Slabs, slabs everywhere!

One of the occasional challenges of being a sawmill operator it what to do with the slabs. Today I combined that with what to do with 5 nephews. There was a nice slab pile of red oak, maple, and poplar that I had been saving, letting dry for a while, and saving for such a time.

I offered the youngsters a job of stacking firewood for me and they were very excited at the prospect of being paid to help me. With so many hands stacking the pieces of slabs at one time, the process went fairly quickly. Now, I have a clear spot to make a new slab pile and a nice stack of firewood for firing the kiln. But that is another story.