might have enough

I finally have 10 cord split and stacked. Seasoned ( hopefully enough). Still hauling more in. Last winter used about 10 cords but sustained below zero temps here in se ohio. If winter is not as harsh,I may be able to get a start on my 2 yr plan. Another co worker approached me today about cutting on the lot where he is going to build a house. Maple, oak etc. No rest for the wicked eh?

 

10 cords is a lot to use in a year, especially if you are on SE Ohio.

Try to gather some seasoned stuff off of CL, or from the woods to use first. Dead standing trees are a great source of wood that is already on the way to being seasoned, of not already seasoned.
You'll use less wood, and get more great or of fully seasoned wood, but do what you have to go keep warm this winter.

 

Yeah I have a daka add on furnace. Or a wood hog. Plus I heat my workshop with wood too. Just installed 2 years ago when we had 30 days of -10 daytime temps. Last year was better but quality of wood ( lotta cottonwood ) coupled with below zero in november really went through the wood. This year what I have is a nice mix of oak, cherry, hickory, elm etc. Hopefully winter wont kick my butt. I know the daka is not tthe greatest, but it has paid for itself the first year and the house is warm. Thats the payoff to me.

 

Well, just getting cherry and elm over the cotton wood will help out a ton.

Then add on the premium wood like oak and hickory and you'll use a lot less wood than mostly cottonwood.

Plus last winter was brutal, so hopefully that doesn't happen again.

 

Sounds like you are ahead of the game this year CONGRATS!!!!

 

Used to have a WONDERWOOD Stove, I hated that thing. Lol....

 

I am counting on a less than "brutal" winter. Definatly got some quality wood this year. Like I said still hauling it in. But not as seasoned as it should be. But I am optimistic.

 

Lol. Got one too dw says a nerd but some cherry and ash that had been " down for several years". Once split still showing 25 % moisture. Moving it to the last pile.

 

Good new is that a piece of hickory I split several months ago showing about 12 percent. Swwweeeet.

 

This has me worried and how do I check the moister of the wood to know if it can be burned? I am worried that I might have to buy some seasoned wood for this year and funds are stretched to the breaking as it is.

 

Oh yeah, I'm all about getting more efficiency than I've had before as well.


Stove shopping isn't all fun, it's a pita to mull through all the options.

 

Like Poplar, from what I've heard, which is called "go-fer" wood around here. You can probably guess why.

 

Is that your worst wood moisture wise?

If so that's pretty good. Cherry dries quickly. In the low humidity of winter, I've seen a fairly green standing cherry that we fell and split last fall, very burnable ( 20% max) by February just from being stacked and allowed to dry.

 

Use a moisture meter in a fresh split, not on the cross cut. 20% out less is ideal. You can burn higher moisture amounts, but creosote and stinky chimney syndrome are w byproducts that don't happen when the wood is seasoned well.