Low wood supply

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If winter lasts another 5-6 days I will be in good shape. I have a good supply for next year, but it does no good now. Anyone have some extra wood? Stan
 
Have plenty, little green. Lost a 120' pine tree with 2 main trunks. Estimated at about 20 tons of wet wood.
 
I still have a cord and a half in the wood shed, probably won?t burn more than half of it in the next 6 weeks.

But today I did haul a few loads of wood in to get ready for next year. It?s actually pretty much ready to burn, just need to buck it all up and a quick job on the splitter.

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The only problem is I?m three states and another country north of you. But we?re in the same time zone.

Good luck. Grant.
 
I have enough dead and blown over Red and White Oak to heat 10 houses for at least a couple years around the farm.Come get all you want might be a good trip to the East Coast.
 
Cant beat white oak for firewood, better than red oak I think, dries faster, unfortunately, we?re I am not much white oak trees around, but plenty of red oaks, I like hickory, beech and locust too. 25 years ago a lot of beech trees broke off half way up in the woods and we cut them up for firewood, apple wood also makes great firewood if you can get some of it.
 
Plenty of ash in PA unfortunately. I ll never burn it all. Plus it hasn t been that cold this year. This morning is one on the coldest yet - 2 right now.
 
Around here there are enough dead ash trees to heat a house for years. I burn about 5 face cords yearly and I'm afraid a bunch of the dead trees I have will rot before I can use them.
 
Stan,
I don't burn wood. It's nice to know someone who does and he doesn't care what kind of wood it is. He says his outside boiler will burn anything. So when I have wood he cuts it up and I load it on his dump trailer.
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I have a maple and walnut tree that's dying. That will be next tree project.
George
 
a friend of mine went back over home to visit his elderly dad. His dad was cutting wood and piling it up on the front porch and the back porch. My friend said that looks really bad dad.
His dad replied: Son that don't look bad at all but an 80 year old man scratching around in the snow for fire wood really looks bad.
 
About 6 below here this morning. I'm still burning the eight ash I had taken down around the yard two years ago. Lots more to go in the woods along with a few cherry. We've had 28 days of above freezing temps in January and very little snow.
 
We should be good for this year, about 2 cord stacked next to the back door. About 5 cord stacked in the shed for next year. All the red oaks around the house are dead from the gypsy moths over the last 2 years. Need to cut 18 that are near the house, all 24 - 36 inch and over 50 ft tall. Have done 5 this winter so far. Going to be burning red oak for years to come.
 
We have lots of wood, some of it been in the wood shed for 3 years! But it's on the CA border of Minnesota, 2,000 miles from you! I,m surprised you need so much wood so far south. That's what I like about the condo we rent here in Arizona, in the 3 months we're here we only use the heat 2-3 times and no AC at all.
 
The old guy hit the nail square on the head. I spent plenty of Sundays before retirement cutting firewood in snowbanks. It is much nicer to cut wood in a shady woods during the summer.---------------------Loren
 
I had to do some long over due thinning of the trees as they were starting to destroy buildings......

Once the wood was stored we left for AZ....:)

Wood is essentially emergency back up....in October /November..

Bob..
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Certainly do, the distance might be a problem, but with what is standing dead in elm alone, all the tops and lower limbs, down into most of the main trunk make excellent firewood. If you were nearby, I'd say have at it, better than going to waste by the time I get to some of it. I'll be outside today, sun is bright, will warm up into the 30's great day for it, got to pick up some stacks from my headers, bring to the house and buck up some dry stuff to make enough to get through March. I ran low too, never enough time to process, will be all set for next year at least !
 
That's some serious wood. I only have a fire at night. Then I throw in a large piece it stays glowing all day. Then just add wood when the sun goes down. I will have to start scrounging for wood next week. All my heat it is from wood, except the electric heater in the bathrooms. I may move in the bathroom. I am thinking of forced air heat in a few years. Stan
 
I cut a few 12" elms today - cleaning out an old fence row. They are starting to bud out. Threw the blocks on the trailer and pitched the outdoor boiler full of green elm. It's 10 pm and the house is as warm as toast. That boiler will burn anything I throw in it.

I have several loads of dried firewood piled up, but I don't want to track up the hayfield to haul it home. We just had our second freeze of the winter, but it got into the 40's today and any water holes or even wet spots don't have a bottom.
 

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