Attention- Bringing back a blast from the Past:

I think we need to calculate the ratio of how much we burn each year compared to how much we hoard:
I burn 4 cord a year and I have 12 cords, sooooo I'm a 12/4 or a 3. Then that number should have a name such as Btu processor

 

I finally hit my 12 cord goal.
That's 12 cords scrounged craigslist/curbside and at the wood-dump.
No chainsaw.
In the trunk and backseat of a 15 year old sedan.
Didn't cost me a cent.
And I'm very proud of the whole effort.

But never again.
This year I'm shelling out the two hundred bucks for a large truck load of 18" rounds dumped in my yard.
Hand splitting is exercise enough.
I could do without the scrounge for a while.

 

Still in the Corleone level. Scrounging has become a nightmare. The every other day rain and my schedule seem to be coinciding,compounded by truck repairs as well.

 

Like making it to Gannon without ever getting the sword in Legend of Zelda.

 

I appreciate a good Zelda reference.

No saw, no splitter.
I wouldn't even know where to cut a tree down on my own in this suburban sprawl.

Surprising easy to gather it all without a saw. Just time consuming.
Just watch the craigslist for someone looking to get rid of a tree they already cut into rounds, and everyday stop by the power company's tree dump and load up the car. I have splits of ludicrously varying lengths as a result, though.

 

Something to be said for uniform length fire wood

Still, 12 cords & no saw is "Impressive scrounging "
"It's all BTU's"

 

Tryn to get 3 years ahead....im at about 5cord so far...tryn to hit 12 by the end of the year..its amazin how much wood that is..lol...
..people just dont appreciate the time and labor involved in burning wood....be proud....be very proud!

 

Many know how much work burning wood is & are afraid of it.

Few use wood as a heat source
let alone use it as the primary heat source,
if it was easy more would do it

We here know the work involved & are proud of it
Most of us have fun with it too.

Keep cutting, after you get 3 years ahead,
then you only need to cut one years worth to keep there

 

Attaboy!

 

10+ cord of hard wood
and about a cord of pine

almost all seasoned and should last two years
not doing too good working on year 3 like I should be this Spring and Summer.

Got 2 or 3 cord of pine on the ground and another ten fairly easy to get to, so it's not like I'd freeze any time soon but I should get to it.

Would like to use some of the pine to make a shed like DaveG's.


Maybe get into dead standing oak again this Winter. Would like to get another 10 cord again.