*5) (not counting the domes). Just a heads up

Lots of fun. Thanks for sharing your knowledge

I love the way you gently taught your son.

is it just me or does that really only look like a tad over 1 cord ? Nice set up. I bet I could stack all that in the back of my F250. Most loads I have dumped, look like a large pile, once stacked just sort of dwindle down . Of course, I stack it seasoned and tight, to keep all the critters from nesting for the winter , out.

Put a mic on Jack.

im going to make this this spring. I have bunch of heavy duty awning fabric i need to use up. I love the idea of these!