Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[chipper1]

Got the third row of nine up in the woodshed. I'm not sure how many wheelbarrow loads that is.

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Looking good.
We're all gonna have to put in our signature how many wheelbarrow loads we burn a yr .

 

[MustangMike]

When I used to heat my house with wood I would go through 5-6 cord / year, and it takes about 10 wheelbarrow loads to make a 1/2 cord, so you can do the math!

Since I stored my wood outside I had two indoor log hoops. I would burn from one while the other one dried, and alternate back and forth.

When NYSE&G ran Natural Gas to our area, I stopped heating with wood. Natural Gas is clean, cheap and a lot easier.

We use it for heat, the stove, the dryer and the hot water heater. Also, NYSE&G is a lot cheaper than Con Ed. My last 2 monthly bills, which include a good amount of AC run time, were $142 and $110 respectively. I wish my cable bills were close to that! In the winter, I will occasionally have a bill that exceeds $300, but it is rare.

 

[Deleted member 150358]

Looking good.
We're all gonna have to put in our signature how many wheelbarrow loads we burn a yr .

252 ?

 

[svk]

Mike you must have a big wheelbarrow. I figure 12 loads in mine, stacked as high as possible.

 

[H-Ranch]

252 ?

That's probably close for me.

So I suppose that means another 246 in addition to these?

(One of my favorite firewoods - poles! Half the cutting, no splitting, easy stacking.)

And the elephant is gone...

 

[Deleted member 150358]

Mike you must have a big wheelbarrow. I figure 12 loads in mine, stacked as high as possible.

I figure rough estimate
6-7' snow buckets equal 1 4x4x8 cord
1-7' snow bucket equals 6 wheel barrow loads.
6x6x7=252 wheelbarrow loads in 7 cord roughly.

 

[LondonNeil]

Looking good.
We're all gonna have to put in our signature how many wheelbarrow loads we burn a yr .

despite being on mains gas i enjoy the wood, feel good to save money and yes gas s clean but its still an nonrenewable, so i like to feel i'm helping save the planet. i'm probably about the only person in london doing it, but i'm purely wood heat, gas is there for the wife if i'm out. i burn 8 to 8.5m3. so almost 2.5 cord. mum burns another 2.5-3m3, so i put up about 3 1/3rd cord a year. wood pile is in good state this year. lockdown gave me more time to css and i made a couple of new tree guy contacts, so 3/4 of the stuff has been delivered. i've 7 cord css total and at the end of the month my neighbour is taking down two 16-18" diameter oaks an I get the wood, will take me up another cord at least. I'm still hoping to get a little more put up but I'm happy with that, its the most I've had and is already a cord passed where i got to at the start of burning last year.

 

[Deleted member 117362]

I am sure everyone would agree, brushing out trees is the most enjoyable part of scrounging for firewood. Was able to brush these two pin oaks I dropped yesterday. . Then it started raining again.

 

[H-Ranch]

Time to go back for more - this trailer load was just shy of a cord all c/s/s.

 

[Philbert]

i'm probably about the only person in london doing it, . . .

No issues from the neighbors?

Philbert

 

[Deleted member 150358]

Breaking in new kicks. Long over due. Burnt the old ones last winter.

 

[JustJeff]

Was up on the roof putting a chimney for my garage heater in. Decided an aerial shot of the scrounging operation was in order.

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[svk]

Breaking in new kicks. Long over due. Burnt the old ones last winter.
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Snazzy soles. Are those reflective?

 

[Deleted member 150358]

Snazzy soles. Are those reflective?

Naw. Would make sense for work boots though. I just wanted water proof and safety toes. The Irish Setter are Red Wings out sourced Cambodian made label.

 

[svk]

Well got a half cord of aspen unloaded and stacked. Off and on drizzle all day so didn’t get out again. Will try to put a dent into dead/blowdown again tomorrow. Grouse season starts next weekend and duck the weekend after so I’d like to be able to some hunting and not fart around with wood all fall.

 

[Logger nate]

Well no firewood cutting today, too tired after cutting trees for a logger yesterdayamazing how much faster green tree are to cut, thought man this saw is really cutting good today, lol. Easier to make big chips too Sure was enjoyable, much better than dealing with traffic. Kind of discouraging how tired I was though, he offered me a full time job but the way I feel today I’m not so sure, has been 20 years sense I’ve done that full time though, lol.

 

[svk]

Well no firewood cutting today, too tired after cutting trees for a logger yesterdayView attachment 854667View attachment 854668View attachment 854670amazing how much faster green tree are to cut, thought man this saw is really cutting good today, lol. Easier to make big chips too View attachment 854671Sure was enjoyable, much better than dealing with traffic. Kind of discouraging how tired I was though, he offered me a full time job but the way I feel today I’m not so sure, has been 20 years sense I’ve done that full time though, lol.

That’s cool.

The first two weeks are tough then you’ll be in shape.

 

[Logger nate]

That’s cool.

The first two weeks are tough then you’ll be in shape.

Thanks

 

[cantoo]

Few pics of my little pile. Not sure how many wheel barrows it is. Pile is about 20' tall, I crank the elevator up as I go. . Another couple hours tomorrow should finish the last of the logs I have at home. The last picture is the size of the pile before I started splitting yesterday afternoon. Processor is working decent.

 

[Logger nate]

Few pics of my little pile. Not sure how many wheel barrows it is. Pile is about 20' tall, I crank the elevator up as I go. . Another couple hours tomorrow should finish the last of the logs I have at home. The last picture is the size of the pile before I started splitting yesterday afternoon. Processor is working decent.

Wow! Yeah that’s a few wheel barrow loads, lol.