As long as I've been burning here I can say safely I use 4 to 5 cord a winter. Some quick pencil figures and I had about 4-1/2 cord in the shed, well heres whats left. Gonna have to dig into the "snow" covered cherry back there…
Man Dave looks like your down to the nitty gritty in the shed. I am in the same boat. I got some marginal stuff that can get me through. My shed holds close to 6 cords though.
I have plenty, but it's full of snow now as everyone else here on the coast. I built that shed with the sole purpose of a winters store of wood last year. Hmmmmm…. Maybe ol' Al was wrong about this warming stuff…
On a good note I have cut down by almost 2 cords on the amount of wood I burn. Better wood, the baffle and better loading techniques have all helped. Al can't be wrong the Internet that he invented said so.
Wonder how Razo made out this year? I definitely think the baffle made a huge difference. I think I might add just a little more to it for next year, like a piece of 1 inch wide angle.
Yea, I'm sure he'll come along and give us an update, I'm curious also… Just a simple baffle makes a "HUGE" difference.
With this winter and where we live, I don't know how most will make it through without using 5 cords or so... It's not exactly over with just yet either...
I'm into my 5th cord now. When we had some cold nights, I was pulling some big Cherry rounds from the out back pile. The shed was filled to the rafters, "twice". About half of the first load fell out… That pile close to the shed, thats snow covered is all Cherry, It's from the Hurricane Sandy. It "WAS" a real pretty tree.
Dad and i have both burned about 4.5 cord each so far. The first section of the shed is empty. Workin on section #2 with about 3 cord left in there. It was kinda of sad when i grabbed the last split from the first section
Yup, I think it has to happen to everyone at least once, it builds character… Back about 10 years ago I was coming home with a load of nice small, 6" to 8" rounds from a clean up job that I split the tree with a guy, Was stopped at a red light down here at the Green Creek light on 47, "which I'm sure you know of", pulled off, my tailgate flew open and lost 2/3rds of the wood in the street!, not to mention my old 021 along with it. "NOTE" it was a "JUNE" weekend at the shore, do I need to say anymore….
You said it!! Out of all the traffic and people staring, 1 nice guy pulled over and got out, helped me reload. I offered him some $$$ and he would'nt take it, all he said was… I know the feeling, I think he has been in our shoes!
I am down to only the uglies left on the porch, and some of my back up's back up pile. Desperately need a trip to the wood pile this weekend.
