Broke down and bought a semi load of logs

[S. Todd]

Work has been busy, coaching son's football team and the scrounging spots aren't as plentiful this year. I broke down and bought a load of logs. Was hoping for red oak but the guy I went thru said he wouldn't be into the oak for a few weeks. He said he could bring me birch in a couple of hours so I figured a bird in the hand was worth two in the bush and took it. He billed me for 12.75 cords, the grapple operator said he thought there was a bit more than that on there. Cost was $85 per cord.

I took a week off of work when the cooler weather hit and got it all cut and stacked. Rented a splitter for 4 hours on Friday and got the big rounds split and stacked.

I measured my stacks and have just over 18 cords on hand. Have never burned birch before so I'm hoping its not too light. I have a Heatmor 200.

It felt pretty good on Saturday to stand outside and look at the work I'd done. Looking forward to firing up the furnace in a few weeks. I'll try to throw up some pictures of the semi unloading as it was kind of fun to watch. I've never bought wood in my life, swore I never would, but after doing it I found it was pretty convenient to cut in my own yard and not have to mess with brush. I might actually get to watch some football this fall.

 

[Bigrod]

Nice looking load there. Need to have a pic of your finished work all stacked up.

 

[William Balaska]

looks like a mix of white and black birch. Black birch actually has near the same btu capacity per cord as red oak, white birch is not to bad. I'd say you did fine.

 

[D&B Mack]

Nice

 

[Firechief]

I like man's best friend sitting in front of the pile.

 

[Motodeficient]

Thats a nice pile! I had an approx 9 cord load of log length delivered to me on Easter day for $750. Its 75% red oak with some ash and birch mixed in.I think the reason I got a deal was because the logs are big, and the guy didn't want to deal with splitting them for his firewood business. I am not complaining though. Red oak splits easy with the Fiskars X27

 

[Coldfront]

Birch is ok but rots fast if you don't get it cut and split soon. I also love the smell of birch burning in the wood stove when I'm outside.

 

[H-Ranch]

I like man's best friend sitting in front of the pile.

You talking about the dog or the grapple? :hmm3grin2orange:

 

[Blazin]

Nice load!!

 

[S. Todd]

Here's some shots of the finished product, and the mutts..

 

[D&B Mack]

Nice... workin' hard

 

[cedarman]

boy your owb's going to love that! nice job

 

[cantoo]

That would be a great load to cut with my 3 pth buzz saw. Perfect size to handle right off the truck bed.

 

[Wood Doctor]

Often sawmills have several cords of rejected logs that the mill cannot use for one reason or another--usually because the logs failed the metal test, are two small in diameter, are twisted, or are full of knots. That's when they become prime candidates for firewood.

However, someone usually still has to load them onto a flatbed and transport them elsewhere.

 

[zogger]

Mambo!

That's a jam up nice pile! Way to go!