Outdoor Wood Furnace Info
All-Purpose OWF Discussions => Fire Wood => Topic started by: Jwood on April 13, 2014, 08:20:53 PM
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How much wood does everyone have for next year?
Have you started cutting and splitting?
How many cord do you need?
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I'm new to the furnace life , I'm waiting for my ridgewood to be delivered, in the mean time I think I have enough for the next two years. I split close to 12 cords and I got anther 10 cords bucked in rounds and stacked. I have a tree service that drops 30 yards off at a time in 20' lengths.
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Nice you can beat that I got the same deal set up with a tree service company here :thumbup:
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I just crossed the 10 cord mark for next year. And it's all solid hard wood. The "worst" stuff in my stack is Hackberry. Mixing with coal and having a normal winter, I could have 2 years worth stacked up. Just as soon as I put my saw up last week, I got a call for 8 mature trees that need taken down off a lot. Hard to complain about free wood but sheesh!
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I've dropped over three dozen dead ash in the last month, still to wet to get em out of the woods though. Stumps have already checked quite deep. Really hopes it drys out shortly, have a new motor in the skid steer to break in.
Also turns out a guy that buys hay from me works for a excavating company. A lot of work they do is clearing lots for new home construction. He said they just cleared two acres and chipped it all then paid for tipping fees at the land fill. Said if I show up when their working I can top out the ones I want and they'll load the logs. Gets me free firewood and will save wear and tear on the chipper and will lower their tipping fees.
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Nice mlappin you guys are ahead of me!
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Had 20 pulp wood cords, dropped off by a logger friend, for a price I coudl not complain about. Currently about 3/4 of the way thru the pile; blocked split and piled -> however the ground between where I pile and cut is getting rather SOUPY, not quite to the axles, but if I don't do some raking, might be sleeping on the couch til next year. ^-^
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Haha you don't want to have to sleep on the couch! Where are you from littlejohn our snow is gone now and the ground is drying nicely here in north central Minnesota!
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The SOUPY spot is on the back side of the yard farthest from garage, about 100 yards off of driveway! Was not too bad on Thursday and Friday, overnight frost would hold together for first few loads; but by Saturday had to get a running start! Needless to say getting out after the last load involfved LOTS of mud slinging in the Dualie -> looked like I had super singles by the time I was done.
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When the snow was melting along the driveway my wife got stuck in her front wheel drive car 3 days in a row!
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I have nearly 20 cord on half cord pallets. That should be enough for the next 3 years. I'll be ordering another grapple load of 12 cord this fall to buck up next spring. That will last about 2 years. Roger
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That's awesome that you are that far ahead Roger!
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jwood - It was a lot of work. When I knew I was buying an OWB I purchased 7 cord of dry wood cut, split and delivered. That was in the spring so that went in the shed. I then called a logger who provided me with a 12 cord grapple load of logs. I cut them, split it all and stacked in the field to dry until the following season. The next year I ordered another 12 cord grapple load of logs and cut, split and stacked everything in the field. That's how I got ahead and I plan to stay at the very least 2 years ahead of myself. By getting the firewood in 12 cord grapple load, I don't have to order it every year. I now get a load every other year. Roger
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Heres my grapple load of wood that I started to cut today..Some of it I will burn this coming winter and the rest of it is for the winter after..My pole shed is half filled from what i did last year..In that pic theres probably 14-15 cord of wood..
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What do you have to pay for a load that size?
$1500 - $2000 maybe?
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Nice job everyone and what kind of wood came on that grapple load in the pic?
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What do you have to pay for a load that size?
$1500 - $2000 maybe?
I paid $900 for that load of wood
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What kind of wood is it MattyNH?
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Nice job everyone and what kind of wood came on that grapple load in the pic?
Theres maple, red and white oak, some white and black birch, little bit of ash
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MattyNH - That's a really good price. I pay about $100.00/cord for log length stuff. But of course everything up here in the Upper Valley (college towns) cost more than most places in the state. Roger
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I'm hoping to get enough wood from the tree service company, but if that doesn't supply my needs the one logging company I called said 90 per cord for birch and maple and other hardwood and 100 per cord for oak.
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Jwood I would try and stay a way from the oak it takes 2 years to dry if you have Beech in your area I would go for that the Btus are close and it will dry in time for the season use a power splitter rock maple, YELLOW Birch but you can run soft or hard in the BL. Here in Maine I am paying $120- $130 a cord tree length delivery to me our straight axle trucks bring 8 cord loads the big tractor trailers bring in 12 to 14 and I pay by weight
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I called the guy with the tree service company he said he wants to hoard all the wood for now so I'm thinking I will call in a load of paper birch and sugar maple then get a load of oak later that I can split through this summer and let it sit and dry.
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I called the guy with the tree service company he said he wants to hoard all the wood for now so I'm thinking I will call in a load of paper birch and sugar maple then get a load of oak later that I can split through this summer and let it sit and dry.
You can request certain species of wood in a grapple?
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I can either get grapple loads of birch and sugar maple or all oak those are the choices they told me when I called to check prices $90 per cord for birch and maple and 100 per cord for oak.
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I'm still cutting blown over locust trees from hurricane Hugo. I've already got enough for next winter stacked up, but will still add to it within the next coming weeks.
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No hurricane blown trees around here thank goodness!
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I am guessing 10 cords unprocessed at the moment. I am excavating my boiler pad and walkway/service area at the moment and the menacing pile is keeping me always under watch. I am hoping to start processing in a few weeks once I get the concrete down and boiler sitting pretty.
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Post some pictures of your build Hammersquash!
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I have been working my wood for next year, hope to have it all by by June this year. I've gotten several loads of cut up pine for free. I love getting cut up wood for nothing.
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Just ordered two wheeler loads of firewood to go with the one stuck in the mud out back. Probably will use 10 cord this year maybe less since I started mixing in coal. Will have it all split and stacked by August hopefully. I will make sure I have enough ready for another bad winter this time.
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I've got 4 1/2 cords still in the wood shed, nine cords split and ready to be piled, and nine cords blocked up, ready to be split. I burn about seven cords a year so all in all, I am about three years ahead.
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Went out and skidded 8 big dead ash out of the woods this AM with the skid steer. Figured I had plenty of time since the wife was just starting to get ready.
Would have got more but logging trail was starting to get muddy even with the tracked skid steer. My old tractor I used to use for that would have been stuck for sure, also had one that didn't quite go where I wanted, ended up against another tree so the hinge didn't break. Also have a few other monsters that are pointing the wrong way, most likely cut those into ten foot logs and carry em out with the grapple.
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Not a bad start. Stumps are already deeply checked, that ash is already pretty dry.
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Several customers here get by semi train load. Comes out to $50-58/cord cut n split from a processor. Not seasoned. I will have to get the source info and post it here.
All of next years wood has been siting for 2 years already, oak and hedge that is. Beech and ash are over a year old. I'm a miser for getting the most out of my wood, so taking moisture out of the equation makes for a smaller pile and less problems and maintenance.
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Finally dry enough to move some wood out by my shed. And my two sons are getting old enough to help pile it. Got this done today.
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I have about 5 cords of Cherry/Walnut stacked. I need to work on this pile of Chinese Elm this weekend so my grass can grow! I'm gussing I have about 10 cords all together. This is really the first year I have been ahead with my wood. I think the main reason is because I bought a splitter this year. I can be much more productive now and don't dread it as much. Just grab a 12 pack and a buddy and go to town!
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Here's my stack. It didn't upload on the other post for some reason.