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How is your stash of firewood holding up??

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By now, last year I had burned far more wood to heat our house and my shop. By the end of last years season I had burned up 1800 cu.ft. of stacked wood in my woodshed by the end of the heating season, averaging 360cu.ft. per month. Nov.-March. So far, this winter I have burned 525 cu.ft. since the 11th of November when I lit the boiler. Hope this trend continues. Old age is setting in, and cutting fire wood is getting to be more of a chore as my health deteriorates. As you can see, I cross stack a lot of headers in the piles and that allows me to tunnel in and burn older seasoned wood in the shed.
The wood getter wagon that I built holds about 65-72 hrs. burn time of wood, depending on how hard I have to fire the boiler.
Loren
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Usually I burn 6-7 cords a year depending on temp, not even 3 cords so far this year. Iv been bringing home 2 wheel barrow loads of dead each time I cut at the golf course, I posted theses pics of some of what we cut, we will be set for wood for awhile. Got 2 loads so far and maybe 2 more.
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I've got just about enough to last through. I like to burn every bit of the wood piles each year and start fresh. The ash borer gets in the piles if they are there too long. I have been cutting for next year but I just dump piles in the lot for the summer and bring it up to stack in the fall.
 
The milder weather sure helps. Its so much easier to keep the oil furnace off or at least the main zone when its been like it has lately. I know last year by the end of the season, I was approaching 6 cords worth, most years its seemed to have been 4-5 cords. This season so far, just under 2 cord.
 

I didn't start a fire, in my wood boiler, until 2 weeks ago. I usually wait until the daytime highs are below 40. Normally I start in November and burn about 8 cords through the winter.
 
we're still ok, and might make it although im already cutting as i can to get the jump on next year we heat 2 houses here with wood, so that's a lot of wood, and i have back problems so im slow to get cutting done hope to have surgery this year and get that back fixed
 
Loren; Your health can't be too bad if you can pull that wood cart loaded !! Up here in northern MN we are using less wood this year as well, I was just out there yesterday looking at the pile and thinking there will be a generous amount left in the spring. As I said the other day we used to have a Royal stove like yours -- they are well made. Stay warm Mark
 
I have my wood shed portioned into two sections. We still have 2 1/2 rows left (about 5 face cords) on the first side left. Normally we would be finishing up the last row about now. -5 here this morning.
 
I have a lot left. Enough for another year but I will be cutting more in case I survive longer. I need to run my oil fire furnace more as my hot water was frozen this morning in the bathroom but it quickly thawed when I kicked the furnace on. Happy farming.
 
I am nearly done with my second row, although I did have a little stacked in front when we started burning in Oct. so maybe 2-1/2 rows used so far. At this rate I should have nearly 2 rows left, I normally burn 4 1/2 to 5 cord per year this year may be closer to 4 cord. The shed holds 5 cord and I have approximately 7 1/2 cord under the tarps for the coming seasons. So far we have only a total of 4" of snow, very unusual for this time of yr. in NH.
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Just bought two more cords yesterday, Guess what I am doing today. Have gone through more wood this year in northern Arizona than ever before. Maybe it's that I can't keep warm in my old age??
 
Yes there is a lot of beech in the pic. I dropped 3 big trees that had dead tops. They were 24-30" on the stump and about 50' tall. Lots of wood in them.
Loren
 
Looking good in mid Mn. Burning a lot of poplar that a storm blew down 2 years ago. Don't use much oak. Coldest was -20 one morning.
 
For 10yrs. straight I burned mostly beach, I had a lot of dead and dying trees from that black spot bark disease, I finally got it under control I guess from cutting them out so it wouldn't spread. Now I burn mostly birch, maple and oak and some beach off my land and I also bought a log load of oak a few yrs. ago. Beach is great burning wood and I find it splits easy with a hydraulic splitter,or even with a mall, I have heard others say otherwise. The mall resides in the corner of the shed now I am getting to old for that.
 
I have hardley put a dent in my pile . Between having the house all snugged down on new basement and new furnace and ductwork it it stays lot warmer . Mostly have a fire at night instead of all day .
 
My guess is the boiler is a Tarm brand. Of course it would be easier to identify if the picture showed the front. I have a Tarm in my house which I installed in Oct 1977. It does have oil backup which we use occasionally. I often burn elm, but this year mostly red oak. I have built steel boxes on steel pallets that hold about 4/10 cord. The boxes have plenty of air space for drying the wood. Just a few minutes ago, I was unloading my 7th box of this winter into the walkout basement. I move the boxes with the Bobcat w/forks. Comparatively easy winter so far.

Paul in MN
 
Mine is holding up pretty good this year, first year I have had dry wood to burn. Sure is nice to not have to dig wood out from under a tarp covered with a foot of snow.
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Still cutting whenever I can but probably have enough for several years. Sell a little on the side also but havnt been moving much this year due to the mild temps. Gave me a chance to get ahead on the splitting and stacking though.
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