In my book it all burns once dry.
I agree. It all burns. I have access to more wood than I’ll ever burn but it’s all low quality stuff growing on fence lines and in pastures that need cleaning up. Other than the equipment to move it around my only cost for firewood is saw gas, diesel and time.
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If I had to estimate I’d say I have 2+yrs of wood on hand. Likely more. When it’s -20f and windy I’ll go through a cord a week when burning this cruddy stuff. I’m 38 so not old but not a young buck anymore, or at least I don’t feel like it lately. I like cutting/burning wood as it keeps me active and forces me to use muscles I likely wouldn’t otherwise. Plus I like playing with chainsawsI like that!
Stockpile while You can, the time will come when You'll realize "I'm too old for this $#!t!".
40-something began to be the tipping point for me.If I had to estimate I’d say I have 2+yrs of wood on hand. Likely more. When it’s -20f and windy I’ll go through a cord a week when burning this cruddy stuff. I’m 38 so not old but not a young buck anymore, or at least I don’t feel like it lately. I like cutting/burning wood as it keeps me active and forces me to use muscles I likely wouldn’t otherwise. Plus I like playing with chainsaws
Here’s the main pile by my place.
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Same pile, different angle. The larger stuff on the right is a pile around 40’ deep. The main pile is around 80’ deep. No idea on how to estimate cords with everything being so varied but I’d guess 40-50+.
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Another 5-6 cord on this pile and it should last the winter. Last winter was mild and I went through 18 cord. The winter before was pretty stinking cold with a couple week long stretches of highs in the -10f area and lows around -25f and this pile had about a cord left on it. There will be 25-27 cord on the pad when it’s full with a mix of stacked and piled.
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1 cord per week!!!!!! That is crazyIf I had to estimate I’d say I have 2+yrs of wood on hand. Likely more. When it’s -20f and windy I’ll go through a cord a week when burning this cruddy stuff. I’m 38 so not old but not a young buck anymore, or at least I don’t feel like it lately. I like cutting/burning wood as it keeps me active and forces me to use muscles I likely wouldn’t otherwise. Plus I like playing with chainsaws
Here’s the main pile by my place.
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Same pile, different angle. The larger stuff on the right is a pile around 40’ deep. The main pile is around 80’ deep. No idea on how to estimate cords with everything being so varied but I’d guess 40-50+.
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Another 5-6 cord on this pile and it should last the winter. Last winter was mild and I went through 18 cord. The winter before was pretty stinking cold with a couple week long stretches of highs in the -10f area and lows around -25f and this pile had about a cord left on it. There will be 25-27 cord on the pad when it’s full with a mix of stacked and piled.
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It's all cruddy wood like boxelder, cottonwood, soft elm, poplar with a little birch and some ash mixed in. I don't think in the last 3yrs that I've fed it a single piece of oak or hard maple or any wood that was actually decent. Two winters ago I purchased two ton of coal and fed the stove around half of it mixing it in at night with the wood. Last winter I didn't use much as it was only below zero a few times for a few weeks. This pile is 24x24x5ish and the two rows closest to us were left with the three baskets touching those two rows. There is around 3.5-4 cord in those two rows and the entire pile should hold around that 23 cord area if it's stacked 5' high on average.
