Your wood supply

37chief · Oct 28, 2019

How's your wood supply? This is the first year I have not been ready for the cold weather. I have access to wood, but it isn't at my place yet, and still have to split it. Winter is just around the corner. I see it has arrived in some places already. Stan

rdandersom · Oct 28, 2019

I'm also way behind. I had a health issue that slowed me down this year but now I am feeling better. lots to do to get caught up. I expect to buy some until I can some gathered.

ed will · Oct 28, 2019

Hi, I have lots in woodshed cut and piled. this last 2 weeks I've been cutting and stacking a bit each day. I have a pile of rounders that I want to split and store before I winterize spltter. Ed Will Oliver BC

Bob Harvey · Oct 28, 2019

Had mine in the shed by the middle of June (a little later than usual). Nice and dry now.

bmack95hd · Oct 28, 2019

I?m getting closer. Woodshed full and what?s left to split will go in the rack in the garage. Then clean up scraps for kindling and burn what?s left in the burn barrel.

Ted in NE-OH · Oct 28, 2019

Still splitting , should have been done 6 mos or more ago. Oh well we do what we can and when we can.

flembo · Oct 28, 2019

The first picture is what I am burning this season the shed holds 5 1/2 cords.

The second shed holds over 6 cords and my Sugar house wood is in.

I also have 6 cord blocked up that needs to be split to refill this seasons wood shed once it is empty. So I am pretty well set for the next 3 yrs. I have a load of logs on order that I will start cutting this winter.

jCarroll · Oct 28, 2019

Mine is still on the (ash) stump.

john in la · Oct 28, 2019

My heating supply is still at the nuclear power plant but is available on demand.

LSaunders · Oct 28, 2019

I moved the outside stack of dry wood (12+ cord) into the cellar last month. I'm about 2/3 of the way through bringing out logs to work up this winter for next years' woodpile.

Russ from MN · Oct 28, 2019

We try not to burn anything that has not been cut, split and under cover for at least a year, our stove likes dry wood, and our chimney stays very clean!

Russ from MN · Oct 28, 2019

The big ash was broken off by the wind, I didn't cut it that high!

Charlie M · Oct 28, 2019

I've got enough wood for this year but have a ton of dead ash trees to cut. If I get them cut I might burn them instead of taking wood off the pile.

johnlobb · Oct 28, 2019

Probably have enough for the winter, and have some more rounds to split. I don't know about next winter.

Ken Macfarlane · Oct 28, 2019

8 cords stored right now. Probably only need 3-4. Will share with family members as needed. Wandered around our property and quick estimate is 80 cords blown down at the moment, no way I'll ever keep up to how fast its coming down.

Doug - Iowa · Oct 28, 2019

Since a tornado last year plus the ash borer damage our area has an unlimited amount of firewood available to anyone who wants it. I heat my shop with wood, and switched from a woodpile to metal totes that hold about 600 pounds of wood each. I have 12 full so that should hold me for the winter. I just pick them up with the skid loader forks and set them next to the shop door. Cleaning up that old wood pile was a chore I had put off for years but I got it done this week and it sure looks better. I have 5 dead trees to take down this winter but I'll pile them in the woodlot and split them there so the mess stays in the woods.

Skyhighballoon(MO) · Oct 28, 2019

Doug - metal totes - like those cages around the 275 gallon tanks with a built in pallet?

JK-NY · Oct 28, 2019

This winters wood is all in the cellar and I have been splitting some big chunks from last year. I have about 2 more years of wood ahead stacked and covered. I probably won?t be cutting much this winter due to health issues.

Adirondack case guy · Oct 28, 2019

I have 3100 cu.ft.+/- Stacked away in my woodshed. This time last year I had 3850cu.ft.+/-, but due to a back injury this spring, it Was July before I could start cutting this years firewood. I have plenty. The most I have ever burned during a heating season was 16 cord last winter. I have burned some wood in the fireplace and some in the boiler this month, but it is all lunkers and shorts that I load into small trailers and don't stack. I just back the trailers up to shop door and use it out of them.

All my firewood is cut to 19" long. All the shorts and blocks that don't split nice, and are won't stack straight are lunkers and shorts and don't go into the stacks.----------------------------Loren

Adirondack case guy · Oct 28, 2019

Your 12 totes will add up to less than 5 full cord of wood. They make a nice system if you have the equipment to handle them and a good source to obtain them. How did you dispose of the plastic tanks that were in them????-----------------------Loren

Billy NY · Oct 28, 2019

I've got very little split, have 40 full length nice size logs to block and split still. Full time job takes most of my time and energy lately, also provides nicely. I considered buying some cordage, but think I'll just apply some of the vacation time I have left so far this year, it's over 3 weeks. Equipment is ready, my carts are lined up and ready to receive split wood to stack. I can put a cord on wheels, then stack it. Most if not all the wood I have will dry well enough once stacked or just blocked and stacked. I will try and avoid splitting in the bitter cold, so somehow still need to get it done. I have a small quantity of well seasoned wood and can go after lots of dead elm tops if I need to for dry wood. Even with a mixture of seasoned and semi seasoned wood, my chimney never gets enough creosote to speak of I can also store enough inside to dry in the heated basement, just load a wood box onto my 3 pt forks and drive inside with it. If not working, I'd have it all done by sept. I like this work better than my regular job !

4520BW · Oct 28, 2019

Got plenty!

Ford Dave (MI) · Oct 28, 2019

I have enough wood for a few winters. Wood that's under the tarp I will use this winter.

showcrop · Oct 28, 2019

Stan what do you do with firewood?I thought that you were in So. Cal.

