I hope this that this post doesn't bore you guys too much, but here goes. I took a short video of our stacks before we had finished the stove install. This is about 2/3 years of scrounging from the neighborhood, tree services and anywehere else. I actually purchased our Fireeview from Woodstock on their layaway plan. Did not have the cash to purchase it outright, so I figured why not staart putting up firewood while wating to make that last payment which was in August of 2013. I think it paid off in the long run.
Really great uniform looking stacks. Wish my crib ends were that straight. Don't know why you needed the sheds, lol.
You are not far from Backwoods Savage, if you are northwest of Detroit. Great job scrounging all that wood, before you got your stove! Now you can just replace what you burn. I enjoyed your video!
That was a nice video. Great stacks too. Yeah, the tarps probably won't last long, but you'll be fine for a while. Didn't know Woodstock had a layaway plan. Very interesting.
\ Tim is about 75-80 miles from us. We are trying to make some plans to get together. We've kept in touch for several years now but have not yet met. For sure Tim is closer to Redneck than to us but I can hardly wait to meet him.
Very nice looking stacks!!! call me ocd, but I estimated your stacks to be 13.86 cords!! (not counting cookies) I could be wrong but, i just tried to count the pallets. estimated, 4'H x 32"W x 4'L x 42 pallets. my numbers could be off since I'm not measuring them with a tape measure. either way Very nice work!!
very well done in all aspects! A model of ideal for any new burner. Trying to convince a friend of this and he wont go for it.
Brad, all I can say is a quote from an old friend. PPPPPP (Proper Planning Prevents pizz Poor Performance). It took time for me to get the exact woodstove that I wanted. Everything that I read (volumes) said that a CAT Stove or actually any woodstove for that matter, performs better with good seasoned fuel. Keeping that in mind, when I finally finished the install, my stacks measured an average of 15% moisture content. Sure some of the oak and hickory was a little higher, but I had plenty to pick from to make the Fireview happy. I would tell your friend to do whatever makes him feel comfortable, but in the long run PPPPPP. And I might add that when I clean the pipes and chimney after many many hours of burning, I don't get more than a 1/2 cup of dry ash. Never anything even close to resembling creasote. Our house is warm and we go to sleep every night never worring about the woodstove.
Great looking stacks! That should make your heat bills almost non existent! Looks like well over 10 cords to me! Nice work hand splitting. What saws and tools you using?
Very nice! I got stack envy. Been a member here since last March I believe & been heating my home with wood for 4 years and I got nothing to even think about comparing to that! WELL DONE
Nope. But since I was a couple years ahead, I have managed to always have at least 2 year old splits on hand. It is getting harder to scroung though. There are guys arounf here now that follow the tree services, take the wood for free and turn aound and sell it. Guess everyone has to earn a living one way or another.
