Started with half a cord left over from last year. That went quickly. Then I moved onto the logs lengths and they were cut to length and spit. It yielded about 2+ cords. Which I am on the final piece of. Fortunately my buddy who runs a tree service is going to drop off a cord of seasoned split wood, and then another truck load of log lengths. Next weekend, I'll start dropping the cherry trees in the backyard. That will get mixed into the seasoned cord to get me to the end of the season. I am being told that RI and much of New England has an ordnance preventing logs shorter than 16' from being moved more than 10 miles. This has to do with an Asian Long Horned Beatle. As a result, it's getting a bit more difficult to get firewood in the north east. Jason from RI
Good luck getting through the season. Get as many log loads as you can to get stocked up for next season. Interesting ordinance about moving firewood...
I dunno about the whole sttae but around the Worcester area where LHB broke out there are specific transportation bans and rules .
Good luck with whatever you can get your hands on. Your lucky that the winter hasnt been as brutal as last year. Keep the wood close to the stove so it can dry out a bit.
Check out any businesses that get their merchandise shipped in on skids. Most will be happy for you to load them and go. Just ask first, of course. Some near me just pile them near the road. Quick & easy to load from there.
I am in the same boat. Getting dangerously low on 2 yr old ash. Got some not seasoned enough mixed oak maple etc. Gonna buy a load of good seasoned mix from a buddy. Then mix it in. Worst case scenario burn ( gasp ) coal. Please dont kick me of the forum.
Nah, you wont get kicked off. Its a learning curve and you knowing is half the battle. The other half is getting ahead, so you wont be in this situation again. ... so get .......... Then get it stack and you'll be gooder....
Hey, do what you gotta do. Most of us have been there at some point. The regs for moving firewood have definitely tightened up in your area. Good luck getting the firewood you need. This winter has not been bad so far but it's fixin to get colder this week I hear.
Yep, temps are supposed to nosedive down here later this week Of course to me is For some of you from the snowy states up north
My first year was like yours. It was filled with a constant fight to get dry wood....or even semi-dry wood. Learned my lesson quickly! Have you checked with contractors for scraps or pallets that you can mix with wetter material?
Not my first year of burning wood. Been burning wood for 18 years as a home owner, and grew up burning wood in the same house for another 26. First year of trying to hoard/build a proper stock pile. 1 cord of "seasoned" is on it's way today or tomorrow. Then a load of logs later in the week. That should carry me to the end of the season. If he has another load of logs, he'll send that as soon as I am done with this next set. Plan to keep him him dropping loads until I can get 5 or 6 cords on the ground. Jason from RI
If you're getting logs that haven't been cut or split it might be really tough to burn this year. With gas & oil so dirt cheap right now this is actually a great season to heat with fossil fuels & then stockpile all the wood you're getting to get ahead for future seasons. Just a thought...
My family room only has a wood stove for heating. The only other option is for me to go out and get an electric heater. Which sucks as the great state of RI is raising our rates by 24%. It's wood, or I need to go out and buy a bio-brick to burn in the wood stove. Jason from RI
In the past I've burned bio-bricks in a Hearthstone II to bridge the gap if I ran out of wood. Maybe I should get a ton of bio-bricks. http://originalbiobricks.com. That way the load of logs can be processed and start drying for next year. Does anyone have any experience with the bio-bricks? Are they ok to burn in a steel stove? Jason from RI
boettg33, from others I hear they can be very good and most mix them with wood rather than burn just the bricks. Evidently they last a good long time too. Good luck.
I called around today. No joy. Everyone is waiting for them to come in. I'll expand my search tomorrow. Hopefully someone has them. Jason from RI
Up the road in Oxford MA you can get whatever you want as far as bio bricks, I prefer the NEIL's they burn longer and more bang for the buck, its right of off 146. Around here you just can't transport wood from a beetle zone into a non beetle zone, there's no restrictions on size but they're pretty strict about wood moving out of the beetle zones. You can do it but have to have certification.
