Counting Cords

The fall project of firewood made from the remnants of the summer logging has been plugging along between weaning and other winter prep projects. It is a process. Marking the 16 inch lengths with a lumber marker (basically a big crayon) is the first step.
The wax-based marker does not mark well on wet surfaces so when there is a heavy dew or shower that make the logs wet, the first step gets put on hold.
An unused tape measure was put into use and highlighted at 16 inch increments. On the logs in the deck, the increments are marked. Most of the time, only 4 ft. (3-16 inch) sections of each log are marked. I have found that if I try to mark too far ahead a log will shift or roll and the markings will be hidden from view and need to be re-done. After marking, the 16 inch sections can be cut.
The cut sections are thrown into a pile to avoid tripping on them, usually a tankful of gas can be cut before they are piled up. From the pile they are split into firewood sized pieces until there are enough to fill a 1/2 cord crib that is moved into a barn with the tractor for drying/curing before moving onto the next 1/2 cord.
The barn is holding about 6 cord of wood(each cord measures 4ft high by 4ft wide by 8 ft long if stacked outside of cribs) cured at this point.