Ford Dave (MI) · Oct 28, 2019

wood pic

Geo-TH,In · Oct 28, 2019

Loren,
Growing up on farm, dad burned wood.
I learned how to insulate a home so I don't need to burn wood.
How many times does wood warm you?
When you cut it.
When you split it.
When you load it.
When you unload it.
When you stack it.
When you carry it into the house.
When you burn it.
When you remove the ash.

Have I left anything out?

It makes my back hurt just thinking about firewood.

geo.

Doug-Iowa · Oct 28, 2019

I get them for free after the ag chemical company has already scrapped the tanks. I keep a couple clean tanks around in case I need to haul water in the summer, just drop them in an empty tote and fill them up. Those two came from the packing plant so extra heavy and food grade. I shorten the cages one ring so I can reach the bottom. The black plastic tops are plastic corrugated dividers we use at work, if they get dirty we scrap them so I use as covers. A couple bungies and they won't blow off. Its working for me might not be best solution for every one. Here's a pic before I finished up filling the last two.

Doug-Iowa · Oct 28, 2019

Yep - see below....

Adirondack case guy · Oct 28, 2019

Sir George; You still have not mastered the fine art of cutting, processing, and storing, and utilizing firewood. To start with one does not waller thru 2 feet of snow in a Carhart bear suit with boots and mittens to make firewood. One cuts his wood during the pleasant days of summer. It is always nice and cool in the shade of the woods, and a very peaceful place to relax and enjoy all nature has to offer. If you have a sharp saw, it does all the work of felling and blocking the wood. One has to use ones brains and build smart tools such as splitter, log lifter, and elevator to do all the hard work, while one just pushes levers. Nice trailer built from scrap steel crates and old forgotten farm wagons make great transporters to bring the split wood from the woods. Stacking the wood is a minimal task also. You just need a shed with multiple doors to minimize carrying distance, and pick it off tailgate of trailer rather than dumping it on the ground and then having to pick it up. All I lift off the ground is smaller unsplit blocks. Machinery does the rest. One also needs a comfey chair in the shade to take frequent breaks with a cool beverage. To transport the wood to the boiler, one needs the wood stored nearby under a common roof structure and a transport buggy to carry the firewood to the boiler. No need to make countless trips with armful's of wood. One trip and a couple day's worth of wood setting on buggy next to boiler, Ashes are simple. Have 30gal garbage can next to boiler. It takes 2 months to fill it if one has an efficient boiler. Ashes go onto the compost pile. Then finally set back and enjoy the heat all winter and build more smart firewood tools, and think how much money you saved by cutting your own wood. My out-of-pocket expenses to make my firewood are no more than $200 per year. That does not buy much heating fuel of any kind. When I am gone the tools and tractors will sell for what I have spent to build and modify them.
PS cutting firewood is also good exercise to keep me handsome and fit!! HeHe---------------------------------Loren

37chief · Oct 28, 2019

It gets cold in California. My main source of heat is my woodstove. The bath rooms have electric heaters. The cats have heated beds, that's it. 40 years ago I thought wood heat would be a good idea. Now I'm realizing that wasn't such a good idea. Before I get much older I will have to put in gas furnace. Stan

jon f mn · Oct 28, 2019

I called my wood supplier today, cost me $1.19/gal to get the supply back to where it needs to be.

David G · Oct 28, 2019

I just cut what I want to burn in fireplace.

I grew up doing it, just too much effort, I make more working than fuel to displace wood costs.

Geo-TH,In · Oct 28, 2019

Loren,
Just reading your response makes my arthritis hurt.
We cut wood year around. Dad had a wood/coal boiler used to heat milk processing plant, heat water to wash glass milk bottles and pasturize milk.

We had a 2 wheel trailer we pulled with a tractor. Went to woods and cut anything we could. Size of wood didn't matter. If you could lift it, the boil would burn it. No special size or splitting required. Seemed like we were cutting wood daily.

In winter we might use coal stoker.

JayinNY · Oct 28, 2019

Oil is my backup heat, a full tank will last me 4-5 years or longer as wood is my primary heat, it?s been awhile since I bought oil, tank was on e so early October I got 150 gallons delivered at $2.55 gallon, so $1.19 sounds like you did pretty good to me!

JayinNY · Oct 28, 2019

That?s what I do, cut the dead ash in the woods as long as I can before taking from the wood shed!

GordoSD · Oct 28, 2019

Is that some sort of hunters cabin?

quefan · Oct 29, 2019

(quoted from post at 08:06:52 10/28/19) How's your wood supply? This is the first year I have not been ready for the cold weather. I have access to wood, but it isn't at my place yet, and still have to split it. Winter is just around the corner. I see it has arrived in some places already. Stan

Measured pile and worked the numbers, about 13 cord in the basement.

Stack 1 4 rows

Stack 2 side A

Stack 2 side B

Will burn some oil midday when at work.

keith427 · Oct 29, 2019

To start with one does not waller thru 2 feet of snow in a Carhart bear suit with boots and mittens to make firewood. One cuts his wood during the pleasant days of summer. It is always nice and cool in the shade of the woods, and a very peaceful place to relax and enjoy all nature has to offer.

PS cutting firewood is also good exercise to keep me handsome and fit!! HeHe---------------------------------Loren[/quote]

Loren you have never cut firewood in Texas. If you do it in the summer it's 100 degrees and the nature you get to see is rattlesnakes. As a kid I always wondered why Dad waited for it to get cold to start cutting and that's why. The snakes move mighty slow then.
I do agree with your last statement. It is a good workout.
Keith

Tom in Mo. · Oct 29, 2019

I cut wood a year in advance over the winter.

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