Firewood permits 7.50 a cord household limit 10 cord 40 to 50 miles on dirt roads one way. (forest service) From the honey hole 35 a cord and he lets me put as much on as i can 15 miles round trip. Firewood seller 180.00 a cord cut and split delivered for lodge pole. 135.00 for cut rounds. not seasoned and he has a waiting list.
Good price. Good dry ready to burn wood & it looks pretty clean. I pay $10 per cord , standing trees at a state cutting area, min of 3 - up to 10 per household. 4 gallon of PU gas, + saw & splitter gas. Estimate $30 - 35 / cord
I'm in the 4" and above probably gets split camp, unless I'm making kindling. At that point, just about anything's fair game. Barkless changes things too......sometimes. No super duper, hard and fast rules for me.
Yep, and the fact that I have a cat stove and am able to slow the burn with the air control instead of the split size.
As long as it will be stacked long enough to dry, and fits in the stove, I'd only split enough to use as fillers to pack the box. I leave red oak rounds up to ~6", and stack them for 4-5 years. Top covered this year.
If the last picture is the pile you're contemplating splitting or not I would only split the largest ones just to have some to fit in between like Fox says, all rounds don't fill your firebox as much as splits.
way easier that way, dropping trees are fun but a never ending supply of cutoffs will keep you in the wood for way less effort. Some larger splits for longer burns and smaller stuff for relights all mixed into the same pile if that's the only wood you have seems to make sense
Going after load #4 Monday. Was able to finish off load #2 and part of #3... Had fun with all my girls.
But, if not split then it needs a lot of extra time to dry properly. Even split once will help out a lot.
Threw this together to help out the back. With all the odd ball sizes help keeping the jumping around to minimum.... Little more work. Like my wood at about 16" fits the firebox better.
Well you could, but the neighbors might look at you a little funny if you're getting that excited over a little 6' branch... Nice score! To your original question, split some small and keep some big, and see what you like. If it's dry enough, it's probably more of a personal preference thing or just what works best for you. I know a guy who might have some plans for a sawbuck, if you're interested!
Post your sawbuck its way cool... On my to do list to build one after my hoarding and CAD subsides....
Thanks! If you want the plans I'll try to dig them out. I did a build thread on it here: http://firewoodhoardersclub.com/forums/threads/sawbuck-build.5730/
I split everything that is large enough to stand up on the block. I really dislike burning rounds, regardless of species. That's just my $0.02. I've had too many 2+ year seasoned, <3" diameter rounds spit water out the ends when I toss them in the stove to take chances.
Yes. this is true. But only when you can't regulate the air supply. Think campfire. In the new EPA and catalytic wood stoves you can cut the air back so the fire only burns at the rate you want. Think carburetor. You can control the air supply and tailor the amount of output to your needs.
