This Firewood Log Deck is my Best Idea Yet 

I'm 63 with a bad back. Been building things and coming up with ideas for back saving as well. This is a good idea. Thanks for sharing.

Sandy looks like you’re working smarter and not harder because you know and I know that as you get older you need things to be easier 😮😊❤

You could drill some 1"to 1-1/4" holes 2" deep at the front of your log cutting deck,and use some scrap pipe or bolts as removable pins to stop the logs from rolling off. {edit} A 4x4 leg under the two front corners would keep the table from tipping over.

suggestion for log deck to splitter arrangement so once wood blocks are cut they can or roll on to wood splitter loading deck no lift no turning as lift and turn with any kind of weight being held is to invite back issues pains

That’s going to be a major back saver Sandy! Stay safe and have a great day…

Beauty job once again Sandy! As an added bonus you get wood chips to walk on instead of mud when your sawing is all done there! As you get older your back will thank you for sure....I split 10 face cords over 2 days a few weeks ago and it destroyed my back just from all the bending over. No bad lifts, just repetitive motion. Your deck will do wonders for that!

Put some log stops on it, like the ones on the sawmill; that way you will be able to roll the crooked logs to a better position. The log stops at the end of the bunks would not interfere with the chainsaw. Thanks for the "real life" blueprint, I want to make something similar for my offcuts so that I can turn them into firewood.

That worked out very well. I would just screw down a 2 x 4 or 2 x 2 as a stop to keep thing from rolling off. You probably don't really need anything. The suggestion of legs to keep it from tipping is a good one. If you wanted to protect your beam just drop in some sacrificial 2 x on top of your beam.

Awesome setup there , thanks !!!!!👍

Keeping the logs out of the dirt and grit will make the chainsaw chain stay sharp and last longer. If the table had wheels then moving it to bucket out all the sawdust waste would be a breeze. Nice project and well built.

This is a great idea, im going to build one. The way you have your setup cutting to splitter to catch bin eliminates an expensive firewood processor👍.

Yes sir! That's going to take some stress off the back for sure. Another great video Sandy!

Hey sandy you could put a chunk of 2x2 on the end of each Planck so your wood doesn't roll off have a good weekend

Sandy I think the "ends" that you cut off should work as stops to prevent cuts from rolling off your stand.

Thank you Sandy you are almost set up with that sweet logging bench to start the chop shop in full production, can't wait for the fun to begin.

Fantastic! That gives me some good ideas. Have a great weekend Sandy! 👍👋

Way to go Sandy ! Adapt Improvise and Overcome 😉👍

Hey there Sandy! Really enjoyed hanging out in the shop today and seeing the build! Nicely done! Definitely a great addition to the woodyard and will be a great back saver for sure! Take care buddy! See you Wednesday! Andrew from NB :)

Great video! Awesome project! i Love watching your videos. nothing better than thinking of an idea and then go and build it out of wood. :)

18 years ago when I used an outdoor boiler I cut and split 24 cords ( full cord) it would last 3 years. then I would replace what I used the first year so I always had dry wood for the next winter, and so on. A table like you made would have made cutting mine a lot easier.

Pretty neat idea there. Seems as though it will help save your back, and I'm all for that. Good vid. Thanks.

Oh great, now I have to build one! Nice idea. I would recommend a space between the deck beams, maybe an inch, so that moisture doesn’t get trapped between them and start rotting the wood.

Watching that log move around on you a little bit, you definitely need a log stop at the end of the deck that you are working from. it could be a simple 4x4x8" laid there. Or, find a small log and make a slab to act as a wedge stop... easy and expendable. You might even find some as you are splitting your rounds that would work. Someone suggested a counterweight for the far end. Some chains and a big log should work just fine. And, the chains would act as a log stop to keep them from rolling that way too. You will always have to finish some cuts from the bottom... unless you are trimming fence posts... trees grow relatively straight but seldom perfectly straight. I was always told that "if you don't use your head, you'll need to use your back" definitely a "used your head" project here. Nice work.

Great job Sandy! I have the same plans in my head.

You could run a short board to the ground in the cantilever to keep it from tipping. Use a screw so you can swing it up and out of the way.

Another great idea to protect the back! I’ve been using the logox for a couple of years now and have not had any back pain since. But this deck is probably in my future.

Good job Sandy

Great idea Sandy !!! This will hopefully save your back in the future

Great job on the design, looks quite stable and will last a long time. If I may make a suggestion, take a bucket of used motor oil and an old brush and slather, once a year, the tops and joints of your deck with oil. It will 'water proof' and protect from crawlies (ants and wood eating bugs).

Pretty slick Sandy

Looks to be a great idea. I know my back sure talks to me after a day of wood splitting.

