Ontario Firewood Resource
Ontario Firewood Resource
Looks like one full cord in thereHere is my dump trailer all loaded up
Looks like one full cord in thereHere is my dump trailer all loaded up
Got another load of willow today. Campfire wood is selling quick and this stuff dries quick.
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That willow is actually an austree-willow hybrid. Its used for fast growing wind breaks on acreages around here. Its soft and light, mostly water.I haven't cut much softwood but I did cut some cypress in February. Dry by April, and into the stove - not much weight to it but it all burns. I'm sure that willow will please the campers who want to see nice flames dancing.
Willow is a hardwood cowboy. It is a good chunk lighter than cypress when dry too. If they stuff you had was Leyland then it's actually quite dense, others less so.
That willow is actually an austree-willow hybrid. Its used for fast growing wind breaks on acreages around here. Its soft and light, mostly water.
Here are my loads from this weekend. The first one is some kind of elm, the second load is walnut and sawmill scraps. Should be enough to keep me busy for about 2 or 3 weeks.
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I sell bundles by our drive through, as well as two gas stations consistently buying bundles. I sell the majority of it in bulk though. People usually just want a pickup load or two for the summer. I had one real busy week then we got a week of rain so it slowed way down. Ill have to take a picture of the wood yard when I get off work.I just read up on the austree willow. 6-10ft of growth per year, that's really moving!
I've been enjoying seeing your pics this year. How much have you been selling? Is it in bundles or larger quantities? It sure is nice to have wood that dries so quickly so you don't need to have as much lying around seasoning.
If you're talking about White Cypress it's fairly hard and dense as far as softwoods go. In fact it's around the same as Oak on the Janka scale.Well technically, I didn't say it was a softwood . I was absent-mindedly thinking it though in a throwback to my ignorant pre-AS days where I regarded heavy wood as hardwood and light wood as most likely softwood. I guess such a generalisation is more often accurate than not but definitely not always. Even balsa is a hardwood and can be as light as 50kg/m3. Needles vs leaves is probably a better rule of thumb but even then I'm not certain that is always the case.
I honestly don't know what the ?cypress is and I don't know whether it is dense compared to others or not, but compared to the local stuff that I normally burn it certainly isn't. I probably wouldn't go and get more unless I had a specific purpose in mind but it has been ok to burn, just not for as long as I'm used to. The bark though is full of resin, catches easily and gets things going really quick. Some noodles, a few bits of bark and we're away.
If you're talking about White Cypress it's fairly hard and dense as far as softwoods go. In fact it's around the same as Oak on the Janka scale.
Nice trailer!Running a different load yesterday. Pressure washed the engine on the 68 getting ready to take them both to a truck show in PA didn’t put the tie downs on yet View attachment 920079View attachment 920080
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