My entry : $10 / cord form the state of Alaska $25 fuel cost. . (about $35 total /cord to the house.) Got 8 cord:
$35.00 per cord for 8 cord, you can't shake a stick at that, I can't enter for top 5 wood scores of 2014 as it wouldn't be fair. This season I got about 55 to 60 cord delivered and 90% of it chunked in 16" at no cost to me other than splitting time and fuel. I have a great deal with a couple of tree services beneficial to all trading parking space for wood. I have learned quite a bit here on this site, made a few friends and enjoy seeing what others afflicted with this wood processing disease are up to. Ralphie Boy and his lovely wife Joann up from Kentucky stopped in for a enjoyable visit today here in upstate NY and we talked wood amongst other things.
About 8-9 cord of mixed White Oak,Red Oak,Silver Maple,Black Cherry & Black Walnut in random diameter from 8" to 36"+ (at least half was 14"+,the White/Red Oak was mostly 24 to 36") in random lengths from 16"-18" to 9 feet. Dumped in driveway for free by tree service contact who made 4 trips since Dec 2o13.
Wow Dave, I didn't realize you stacked all those rounds before s/s. I don't remember seeing those pics.
Didn't know how the winter would unfold. Can have snow & cold anytime starting in Oct. I wanted to get the wood home before getting snow out of the cutting area, not know when I'd get to splitting, could have been Spring. So did a rough stacking job. As it played out, I had lots of time, this year I think, if I really needed to , I could still get in there. (this year is not "the norm" )
I knew the reasoning....I've done the same, except I don't usually stack until after split. Good to get most of it up off the ground though. Heck, go back and get some more....unless you're playing golf. The weather's almost good enough, eh?
Don't know if it would belong here or not, but I have been burning the OWB for 12 weeks now. All of those weeks have been from "free" wood that I have scrounged up! Still have more to burn so I'm thinking I may make it to 16 weeks or so of "free heat"!
Ever consider stacking the rounds in a row parallel to where you are going to stack the splits? Work your way down the rounds leaving a trail of splits that are only a couple feet from the pallets...that's how I do mine. Saves a lot of work getting the splits to the stacks.
I ran into about the same deal and amount late last winter. I had to haul it less than a mile. They loaded my tri-axle dump. FREE.
Have done it that way in the past. Area is mostly bare, muddy & soft. Ground was soft & I made ruts, backing in the loaded trailer. In the end less work to set up the carpet in one place ,where it's solid ground, & move the splits with the atv trailer.
I know I've read about several scores here this year that were AWESOME. Free --delivered --- many cord---prime high BTU wood types. Like thistle's: (with no pictures ) :
Part of it is I was trying to keep track, have to buy minimun of 3 cord permit, I buy a 3 cord permit, figure I got close to 3 cord, then get another permit, close to 6 cord, get another 3 cord permit. Had 9 cord of permits, ended up close to 8 CSS'd
The last score (Silver Maple,same as Feb 2014) was on Dec. 12th,overall I posted 50-60 pics from the 4 scores in the past year.Just thought everyone was tired of seeing them already
That bottom pic with the snow capped mountains in the background is one of the best pics I've seen anywhere all year.No matter the subject matter.
Never get tired of seeing pictures , + it's not l like I remember, I can't even remember the pics I post. Was looking the other day & said that looks similar to my stack, it was my stack. LOL New members all the time, they enjoy them like the rest of us do.
That's exactly what I have started doing, AFTER learning the hard way and scratching my head as to WHY I am moving wood back and forth and re-stacking...... I finally got it down, but I'm already done. Just hope I remember next time!
Like this? I just sort of throw together the stacks as we cut then in spring put the splitter right next to it and split away. When I stack, I start right where the splits are rather than moving them again.