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Honestly the best heavy duty table I saw was built by a young canadian guy and i was lowc enough to roll heavy logs on and he built a log arc with a hand wench on it and used that wench to help get logs on his table as well he did a lot of cussing n swearing but he sure hAD A GIFT FOR BUILDIG THINGS.

Have to say that seems to be a great setup.

Traditionally, a log deck is positioned across the splitter from the operator. This allows the operator to simply reach across the splitter loading area to grab a round by hand or with a tool and bring it to the splitter all at the same level. Rounds are loaded onto the log/round deck from the far side. This negates the need to turn pick up the round and transfer it to the splitter. It also allows the splitting of much larger rounds ones that you would not be able to lift. The setup you have could be moved so that the log deck is slightly under the roof of the "Chop Shop" and the splitter right up next to the deck. You could load the deck from the road as normal. This would negate the ability to section (buck) the log at the near edge but bucking would be possible at the loading edge. A thin metal sheet from the far edge to the splitter deck would facilitate moving the rounds from the loading edge of the log deck to the splitting area of the splitter. The metal loading slide would only be the width of the splitting length thus allowing the rest of the deck to be used as designed. A prime example of this would be the setup used by fricknjeep on his RU-vid channel. Just check his playlist for wood splitting videos.

WOW I know I'm getting old and can't remember very good, but when did the excavator get painted. O.K, back to the log deck. Yes it is nice and the right height and I do agree you should have something like a small piece of steel or something at the end sticking up alittle to prevent the rounds from rolling off. nice job Sandy

Thats going to be a real back saver. I can lift a pretty hefty block but picking it up off the ground is a killer. Just a thought, what about putting a couple of 2x4 legs at the end of the cantilever set back from the end. Just enough leg to keep it from tipping when you have the last log of the day to cut.

Great job

Awesome job. I have been thinking about building one of these for quite a while. This looks like a good design.

Looks like it worked good 👍

Hi Sandy - had to take put RU-vid viewing on the back burner because of a move and new job but getting caught up. Great video!

Great job.

Hi Sandy, now just make a narrow table (affix those plastic roll sleds, that kids use for sledding, to the top to reduce friction) to literally slide the log from the log deck to the splitter deck (at the spot where you made your last cut). Then there will be now lifting at all. You will probably want to put some edge guides on too so that the logs don't slide off the narrow table (just like on the deck for the same reason). Great Job Sandy!!

Nice idea!

Great! Maybe some insulation on the inside roof of the chop shop to cut the sound reverb down would be worth the effort for long term noise reduction.

Good afternoon Sandy that log bunk will help you with your back in the long run specially when you reach the rightful age of 90 you will like it even more ha ha ha but it is a good way to not stress your back so much and with the area you are working with the splitter and the tote you are better set up then before witch make it easier and pleasant to do have a great day

That's pretty cool! To save my back, I bought an inverted log splitter for the skidloader. After the logs bucked up, I sit in the cab and pull the trigger after I stratle the log. The only drawback is when the skidloader pivots, it tears up the ground a bit, but boy is it worthwhile. Loved the idea and the video!!!!

Hello Sandy. I do have an idea about the log stops, but I will wait to see what you come up with. That deck, when full, should keep you busy for a while. It looks great and should be around for years. Have good days!

You definitely needs stops on the end I built on this summer and its a life saver nice build

Great idea!

I split firewood at different locations and use a table made with 2 saw horses topped with 2X6. The height is good and you only have to slide the chunks sideways. My MF 20 loader is easy to load right on the ground There is always a big butt and this makes it much easier. Pull up to the table and hand roll the pieces from the far side with a pyke This makes the splitters job quicker,easier and safer. Cheers from Sunny Alberta!

Nice chop shop also.

Nice one Sandy. Should save you a lot of back aches! Cheers Ray (UK)

I think that’s going to work out good. Your back is going to thank you. Keep up the good work 😎

One Friday a friend at school asked me to help him put a lift kit on his truck. So a couple of us showed up and got to work in his neighbors garage. We got the lift on and the tires. It was cool. We were headed to town to show it off. It wood not fit out the door. To tall. We went back to my house and got some factory rims to get it out. Good work.

Great job Sandy .

That log deck is primo.going to save alot on your back.

Сенди спасибо тебе за хорошую идею👍 Благодаря твоей идеи буду делать такой же стол для дров

Very good idea - I will make a same - greetings from Finland.

nice set up

You could make the centre bunks slightly higher say 1” so that you could minimize the pinching. You would have to cut from both ends though.

Nice job! Great design. A 2x2 strip at the edge should prevent rolling.

That’s a great idea. This older back gets tired. Going to use this idea.

Get a couple of cheap harbor freight moving blankets to hang near the sawing but out of the way like tapestries and they will absorb a lot of the saw sound.

