Yes. I built a Camp, firewood splitter and plank makers with storage well outside of my city, and as far as I can tell, it is working well. It keeps the work camp folks from travelling and the storage there fills up pretty good with resources and finished goods. The wagon dude makes frequent trips out there for pickups and deliveries. Other folks run all the way there when in need as well, but haven’t figured out how to address that yet.
Very true, but you could build the stockyard there, fill it up quickly and then relocate the stockyard since moving a building also moves everything stored in it. It’s a good option for mining since mines unlock an entire tier before their processing buildings. You can strip mine the node into an adjacent stockyard then relocate the full stockyard to your foundry when ready. Just as another option.
No, he doesn’t. The wagons only pick up from Mines and Work Camps, and drop off food/firewood at temporary shelters. That’s it. They are going out there to pick up logs/stone from the work camp. They won’t pick up from the stockyard. So people are running all the way out there to get the firewood and planks.
I built several out of town near hunters, foragers, and fisherfolk, and they weren’t used. What’s up with that?