Hi Sandy Great addition - perfect height, good length! Might I suggest adding a 2x8 at the end of each 4x8 row- make it a 1/2 inch proud above row and take it right down to ground and that way you solve both the potential tipping problem if you forget to keep a log in reserve and one half inch above 4x8 row should keep cut 16'' log from rolling off platform.

Great idea. We are now looking forward to some safe way to roll the cut logs from the log deck to the spliter. Or you might want to build a steel feed ramp onto the splitter to hold 2 or 3 logs.

This is a really good idea. Take a lot of unnecessary bending over completely away, and I believe some 2x2 blocks on the ends of the 4x4's would work fine as stops. and some legs like Wallace suggested on the end bunks would also work well. Great idea and great video Sandy.

Yeah needing one to chainsaw mill cedar logs, just been waiting for your successful prototype, I’ll get to work; thank you Sir!

In Denmark we have an old national standard for the length of firewood. The measure is 33 cm (allmost an english foot), producing 3 pieces from a 1 m log. When cutting firewood, I have a strip (used for bundling wires etc.) on the front handle of the chainsaw. Moving from left to right, the end of the strip aligns with the last cut, and you have a piece of firewood, made to measure.

Nice work.

Hahaha. Now I just have to build something like this to keep up with you. I’ll actually never keep up. You’ve got this nailed.

Man I really like this table and shed situation!

Good Evening Sandy, As Plato said "necessity is the mother of invention" the deck is well made and useful. Log stops could be made from scrap lumber and just screwed down and should not cost anything but time and some screws. To help preserve the wood use your torch and Shou-sugi-ban it or burnt motor oil if you don't mind the smell. anyway great job! John Toccoa GA

Good job! Looks great and aesy to use. Small cleat on front edge to keep log on deck is a good idea that you brought up

I did 150 facecord last year I put 2 logs on rounds so I was waste high but I'm definitely building a log deck this year

Smart move!

could shim up the middle supports a inch or two to keep logs from pinching saw.. pins in both sides.looks good👍👍 no back bending to pick them up again

Build a removable ramp to slide your cut rounds over to the splitter, just use the hookaroon, and slide over.

Sandy, instead of using more logs for counter weight get some type of ground anchor and screw it into the ground then tie a cable around the wood rack frame to the anchor. You'll never have to worry about it tipping over this way. Hope this helps!

Very simple but simply genius, nice job Sandy. I'm thinking about making one for my slabs from the HM122 as well as the rounds. All of them go into the woodstove. Cheers ☕️☕️ and Happy New Year's.😊🌴

To stop the saw deck from tipping from a last log on the deck scenario., on the outside legs down low make a V shaped cradle and put a fairly heavy log in it. if you then want to move the whole deck just remove that counter weighting log.

Enjoyed the video

As you are now so once was I. As I am now so you shall be! Save your back. Don't follow me! I'm seventy four. I wish someone would have warned me. Your back is NOT foreverver. Don't abuse it. Log deck is a great idea. Good for you. Stay safe. Shalom/gw

I like it!

Use some of the 4x4 cut-off's, cut corner to corner, to give you a triangle piece and screw them to the end of the chop table to stop the 'run aways'. Next add a shelf next to the trailer to put the chainsaw on when not using it just so you don't trip on it. :D. Other than that it's a bloody good bit of work you have done there. :D

Just an idea. If your rack was made of steel, you could have like ten racks with two layers of logs ready to go and cover them in the winter. Then to move them when your ready cut, you would need a much stronger machine to move the entire rack.

Instead of putting 2 members at 16" spacing, you put single ones at 8", it will still keep the pieces supported but you can also cut 24" firewood for a furnace.

Good idea. I might have to copy it! I might put a half inch or so spacer in between the 4x4s that make up the 8 inch sections so rain and stuff can fall thru.

Looks like a sharper blade in the chop saw is due, maybe a 8 or 10 in wide section from deck over to table on splitter would be helpful? Take care

Your Dewalt chop saw exhaust hole is plugged up. I like your channel.

Nice Sandy, I need to add this to the list of projects. Just picked up my 12-22 today.

Nice Work Sandy - I have been thinking about building a log deck. Thanks for going through your process 😊

Looks like the mini ex got a paint job!

Back saver right there! Mine is made by Wolfe Ridge MFG. Not sure if Chris is still making them. I've used the heck out of mine. Love it!

I just sat down for a break and see this posting...wait, it's Saturday already?!? And boy is he posting late, I hope he's ok. Then it hit me that you gave us a bonus video, thanks! Almost thought I slept through a day 😂 thanks for the (unintentional) laugh!

Use a couple of wheel chocks.to.log from rolling. Will keep.spacing for your cutting

It's been a while since I tuned in. I see you painted the mini excavator. You must have a hundred bucks in those timberlock screws. Nice job.

You could place a short 1by or 2by on the beam for safety. Then if you need to change it your beam is safe. Great idea

Excellent video as always, great idea bro!☮✌🏻

I like it